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Dell G5 upgrade
Hello, recently I bought the new Dell G5 with RTX 2060, i7-9750H, 16GB ram, 128GB M.2 and 1TB HDD.
I'd like to upgrade the very small 128GB M.2 to a more usable size like the 512GB 970 Pro M.2 from samsung.
I also like to upgrade the HDD to a 1TB 860 Evo SSD from samsung, just because the fact that I don't like to have a HDD in a laptop.
My question is if this is possible as I read plenty of posts on the internet regardings disk sizes etc.
Simple question: can I change the drives to a 512GB 970 Pro M.2 & 1TB 860 Evo SSD?
I hope someone can answer this for me.
Thanks in advance!
- Athyykkk
Neo_Baggins
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July 11th, 2019 23:00
CliveZ
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August 7th, 2019 11:00
Check supported storage specs for your laptop on Dell's web site. For example, G5 5587 model only supports up to 256GB M.2 PCIe drives. It does support up to 1TB M.2 NVMe drive, but it seems that you need to get the drive from vendor's compatibility list, such as Crucial https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/dell-g5-5587
Otherwise, it may not be recognized by BIOS, etc
Colth
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October 30th, 2019 02:00
Running it with a samsung evo 970 2tb now and it works without a problem
mallikd
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December 21st, 2020 19:00
Hello
I am trying to install Samsung 970 Evo NVMe 500GB additional M.2 stick in my G5 Gaming desktop.
system already has a 512GB stick on the mother board. I can't find where is the other slot for M.2 SSD. The specs say there is one ..
when I install in the empty bus port near front or near HDD bay, the system shuts down.. may be POST is failing.. I guess they are SATA buses ? Dell does not label the buses .. no info in the manual.
@Colth can you please share how to install .. picture would be helpful.
Thanks
Mallik
nepperyqr
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April 28th, 2023 21:00
You've probably solved this a long time ago, but the Speccy app says I have two M.2 slots being used as well, but I can only see one physical slot, with the NVMe in it. I read somewhere that the WiFi card is also an M.2 form, so that's likely the second one, which isn't visible to me. I am currently hoping to upgrade my 512GB NVMe to a 1TB or larger, and am thinking I might do that with an expansion card so I can clone the 512 and keep it for storage, but I haven't sorted that out yet. Or keep the 512 on the motherboard for the OS and move the storage-hungry MSFT Flight Sim to the new NVMe.