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February 18th, 2018 21:00
Aurora-R7, adding additional SSD (SATA) storage
I'm considering adding more storage to my new-ish R7. Dell has told me that Samsung 860Pro and Evo drives are not supported with the R7.
From Dell Technical Support: "Unfortunately Samsung EVO and Samsung PRO SSDs are not compatible with any Alienware systems due to the fact that their firmware does not include validation for our OEM BIOS and motherboards; any other brand and make of SSD should be fully compatible though."
They do support the 850 series drives though.
How much difference can there be?
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Tesla1856
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November 26th, 2018 19:00
1. As this thread shows, yes. And yes, this is preferred.
2. Install a M.2-PCIe/NVMe-SSD or a 2.5inch SATA-3/600 SSD and config as C:
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/M-2-NVMe-bootable-options/td-p/6073037
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November 28th, 2018 13:00
Wait, I also buy that one, Samsung - 860 EVO 1TB Internal SATA Solid State Drive. Is that work on R7?
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November 28th, 2018 14:00
Sure. Yes.