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If it is a laptop the slot can also support m.2 nvme and sata, need the reference and/or laptop manual. Hoping that the m.2 slot information is indicated, not always the case with laptops.
Replace 128GB M.2 with larger drive
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New #13
Thank you all. I'll get the motherboard info and post back.
At the moment I've freed up about 30GB on the 128GB SSD. Already have two 2TB drives in addition to the 128GB SSD, one of which is almost empty, the other is over half empty.
Problem was the SSD had less than 8GB free so was near to being unbootable. I corected that so for now all is well. I believe I will go with the 1TB replacement several of you have pointed to
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New #14
Motherboard is a Gigabyte Z390 DESIGNARE.
It says Dual Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 x4 interface with Thermal Guards
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New #15
Nice motherboard. Can take nvme disks. Slots are gen3, but you could use a gen4 nvme if you like.
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New #16
SanDisk SD9SN8W 128-1006 M.2 SSD is what MSINFO32 said was in the system. When I look at the board specs it doesn't agree with that at all. It says
PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 which looks like this:
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PCIe Gen3 x4 (Type 22110)
Neither has the same pinout as the one I showed in my first posts.
I have not actually looked at the SSD in the system.
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New #17
The first one in the first post is an m.2 sata III in the m.2 nvme slot, this motherboard slot does not have the top notch, only the bottom one. The m.2 nvme only has the bottom notch. And both types have 5 pins at the bottom.
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New #18
Before you make any purchase you should read up reports on failures. Failures that could leave you with a dead M2 where your only exit is repair using parts from an identical model ( since looking for the parts can be problematic ).
Regardless of what you use the more heat for these M2 can lead to failure. Right now is considered selfish luxury.
NVME and NMVE Sata are the current types. Sata has the lower speed similar to Sata but can fit the slot and is able to be
used in a SATA converter.
I am looking up the usage of the SATA variant creating a 8TB raid within a SATA encloser. Again the heat is the problem
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New #19
for gen3 nvme sk hynix P31 draws much less power and produces less heat than others.
dont know about m.2. sata disks.
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