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  1. lse123

    Question Needed disconnect battery in a laptop and particularly in a Dell laptop to replace NVMe with a bigger NVMe drive

    Needed disconnect battery 🔋 in a laptop and particularly in a Dell laptop 💻 to replace NVMe with a bigger NVMe drive? Dell Vostro 5370 https://dl.dell.com/content/manual33154277-dell-vostro-5370-owners-s-manual.pdf?language=en-us Working on your computer p. 7 says About: Before working inside...
  2. HapticGoupil

    Question [gigabyte Z370P-D3] PCIe Line available for the GC when adding a NVMe M2 SSD ?

    Can i have a Graphic Card running at normal X16 if i add an M2 NVMe WD_BLACK SN770 (PCIe x4) with my gigabyte Z370P-D3 ? Are those Two separate or the ssd card take pci lines from the GC ? Will i have my GC running at X8 ?
  3. R

    Question Reusing old nvme

    Hello, I recently upgraded my nvme on my desktop. When I try to access the old nvme over a USB I get errors 'Incorrect Function'. The old nvme works perfectly when installed on the motherboard. I have done the basics (checking the enclosure, updating driver etc etc). Wanted to know how I can...
  4. V

    Question Bad drive maybe? bios? windows 10? Experienced and confused.

    So recently I wanted to do some upgrades, and hand down some older parts to a dedicated server. Originally i had a Ryzen 5 3600 in it, and I wanted to upgrade to a Ryzen 7 5700x. So the new CPU arrived and i proceeded to run backups etc. get prepped for the swap but I never got that far. I...
  5. G

    Question is my system capable to install new nvme m2 drive?

    Hi everyone, need your support. would like to know if my system is capable to install new nvme m2 drive? may be 1tb or 2b? i already have 1 m2 drive ( ADATA) in my c drive. also would like to know the best budget drive in the same which can give me maximum read and write speed for work...
  6. N

    Question ROG G752 won’t boot from NVME drive.

    I decided to do a clean Windows 10 install on my ROG g752vt, but after installing windows 10 on the nvme it wont boot to windows. The BIOS only even lists the drive as a boot option when CSM is enabled and the SATA mode is set to AHCI. I have tried every combination of boot and storage...
  7. J

    [SOLVED] Choosing an NVMe SSD --- higher TBW rating or longer warranty ?

    Which one is better to choose, NVME with longer warranty or NVME with higher TBW rating ? Generally I have 3 choice of NVME SSD 2 years warranty but over 1000TBW 300-370TBW but 5 years warranty (lower cost than number 3) 800TBW and 5 years warranty (higher cost than number 2, Same price as...
  8. O

    Question NVME card: will a PCIe Gen3x4 card work in a Gen3x2 slot?

    I have a Lenovo Ideapad 530S-15IKB laptop which contains a Western Digital PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G NVME drive. This drive has the following specs: 256GB M.2 2242 S3-B-M Interface PCIe Gen3 x2 NVMe v1.3 I would like to replace my NVME with a 480GB to 512GB drive. I have my eye on an open box...
  9. M

    [SOLVED] NVMe drives not recognized in BIOS

    Hi everyone! I have added a PCIe expansion card with four NVME drives to my pc but only two of them are recognized in bios. Someone on the net has advised me to update the motherboard driver but that didn’t solve the problem. I have SSDs of different makes and capacities. Can this cause such a...
  10. IcePickNYC

    Question 2 WD Black NVME M2 drives on MB best way to run them See Size and Lanes

    I have a B450 motherboard with 2 M2 drive slots. One is PCIE3x4 the other is PCIE3x2/SATA. my system currently has a WD Black SN750 500gb drive in the 3x4 slot. I just purchased a 2TB WD Black SN750 NVME.M2 drive. What’s the best way to go: leave 500gb as boot/programs drive in fast slot and use...
  11. M

    Question WD BLACK NVMe SSD isn't detected by BIOS

    A year ago I installed a WD BLACK 250GB NVMe SSD. My aim was to clone my OS from an older hard drive and use that hard drive to store games. I install the drive and partition it in windows and everything is okay. I am able to store files and programs on it, all seems well. My first red flag came...
  12. S

    [SOLVED] Looking for Approval for the upgrade parts I chose/ Have some questions about compatibility between MB and SSDs. (Gaming)

    Hello, I am an amateur to building PCs, but have done it twice in the past so not completely new to it either. I fumbled around with the partpicker yesterday and googling the details for each part and whether they are fully compatible has made my brain into mush, so here I am asking you, to...
  13. The_BlackHusky

    [SOLVED] WD Blue NVME drive 500gb not being recognizied at all?

    Hi, so to put this all into context I recently (Less than a week old) brought an entire gaming system excluding the graphics card because I already own one. Inside this system is; CPU - Ryzen 5 3600 MOBO - TUF B450-PRO Gaming Motherboard RAM - Corsair Vengence Pro 8x16GB DDR4 3200MHz AIO -...
  14. C

    Question Can't Use PCIeX4 slot on Gigabyte X470 Gaming Ultra

    I have the Gigabyte Auros X470 Ultra Gaming. I am getting some serious coil whine in my headphones from my Radeon RX 580 8g Red Devil video card in the PCIeX16 slot. I currently have my Soundblaster Audiology card in the topmost X2 slot, but this is right above the primary video card slot. I...
  15. Z

    [SOLVED] PCIe to M.2 Adapter. Any disadvantages? Overheating issues?

    Hello, I'd like to buy 2 M.2 SSDs. One I'll be using for media and project files (working in After Effects) and another for disk cache (constant writing to the drive). However, my motherboard (Z170 PRO GAMING) has only one M.2 slot. Would it be OK to buy a cheap PCIe to M.2 adapter (something...
  16. C

    Question NVMe M2 drive size for laptop?

    I have a Dell G3 15 laptop using a 250GB M2 NVMe for the boot drive. Dell says NVME drives up to 550GB are supported, but why stop there? Why would I not be able to/want to install a 1TB NVMe M2 drive? They are physically the same dimensions, same interface, etc. Would the larger drive just...
  17. A

    Question NVME and NUC compatibility?

    So, im building a PC for the girlfriend. She wants it to fast and capable of doing very mundane tasks for now with potentially some gaming added later. She also wants it fairly compact so i thought why not get her a mini PC (i always wanted to play with one). I did a bit of digging and found an...
  18. W

    [SOLVED] Difference between NVMe SSD key types?

    I have a HP Pavilion - 14-ce0505na which I bougth for university and light gaming. For that purpose its doing fine but I want to upgrade both the RAM and SSD to suit my needs a bit more. I opened it up today to have a look and see whats in it and found a single 8GB DDR4 2400 SODIMM with only one...
  19. M

    [SOLVED] NVMe SSD with Win10 (using PCIe adapter) not shown in BIOS, yet shown in Disk Manager

    Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FPkQFt SSD added: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07M7Q21N7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 M.2 to PCIe adapter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075MDH28Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Issue: Installed SAMSUNG 970...
  20. N

    Question PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSD

    Is there a list anywhere of currently available PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSD other than the ones listed below? Corsair MP600 Gigabyte AORUS GALAX HOF Pro Micro Center Inland Performance Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 Thanks
  21. P

    [SOLVED] Corsair Force MP510 read speeds

    hello,recently i bought the aforementioned ssd for my system and the advertised speeds where up to 3480 read and 3000 write(sequential), of course i wasnt expecting to get the maximum advertised speed but for some reason the speeds im getting are almost half of the above with the read speed at...
  22. comanderBARNIK

    Question EVO970 stuck at pcie 2 x 2

    Hello guys, as the title says, I have EVO 970 plus plugged into Gigabyte X99 UD4 and I'm stuck at pci 2x2, thats what samsung magician says. The performance is abysmal, I'm seeing people posting over 3000 MBps read/write values for this kit, whle I'm getting 800/600 R/W, my other SSDs (both 840...
  23. carlos84

    Question Can't install Windows 10 in NVME PCIe

    I am unable to install Windows 10 in a system with 3 drives, 1 x NVME, 2 x SSD Windows complains about drivers during setup process before it detects any drive, no drives available for install Unplugged the SSD's and still Windows complains about not having some drivers, updated the BIOS and...
  24. K

    Question is the intel 660p worth it?

    I was looking at getting my first SSD so i was looking at the 500gb SATA 860 Evo but noticed that (at least in Sweden) the intel 660p NVME drive is cheaper, and after looking at some reviews it isn't the fastest NVME drive in the world but its obviously faster then the 860 Evo and that it only...
  25. MrSix18

    Question Installed an additional NVMe M.2, Computer WILL NOT boot into bios nor windows

    So.. First off, this is a nightmare!! :mad: Tonight I installed an Additional M.2 drive, its a 970 pro 512gb NVMe PCIe Drive. When installed my computer WILL NOT boot into windows, the bios, or even turn anything in my case on except for my CPU cooler RGB and my Corsair RGB ram, everything...
  26. fishy_fizz

    Question m.2 SSD detected in bios but doesn't show up in windows

    I was installing an nvme m.2 ssd to my laptop. I plugged it in but it didn't show up in This PC. Then I checked bios setup, the ssd was detected in bios, but device manager and disk manager didn't show the ssd. The ssd is fine because I used it in a USB-m.2 converter and it worked fine. The m.2...
  27. techflame700

    [SOLVED] Should I Upgrade My SSD?

    I have been considering upgrading to a Samsung 970 Evo Plus due to it’s speed increase over my current SSD: WD Black NVMe 250 GB. It is my Boot SSD. It is worth the speed increase? Thanks! Specs CPU: i7 7700K Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270XP SLI SSD: WD Black NVMe 256 GB (WDS256G1XOC)
  28. A

    [SOLVED] looking for suggestions on ram and storage

    what i have currently i7 9700k asus rog maximus xi hero asus rog rtx 2080 8gb corsair hx850i platinum power supply windows 10 pro corsair 500D case corsair h150i pro AIO cooler +3 LL120s in push +3 ML120s in pull +3 LL120s exhaust I WANT TO GET THE MOST OUT OF MY SYSTEM , i left myself room...
  29. bubuie

    Asus h110m-k CPU and RAM

    hey guys my friend gave me h110m-k Asus motherboard, found a pretty good deal for i7 7700k and going to purchase it , will it be compatible with this MB? i read about some kind of BIOS update thing can i do it on my own? and about RAM also found good deal with 2400 MHZ 8gb Crucial RAMs , will...