Question Is there a chance to install NVME Samsung 970 evo 1 tb drive in 2013 Asus T300LA laptop (originally with SATA drive)?

[Alexey_c]

My old but lovely Asus T300L I7 transformer has too small hard drive, just 128 gb

I wanted to replace it and got probably bad advice to buy Samsung 970 evo hard drive (though I’ve given the laptop to a service specialist before buying)

The original drive is Sandisk sd6sn1m-128g-1002

And now he said that it can’t be installed.
Now I’m thinking if I should change

 

[Lutfij]

The SSD that came with your laptop is SATA 6Gbps based. Not NVMe, so yes you were ill advised to get an NVMe drive. You should ideally look for a SATA based 2280 form factor M.2 SSD and the largest capacity of an SSD you can go for is 256GB.

 

[USAFRet]

That Samsung 970 NVMe will not work in that laptop.

 

[rgd1101]

nope. return it and get a sata type

 

[Alexey_c]

The original drive

The SSD that came with your laptop is SATA 6Gbps based. Not NVMe, so yes you were ill advised to get an NVMe drive. You should ideally look for a SATA based 2280 form factor M.2 SSD and the largest capacity of an SSD you can go for is 256GB.

Oh my god ) 256 would be pointless anyway

No any tricks to get this big Samsung running?

 

[USAFRet]

No any tricks to get this big Samsung running?

There is no magic to get that to work. The laptop does not speak NVMe.

 

[Alexey_c]

The original drive


Oh my god ) 256 would be pointless anyway

No any tricks to get this big Samsung running?

There is no magic to get that to work. The laptop does not speak NVMe.

Thank you !
Shame I didn’t come here the first moment for advice!
Have a nice day!

 

[Alexey_c]

nope. return it and get a sata type

Thank you!
I’ll try tomorrow first this in the morning, I hope they’ll do it fast – I have a long trip next week...

 

[Alexey_c]

The SSD that came with your laptop is SATA 6Gbps based. Not NVMe, so yes you were ill advised to get an NVMe drive. You should ideally look for a SATA based 2280 form factor M.2 SSD and the largest capacity of an SSD you can go for is 256GB.

Done! i`ve changed the drive to a 1 Tb Samsung 860 Evo. Got launched right away! Pity I didnt consult with you guys beforehand)

Have a nice day everyone!

 

[popatim]

Congratulations!