M.2 slot apprears missing
I bought a SATA M.2 SSD which the retailer guaranteed would be compatible with my system. However, when I look at the space where the SSD should go, I can’t see the requisite M.2 shaped slot.
I was expecting to see something like this (from the hardware manual):
Instead I see roughly this:
There are what look like connectors of some sort, but no actual slot. This image is from a guide on this site, so it seems it’s not just my machine that looks like this.
What am I missing? Any help is much appreciated!
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5 Commenti
I think perhaps your model simply does not have the M.2 connector.
Does any one else know?
da mike
The m.2 connector is present only in the units that originally came with a m.2 drive. The 32 and 64 GB eMMC units didn't, so you can't upgrade them.
da Pertti Kotipalo
you can if you are confident enough to solder a the slot onto the board yourself and then disable the internal drave, and then tell the boot manger to boot from the ssd once windows is installed. mirco soldering isnt the easiest thing to do but im sure there are technicians out there who could do the job for you
da john lawson
I've got a similar issue. So are you saying there's an onboard drive, instead of being able to use my SATA via the M.2? The only problem there is whether it's formatted and I'll have to build it (software, drivers etc) from scratch. Not sure the machine came with a recovery disc or whatever. It's my wife's laptop that I'm trying to refurbish for my son.
da John Humphreys
@John Humphreys As it turns out this model comes new with one of two configurations: (a) an SSD (either 128GB or 256GB) in an M.2 slot; (b) an eMMC chip (either 32GB or 64GB) soldered onto the board, and no M.2 slot. So yes, if there's no M.2 slot where it should be, you're pretty much stuck with the integrated memory it came with.
I don't think it comes with a recovery drive either, but it should be fairly easy to get a new OS etc. on there if it is formatted; there are plenty of guides online. That said if you find out you have the 32GB version, I would say (from experience) that Windows 10 or 11 is simply too storage-hungry to be a good experience on this machine. I had a much better time with Linux.
da Finn