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October 13th, 2018 22:00
Inspiron 3650, boot OS from PCIe NVME M.2 SSD?
Hi everybody,
Can anybody confirm whether my Dell Inspiron 3650 can boot OS from PCIe NVME M.2 SSD or not because I plan to buy a new NVME SSD and slot into "NVME to PCIe adapter".
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JOcean
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October 14th, 2018 16:00
This all depends on whether your system BIOS allows booting from NVME devices. This statement from an adapter manufacturer sums it up...And I believe that the 3650 is 6th generation.
Supports any OS like Windows, Mac and Linux. Booting possible from M.2 NVMe SSD with compatible motherboards with supported BIOS (Support booting from PCIe). Intel 9 series and above chipset motherboards support booting from PCIe. This adapter card is a passive device so OS and System compatibility solely depends on SSD model used.
ejn63
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October 15th, 2018 05:00
Check to see if PCIe is a boot option. If it's not (and that's most likely for a model of this type), the answer is no.
speedstep
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October 16th, 2018 08:00
B Keyed M2 devices are SATA not PCI-E
Devices with only M2 key are PCI-E.
@DELL-Chris M
should be able to tell you what models do or do not work.
Visually I do not see the 2280 M2 slot on the board.
DELL-Chris M
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October 16th, 2018 09:00
#11 = M.2 Connector (NGFF1). Just not labelled in the external Inspiron 3650 Service Manual picture page 13. All the SSD we shipped on this model were SATA3. We only used that slot for the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo card.
As to your question, unknown. We never tested a NVMe SSD in this model. All you can do is try it out and let us know.
BIOS Boot =
UEFI (Default Setting) or Legacy
Secure Boot Enabled
Load Legacy Option Rom Enabled
Boot Option Priorities Windows Boot Manager
The BIOS Boot only list =
Diskette Drive
Hard Drive
USB Storage Device
CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive
Network
speedstep
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October 17th, 2018 07:00
NGFF SATA B Keyed or M Key only PCI-E AHCI? AFAIKT there is no PCI-E AHCI in 2242 size. If there is what is the model?
https://www.amazon.com/240GB-Transcend-MTS420-Flash-Factor/dp/B076PGM4Y5
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB947W34135
That would have to be 2242 slot as its too short for 2280 or 22110.
speedstep
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October 19th, 2018 08:00
The other Gotcha is that Caddies and cables do not seem to be included.
SATA Power Cable for Dell Inspiron 3653 3650 3655 GP2JM
https://www.amazon.com/Eathtek-Dell-Inspiron-3653-3650/dp/B06WP4KMQB
Dell VOSTRO/Inspiron 3669 3668 3667 3660 3650 3653 3650 3268 3250 , Compatible Dell PN GP2JM for X9FV3 caddy
https://www.amazon.com/DELL-X9FV3-Drive-Bracket-Adapter/dp/B01LI8MZ46/
Zeke S.
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September 8th, 2019 12:00
Did you ever test it? I want to buy one, but am worried it won't work.
WorthingHacker
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November 15th, 2019 08:00
I've tried this recently on an Inspiron 3650 trying to boot CentOS 7.7 from the SSD but I couldn't get it to work. It doesn't seem to work even if the /boot/efi partition is on HD as suggested on other threads relating to booting from NVMe. Perhaps you should try shrinking an HD partition and installing CentOS entirely on that. I've done this and the CentOS boot is reasonably quick. Also if you don't have 16GB of memory installed perhaps expanding this might give you sufficient performance improvement.