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Inspiron 15-5580, SSD compatibility
I have ordered an Inspiron 15 5580, which will come with one SATA III hard drive. I will wish to add a SSD, using the M.2 slot, and to dual boot - Linux Mint from the new SSD or the installed Windows 10 from the HDD.
The Setup Guide shows that the M.2 slot supports PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe. Does it alternatively support a PCIe Gen3 x2 NVMe, or an M.2 SATA III? Would it be better for setting up dual booting if the SSD was SATA III like the HDD? I realize the speed might be less with anything other than x4 NVMe, but I'm not too bothered about that, given the use of the machine, Straightforward setup is very important, and the cost saving would be a nice bonus.
Thanks - and apologies if this post appears twice,as I tried to post before I registered.
DELL-Chris M
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November 26th, 2018 09:00
The Inspiron 15-5580 has one M.2 2230/2280 slot reserved for SSD. The other M.2 slot is reserved for the WiFi/BT combo card.
Unknown about NVME PCIe Gen3 x2 because we never tested them. Yes, the slot can use 256GB SATA3 M.2.
The Inspiron 15-5580 supports the following SSD types =
512GB NVMe, M.2, PCIe-32, Gen3 x4, 22mm/30mm/2.38mm
512GB NVMe, M.2, PCIe-34, Gen3 x4, 22mm/80mm/1.50mm
512GB NVMe, M.2, PCIe-34, Gen3 x4, 22mm/80mm/2.23mm
512GB NVMe, M.2, PCIe-34, Gen3 x4, 22mm/80mm/2.15mm
256GB SATA3, M.2, 22mm/30mm/2.38mm
256GB SATA3, M.2, 22mm/30mm/1.50mm
DraycottNeddy
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November 30th, 2018 12:00
Thank you, Chris.
I am still quite puzzled.
"Yes, the slot can use 256GB SATA3 M.2."
Is that up to 256GB, or exactly 256GB, so not the more common 250GB or 240GB?
Similarly, are the 512GB figures for NVMe M.2 maxima, minima, or exactly?
I also asked whether adding an NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD to a SATA III HDD was recommended, or whether I should stay with SATA III for both?
Thanks
JOcean
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November 30th, 2018 13:00
If I may interject here...this from the specs in the Dell manual.
DraycottNeddy
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December 3rd, 2018 09:00
Thanks.
Crucial (UK) now only seem to stock one compatible SSD in M.2 format, and that's 160gbp, so I'll probably just make some room on the supplied HDD for the time being.
All a bit academic at present, since there's no indication yet how far between China and here the machine has got. 10 days seems like an eternity when one's used to next-day delivery of bog-standard, off the shelf stuff.
DraycottNeddy
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December 6th, 2018 14:00
OP here: just to close off this topic for now: HDD partitions duly manipulated, Linux Mint 19 installed.
SSD purchase postponed.
Thanks
f1tastic
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March 12th, 2019 05:00
Hi,
With the below spec for 5580:
k.zaman
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October 8th, 2020 10:00
216GB NVMe, M.2, PCIe-34, Gen3 x4, 22mm/80mm/2.23mm is support?
Marc60300
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May 17th, 2022 01:00
Hello Chris,
I have an Inspiron 15-5580 and wanted to install a Samsung SSD 980 1TB (NVMe). I did the cloning from Hard Disc to the SSD. The windows works but I had several shutdowns with Bleu screen.
I had the same problem with Samsung SSD 870 EVO, 1 To with standard 2.5-inch SATA.
Is there any incompatibility with 1TB SSD? If yes, it’s pity to be limited to 256 GB SATA3, M.2 or 512 GB NVMe, M.2.
Many thanks
jayashrisharma
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August 7th, 2023 01:00
@DraycottNeddy Hi, I am using SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS NVME M2 SSD from past couple of years. I have installed Ubuntu & Windows 10 both on this SSD. I also kept my old standard 1 TB HDD that shipped with inspiron 5580 for multimedia storage. My setup is working fine.