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Inspiron 3650 Motherboard M.2
I was wondering if the M.2 slot can be used with an SSD.
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I was wondering if the M.2 slot can be used with an SSD.
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ejn63
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April 5th, 2017 09:00
No. it's for wifi or wifi/bluetooth only. It's not wired for use with a storage device.
joeasian
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April 5th, 2017 12:00
Thanks for the prompt reply! Do you know if it is a matter being wired for storage or having the drivers built for it?
ejn63
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April 5th, 2017 12:00
The wiring. The drivers belong to the drive used (SATA, PCIe or NVMe), not to the connector.
M.2 sockets can be connected to the system bus in a host of ways - the mainboard design determines these. This is a low-bandwidth connection for a wireless card - it's not connected in such a way that an M.2 SSD is supported (and neither is the BIOS written in such a way as to support an M.2 drive).