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[southpaw32]

I'm trying to install an m.2 drive in a 9030 AIO, but the drive isn't showing in the bios. I don't even see a place in the bio for m.2 devices. Any idea what I have to do to make this m.2 drive work?

[JOcean]

The M.2 2230 slot is for a wifi card. The other slots are, I believe 3030 and 3042. The slots would be SATA and according to the specs do not support any SSDs.

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/optiplex-9030-aio/opt9030aioom/technical-specification...

[southpaw32]

Thanks for the reply, but that looks like a different setup that the 9030 AIO I'm working on.

https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Shared-Content_data-Sheets_Documents/ar/dz/CSG-EN-XX-ALL-OptiPl...

I found info before that said it took a 2242, which I have tried a 2242 SATA drive, but it didn't show up. 

The port is clearly marked NGF PCIE, so I'm thinking I just need a PCIe card. I just am trying to verify, before I go an purchase the wrong thing again.

[southpaw32]

UPDATE!

I was able to get my hands on a 2280 m.2 NVME drive. While it doesn't fit properly, it fits well enough in the slot to work for testing.  ...and low and behold the NVME drive works!

I was able to see the drive in the bios, and then I did a Windows install to it! Flawlessly! 

So, the PCIe m.2 slot on the 9030 AIO is just that! It accepts PCIe/NVME m.2 drives only. SATA will not work!

Also the form factor is 2242, which is a little difficult to find.

The best source I have found is straight from China. So, I am currently awaiting the arrival of my 256gb 2242 m.2 NVMe drive. Once I receive it, I'll report back!

[Smart_guy_2019]

Hi, can you please specify if you going to use this ssd for the windows or just a storage.

Also, which ssd sta is good for this model since mine is HDD.

Thanks

[AIO9030]

G'Day Southpaw32!:Geeked:

I am trying to get a 256gb 2242 m.2 NVMe drive working on my AIO 9030.

However its not showing up in my BIOS :TongueTied: Any clues as how to get it working?

(Options in BIOS required, specific version of BIOS or chipset drivers required to get this running...:Indifferent:)

Misc Info:

Bios Version: A21 ,A21 (Latest)

Running Windows 7 but shouldn't matter ... the BIOS is not seeing the m2 drive.

256gb 2242 m.2 NVMe drive: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Kingspec-120GB-HDD-22-42mm-NGFF-M2-SATA-SSD-Solid-State-Hard-Disk-Ha...

Thanks in advance for any help or tips!! :Yes::Smile:

Cheers,

[southpaw32]

I ended up setting a boot partition with Clover on a second drive, that points to the NVME drive.

You can use a USB drive, or in my case I was running a regular Sata drive for storage, and setup a small (100mb) partition for Clover.

It's pretty easy to setup, and once you get it working you don't have to worry about it. 

You can get all the info here: https://www.win-raid.com/t2375f50-Guide-NVMe-boot-without-modding-your-UEFI-BIOS-Clover-EFI-bootload...

I do suggest giving the thread a good read/skim.

Hope that helps!

[WayneFB]

Hi Southpaw32,

I've just spent a long time setting up a Clover USB and finally got it to work. Now I want to switch the boot files to a hard drive as you have done.

Just wondering how you did that? By using the BDUtility? Does it matter where the 100MB partition resides - does it have to be the first partition?

Apologies for the many questions.

Thanks for the inspiration.

And by the way, I'm using a 128GB Toshiba BG3 2242 PCIE SSD (Lenovo OEM drive). I'm sure the MyDigital SSDs would work too. https://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/mydigitalssd-240gb-sbxe-pci-express-3.1-x2-nvme-m2-2242-ssd-mdnvme...

Cheers,

Wayne

[DjLobo83]

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@southpaw32 wrote:

I ended up setting a boot partition with Clover on a second drive, that points to the NVME drive.

You can use a USB drive, or in my case I was running a regular Sata drive for storage, and setup a small (100mb) partition for Clover.

It's pretty easy to setup, and once you get it working you don't have to worry about it. 

You can get all the info here: https://www.win-raid.com/t2375f50-Guide-NVMe-boot-without-modding-your-UEFI-BIOS-Clover-EFI-bootload...

I do suggest giving the thread a good read/skim.

Hope that helps!

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I can't get it to work. I can start clover. But i cannot start instalation

[nfsmexico]

que tal, como te a ido con tu m.2?

tienes alguna prueba de rendimiento?

y alguna foto de como te quedo adaptado? ya que la 2280 es mas larga.

tengo unas dudas porque quiero comprarme una tarjeta, pero la m2 2242, no hay aqui en mexico.

saludos!