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March 11th, 2018 20:00

Inspiron 5680, M.2 SSD type supported?

In the Service Manual, page 17, item #16, "M.2 SATA connector". 

Will SATA M.2 drives and NVMe M.2 drives both work on this motherboard? 

Edit: I ordered a SATA type M.2, because all the SSD on the Dell Inspiron 5680 come with "SATA M.2". It would be nice to specify somewhere in the manual that NVMe drives won't work. If that's the case. No NVMe support on a 2018 gaming desktop, not impressed.

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March 21st, 2018 19:00

OK, I got my Samsung 960 EVO NVMe to work after playing around in the BIOS for a bit. It was showing up on the first page under the list of HDD's, but it wouldn't let me install windows or it wouldn't recognize it outside of the BIOS. I changed the SATA Operation on the Advanced tab to AHCI and that seemed to have fixed it. I was able to clean install Windows through a USB drive that way on the SSD.

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March 11th, 2018 21:00

 

If I am not mistaken the top M.2 is NVME. The one on the bottom is SATA 6GB so if you got a SATA M.2 then put it in the lower slot.

 

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March 11th, 2018 21:00

Easy upgradability: Your gaming machine comes with up to 460 Watt Power Supply Unit (PSU), and support for up to 4 storage devices for future upgrades (2x 3.5" bays, 1x 2.5" bay, and 1x M.2 slot).

 

1x M.2 slot on the website, not two.

Either the manual or the website is wrong. The website states that there is 4 memory slots, the picture shows 2 slots and an extra M.2 slot where the memory slots should be. 

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March 11th, 2018 21:00

 


@tarusamwrote:

Easy upgradability: Your gaming machine comes with up to 460 Watt Power Supply Unit (PSU), and support for up to 4 storage devices for future upgrades (2x 3.5" bays, 1x 2.5" bay, and 1x M.2 slot).

 

1x M.2 slot on the website, not two.

Either the manual or the website is wrong.


My bad I just realized this is the new Inspiron 5680 with the 8th Gen Intel CPU. Not the Inspiron 5675 which has 2 M.2 slots and has AMD Ryzen. I don't think it will work as it 1 NVME m.2 not like the 5675 which has both.

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March 11th, 2018 21:00

A rep told me (in chat):

"I see that this desktop supports :
One 2.5-inch hard drive
Two 3.5-inch hard drive
SATA 6 Gbps for 2.5-inch hard drive
PCIe/NVMe for Solid-state drive
Intel Optane for Solid-state drive"

So, there you go.

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March 15th, 2018 14:00

so do we plug the NVME PCIe SSD into the same port #16 marked M.2 SATA?

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March 16th, 2018 03:00

Hi, I just received my Inspiron 5680 (which shipped with a 256 m.2 sata). I replaced that with a 512GB m.2 pci/nvme from my other dell pc. It fits in the slot fine but the 5680's bios doesn't pick it up at all. Do I need to do something or is it simply not compatible with a pci/nvme m.2

Thanks

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March 21st, 2018 16:00

let me know if you get this to work, I'm waiting on my 5680 to arrive and have a NVME SSD to install in it as well

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September 26th, 2018 22:00

What size nvme did you install?

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September 27th, 2018 07:00

 

Cool that the Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 2280 SSD worked!

NVMe was mentioned in the online Inspiron Gaming Desktop Setup and Specifications PDF found here.

Under Intel Optane Memory shows =
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Under Storage Interface shows =
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Inspiron 5680 validated M.2 SSD =
PPD1R 32GB, NVMe, PCIe-32, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Intel Optane Memory, Cannot be imaged, cache SSD only
0RPF4 32GB, NVMe, PCIe-32, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Intel Optane Memory, Cannot be imaged, cache SSD only
4TJ55 16GB, NVMe, PCIe-32, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Intel Optane Memory, Cannot be imaged, cache SSD only
0X1NJ 16GB, NVMe, PCIe-32, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Intel Optane Memory, Cannot be imaged, cache SSD only

0WX4N 256GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.30mm, Hynix SC401
W90VR 256GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Hynix SC311
6HG72 128GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Hynix SC311

KGH8K 256GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/1.50mm, Intel PRO5450
67PG2 128GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/1.50mm, Intel PRO5450

WJT50 256GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.30mm, Liteon CV8
77JFM 128GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.30mm, Liteon CV8
59X3V 128GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.30mm, Liteon CV8
P0MN9 128GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.30mm, Liteon CV8
4YFHW 128GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.30mm, Liteon CVA

PHY2P 256GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Micron 1100

KP08D 256GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Samsung PM871B
5PH9H 128GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.38mm, Samsung PM871B

FP0FC 256GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.15mm, Sandisk X600
89PJN 128GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.15mm, Sandisk X600

VFR5T 256GB, SATA3, 22mm/80mm/2.23mm, Toshiba SG6

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