Alienware 17 R3 with Samsung 950 Pro

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• Cannot install Windows 10 on T460s with Samsung 950 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD

  I can't install Windows 10 on my T460s brand new. It was delivered with Windows 7.

  1. The original Windows 7 starts fine
  2. I started the installer of Windows 10 bootable USB
  3. I deleted all the partitions on the system and then tried to create a new
  4. The error message is displayed:

  Windows cannot be installed on this drive (show details)

  Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the drive controller is enabled in the BIOS menu.

  SSD: Samsung 950 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD, MZ-VKV512

  BIOS Lenovo: 1.11

  Windows ISO 10: en_windows_10_n_multiple_editions_version_1511_updated_apr_2016_x64_dvd_8710592.iso

  Check in the BIOS, UEFI boot is selected for the startup to STARTUP tab.

  You must also reset the configuration of the disk on the 950.

  1. start the Windows 10 ISO

  2. launch the command prompt (Admin)

  3. type Diskpart

  4 locate the SSD in the volumes

  5. type Diskpart/select volume # (SSD)

  6. type Diskpart / clean

  Output

  Start the Windows 10 ISO

  Installing Windows 10 should now work.

• Alienware X 51 R3 upgrade HDD Samsung 950 Pro - 512GB

  I got cloned and installed the Samsung 950 PRO. I can boot windows 10 on the Samsung drive when the HARD drive is not connected. When I try to re - install the drive HARD original system returns to this drive during startup and boots into windows 10. The boot priority is set to the default values, something like this:

  Network

  CD ROM

  USB KEY

  Hard drive HDD1

  I'm guessing that their must be original tosh 1 TB HDD1 and new Samsung car and I just need to point to the right pair where the HDD1 drive is on the priority list? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  HolyCow99

  Are you in UEFI or Legacy mode to start?

  If you have an external USB enclosure, best thing to do is to clear the disc rotation while it is booted from the SSD.

• M.2 SSD in X 51 R3 - Samsung 950 Pro? -Need help

  RE: X 51 R3 - Samsung 950 Pro

  Alienware 51 R3 x I and when I was installing my SSD, I saw the port of m2. I ordered a Samsung 950 Pro, installed, but nothing.

  The computer does not start. I get the white screen with the blinking cursor.

  Repair CD / USB do not work.

  When I remove the m2, the computer boots fine with my SSD hooked using Sata ports.

  I heard that there is an SSD of M.2 PM951 m2 stock.

  Does this mean that the Samsung 950 Pro does not work?

  Nope - SATA III is still slower than 2xPCIe 3.0 lanes.

  The Samsung 850 m2 will probably reach around 520-550 MB/s Seq reading due to the limitations of the record Protocol and SATA port. You can see that I'm reading Seq 1500 + Mbps even with only two active channels. The 950 NVMe Pro is able to 2500 MB/s speed with 4-way active reading.

  The only place where having 4 lanes from 2 lanes for NVMe Pro 950 issues is in sequential read speed. The write speeds and Random access doesn't seem to be limited given that the max drive speed doesn't seem to go beyond the bandwidth of 2-way.

• Dell XPS 13 2015 and update of Samsung 950 PRO m2

  When I ordered my Dell XPS 13 May of this year, I ordered it with a disc of 256 GB knowing that I would upgrade eventually to a disk of 512 GB once the new discs of NVMe m2 were out. I didn't do well capture the variations in m2 and when I pre-ordered the 512 GB Samsung 950 PRO NVMe I expected to pop in and go. No luck. I should have known that they would not make it as simple as that... :-(

  The drive is compatible physically of course, but has the "M" key edge connector, while the drive I pulled the connector edge key "B & M. I am running the BIOS A05 on the Dell, but he can't see the PRO 950 drive at BIOS level. The integrated test tool indicates "no hard disk". If this seems to be a BIOS problem.

  Anyone have any ideas? Is it a question of Dell, he argues with a new BIOS update? Or it will never work because the XPS 13 is not compatible with this generation of pilots of M2? Looks like I need to go back to what happens, but if Dell eventually allows, I may buy it again.

  If it won't work, any suggestions on a 512 GB drive that works? Samsung XP941 or XP951 will work? An idea about the difference between the two (the XP951 is $50 + more).

  UPDATE: this player is not compatible with the Dell XPS 13 and probably will never be because of energy consumption (5-7 watts). You just don't want a storage device that power in your laptop. The Samsung SM951 512 GB is the best player at the moment.

  For the record, I was able to get the 950 is recognized Pro to install windows 10 on simply turn on the legacy startup options.  Once turned on my windows install USB he saw as installable media.  After installing the drive had an EFI boot sector, so I was able to disable legacy startup.

• HP ENVY 15-j142na: HP ENVY 15-j142na Samsung 950 PRO NVMe m2 update?

  Support HP ENVY 15-j142na Samsung 950 PRO NVMe m2 dose?

  Negative results. There a WSSD but it is the older form factor, not m2 and even the old player of WSSD type may not be bootable is a cache acceleration only.

• XPS 8900 and Samsung 950 PRO Boot sequence problem

  I have a 8900 XPS with Windows 10. I have a Samsung NVMe 950 PRO SSD installed using a x 4 PCIe3.0 NIC - to-M.2 installed in PCIe SLOT on the XPS 8900 motherboard 3. I used Samsung cloning software to clone the OEM 1 TB HDD (immediately after you set up Windows 10 on it) for Samsung NVMe 950 PRO SSDS. Then I used the Samsung Software Wizard to install all the latest drivers.

  The only way I am able to boot from the SSD PRO 950 is to detach the HARD drive (which invites a Code of error Dell # 2000-0141 or something like that... no disc HARD detected). Seeing the Dell error at startup screen, I click on 'Continue' and Windows 10 boots perfectly fine (and very, very quickly). I just used my PC this way for a few weeks now. However, I really want to take advantage of the disk of 1 TB of extra storage space.

  When I plug the HARD drive and reboot, Windows 10 is loaded from disk (not the SSD) and I don't get the Dell 2000-0141 error screen. I pressed F2 or F12 at the Dell splash screen to go into BIOS to change the boot sequence, but I don't see that the SSD listed as a 'disc' or the source file for the start of Windows 10 controls... Shut down the PC, unplug the HARD drive and starting up, I get the Dell screen #2000-0141 again error (without HDD detected), click on 'Continue' and Windows 10, even once, start up normally on the SSD.

  Is it possible that I can use the drive HARD without the PC automatically boot from the HARD drive?

  Thank you!

  -Tyler

  First you need to download the latest driver of Samsung 950 NVMe (this is not included and is required) to you

  OEM HARD drive, then clone the drive.

  its about half way down the page.

  

  

  Then see if you can find it in the BIOS, I pulled out my HARD drive and its in the pile of gift, all SSD for my system. I'm sure that you can remove the secure boot and startup of the PCIe SSD.

  Please report your findings

• W550s error code POST 2100 with Samsung 850 Pro 1 TB

  Someone had the POST 2100 error code after I installed a Samsung 850 Pro in the W550s?

  I had this happen when I tried to install the Samsung and did a restart hot. The machine should start properly if I completely stopped down but not with reboots.

  The hotfix that is described in the following link corrects this problem for Samsung 850 Pro 1 TB?

  http://support.Lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht082504

  Using Acronis True Image instead of data Migration Samsung worked like a charm. Samsung costs me a lot of time and frustration with their migration software.

  They should be upfront with the fact that SDM v2.7 does not work with a Lenovo W550s. They are stuck in NIH (not invented here).

  Moreover, I fArrondi that Acronis True Image can cause serious system problems if allowed to run at startup and run in the background. It causes the system freezes in one of my computers. I used Windows 7 msconfig to disable at startup and it will run only when I need it.

• TravelMate p645 replace ssd. Samsung 950 not supported

  Hello world

  I tried to replace originala lite on ssd, with samsung 950 m2 pro, but it was not detected by the bios.

  I have updated with the latest available 1.18, replace the hard drive of the inheritance to uefi, but nothing is detected

  any suggestion?

  Thanks in advance

  On the p645 sata port is m.2 sataand takes an SSD as it,

  ESSENTIAL / SSD MX 200 m2 SATA 250 GB 6 Gb/s
  MODEL: CT250MX200SSD 4

  The pro samsung 950 m2 is PCIE.

  SAMSUNG 950 PRO 512GB PCI - Express 3.0 m2 x 4

• T440s kills 840 Samsung SSD pro

  Hi all

  I have a T440s new, bought with HARD drive. That I wanted to use a reliable SSD, I bought a Samsung 840 pro, I already running in another system. That's when the problems started. In a German Forum several users report similar problems, so I just wanted to give a summary here, so that perhaps the international community can help. I consider myself as being an experienced user, built the various PC systems in recent years and currently have a desktop running with Samsung 840 pro system. Here are the details:

  I installed Windows 8.1 (several times, first clone HARD drive and later after recurring problems, clean full install win DVDs of 8.1), value UEFI Bios only + Intel Quick start disabled before installation.

  The question now is with the SSD I get constant HDD (visible in EventViewer) mistakes, while usually after a few hours of operation, the operating system is damaged to the point that it cannot start more. I should mention that the same system is running stable with the original HARD disk. First I thought that it is a faulty SSD and I replaced it by Samsung. However, with the new SSD replaced I am facing the same problems. Earlier this year, I have corrected a problem on a desktop with 840 pro where symptoms were similar. In the case of a desktop system, the issue could be fixed by replacing the SATA cable (which is obviously not an option on the T440s).

  And Yes, I use the latest firmware SSD, the BIOS update, the drivers of Lenovo. Now, the problem is that I do not seem to be the only one with these problems. Other users in similar problems Thinkpad German forum report not only on Windows systems, but also on Linux installations (we even got the motherboard replaced by Lenovo and yet, it does not solve the problem).

  I contacted Lenovo support and they told me that they support only of original Lenovo SSD. I must say that I am really disappointed that my new system from a renowned manufacturer constantly does not work with one of the most widely used SSD. Currently, some users in the report of the German forum they have better luck with Samsung EVO SSD. However, after this experience, I really lost confidence in the T440s. If the design should have problems with Sata 3, I don't know if I can trust this laptop in a business environment.

  Comments/suggestions very welcome.

  Kind regards

  Frank

  PS: Here is a reference (at least two other users reporting this issue in this forum, here, in German, however)

  http://forums.Lenovo.com/T5/T4-T5-und-neuere-T-serie/Lenovo-T440s-Samsung-840-Pro/m-p/1297091#M1562

  
  

• SAMSUNG SSD Pro 840 died after two days of Thinkpad Yoga

  I replaced my new Thinkpad Yoga with Samsung 840 Pro SSD and he died two days after I see the core in something Page error, and I couldn't start later. I am connected later this SSD to USB port on my other laptop and he was dead. Lenovo Diagnostics failed for SSD drive as well.

  I would like to know if anyone of you tried Pro 850 with Thinkpad Yoga and was happy with it?

  I have a S1 of Yoga in which I recently installed a Samsung 850 Evo (not the 840, not the Pro 850, but they are similar). So far, he's doing much - he has been here for about 2 weeks now.

  It is Windows Pro 8.1 with full disk encryption enabled.

• HP PAVILION MINI 300-010 in: query about support for the Samsung 950 m2 Pro nVme mini SSD HP Pavilion 300-010 in

  Hello

  Can someone let me know if "mini HP 300-010 in" with card mother COLTI will support a 950 Pro NVME SSD Samsung, on his Socket 3, with 4 x 4 PCIe bus support? Well if helped have on it.

  Hello @asanyal,

  Welcome to the Forums of HP Support! It's a good place to find the help you need, so many other users, the HP experts and other members of the support staff.

  I stumbled upon your post on the SSD question and wanted to help!

  Here are the specifications of the product for the SSD 950 PRO:

  Form factor - M.2

  Here are the Specifications of the product for your office:

  Expansion Slots - M.2 a female connector, 1, 3

  From the information above, the SSD should be compatible.  However, keep in mind that it is intended for the high-end PC.  Then you can consider increasing the memory to improve performance.

  Please let me know if this information helps you solve the problem by marking this message as 'accept as Solution' , this will help others easily find the information they seek.  In addition, by clicking on the Thumbs up below is a great way to say thank you!

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• HP Envy 17 t-n100 CTO: my usable laptop Samsung 950 Series PCIe x 4 Pro (Gen 3), NVMe as boot drive?

  Just bought HP Envy 17 ", 17 t-n100. Originally, it is equipped with a 512 GB SSD, the m2, the sata3. I want to update Samsung SSD 950 Pro Series, 256 GB, PCIe NVM, m2 and use it as a boot drive. Is it possible for this laptop?

  * In terms of hardware, this laptop computer motherboard does support SSD PCIe and NVMe (physically and electrically)?

  * How about this laptop Bios, support NVMe? I know that win10 supports NVMe, but what the BIOS?

  Appreciate the answers to these questions

  The BIOS is not the issue. It also has to do with the material. And do you seriously change the BIOS is a viable option? The BIOS is exceptionally hardened against hacking efforts. Very few succeeded. A lot of effort have been made to the number of white list of wifi and very, very little success by very serious coders, which most of us is not.

  HP makes now several models that use NVME m2 disks but they are for most business models. I have one in my G3 from 15 Zbook I added and my 'world of the thinner' spectrum 13 was one of the factory. I tried upgrading my laptop SATA m2 (a Lenovo Carbon X 1) used prior and he is not, and this is the result which has been reported here with similar models of HP.

• Best use of a drive IS Samsung 950 m2 pro for first?

  I just got the drive Pro 512 GB NVME 950.  I also have the Samsung 850 Evo 1 TB SATA3 drive and an LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266 - 4i with 4 1 than TB of RAID 5 disks.

  I lost all my data RAID when I lost two drives on the four.  At first, I lost one and when I added a replacement disk, I lost another.  I think that my RAID controller card is dying.  I'll give up my RAID because I can get much better performance from the drive IS.

  The 850 EVO is my boot drive.  I had to do the Pro 950 my boot drive, but it only would give me a marginal improvement in time to start.

  Reading the page of hackers, I think that my best two players use is

  850 EVO - operating system, programs, file

  Exports of 950 pro - Cache of media, media, projects, previews,

  An alternative is to make my 950 pro the boot drive and put all the files it contains.  Most of my projects is small enough for that.

  Also, I can only put SPEEDY on a single disc with Samsung magician and I was about to put on the Pro 950.

  Any opinions?

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  32 GB Crucial RAM

  poppabear69 wrote:

  850 EVO - operating system, programs, file

  Exports of 950 pro - Cache of media, media, projects, previews,

  I recommend a small change, let the media Cache in the default position on your startup disk.  They seem independent of speed, and when you move a project to one of your drives just delete the Cache of media and media Cache files on the boot drive.  If you reopen a project folder archives they will be quickly recreated

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  In any case, I took the SSD back to my house and threw it in my desktop PC. It works very well. Then what should I do? Why am I not able to get the SSD to install it? From what I read, the Samsung 850 EVO should be compatible with a MacBook Pro 2012. Can I do to install it at home? Is that all I can say people at the Mac store to help them along?

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  OS X will only be installed on a properly formatted disk.

  HTH

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