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August 21st, 2015 11:00
Alienware 17 R2 compatible ssd m.2 chips
I bought an Alienware 17 R2 with 256gb + 1TB and want to upgrade it to 512gb + 1TB. There are 4 m.2 slots and right now there is 1 256gb chip in slot 1. Since there are 4 slots, I suspect that I can add up to 3 more 256gb chips for a total of 1TB SSD. Right now, I only want to add 1 more chip.
I talked to Dell's parts folks and they say the L8H-256V2G -11 chip is not available from them.
3 question:
1: Do I understand the architecture correctly?
2: If I add a secong 256gb chip, will I be able to EXPAND drive C or will I be stuck with 2 256GB SSD drives?
3: Where can I get a compatible (or exact match) chip? (a google search didn't trurnm up a source).
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Alienware - Rodrigo
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August 24th, 2015 07:00
Hi,
If you add a 256GB M2 SSD, you will not be expanding the C drive, the system will view it as an additional drive for storage. The C drive will only be on the primary drive where you installed Windows. You could try looking for the SSD on 3rd party online stores.
Alienware - Rodrigo
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August 25th, 2015 09:00
Hi,
When you say "chip", you mean the SSD right? The Alienware 17 R2 can support a 512 GB M2 SSD.
PickyBiker
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August 24th, 2015 08:00
Thank you Rodrigo
Is it possible to remove the existing 256gb chip and replace it with a 512gb chip?
Thanks
PickyBiker
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August 25th, 2015 10:00
Yes, I tried to use "chip" to avoid confusion with a SATA SSD drive.
I will buy a 512GB m.2 SSD
Thanks again for your help.
Alienware - Rodrigo
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August 26th, 2015 12:00
You're very welcome. I'm glad we could help.