Alienware R3 15 little issue ?

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Hi there !I have an Alienware R3 15'' 2016 and I just bought a new Samsung SSD (V-NAND SSD 950 PRO M.2) for my Alienware and it runs perfectly ! BUT ...specs :  NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5Processor - Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ (Quad-Core, 6MB Cache, up to 3.2GHz w/ Turbo Boost)Operating System - Windows 10 Home 64bit EnglishMemory - 8GB DDR4 at 2133MHz (1x8GB)SSD : 256GB Samsung PCIe SSD V-NAND 950 PRO M.2 NVM ExpressHard Drive - 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (now my secondary drive for storage)The only thing is my Samsung Magician is not detecting it ?? When I try to install the Samsung NVMe Driver 2.0 it tells me : 'Samsung NVM Express Device is not connected. Connect the device and try again.'Not sure what I should do now ? It works fine but ... this thing annoys me right now lol.Which is funny because I run on the SSD right now lolThanks a lot,Dave.

Dave18k · Answer

why tech answer all other threads but not mine ?

vogner16 · Answer

I would take the assumption that the M.2 port on the laptop is not nvme supported.

I don't know this for certain.

my alienware 15 has from the factory a Samsung 851 I believe and I also believe in nvme mode, but that's based off of the 17 motherboard...

check if you have a bios setting for that port to be in sata mode or something wierd

Dave18k · Answer

Thanks for your answer.

If I would have put a square shaped SSD like a 850 EVO I had in my XPS that would have worked fine for sure. But my SSD I have installed in my Alienware is the shape of a RAM bar. According to DELL build page when you check in the R3 in its best configuration you have this :

512GB PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)

Not sure which brand they put in it but if its only the Samsung one they dont detect I should have picked up the Intel one instead then...

Tesla1856 · Answer

I don't have an answer, that's why I personally didn't post. I mean, you can Google as well as I can.

I still don't know, but if I had to guess ...

Looks like Samsung NVMe driver (or Magician) is not compatible with RAID (non pure-AHCI mode) and/or Intel RST driver-suite.

www.tenforums.com/.../67039-using-nvme-ssd-ahci-vs-raid-mode.html

Last time I checked (years ago) ... Intel-RST can NOT be fully removed. It takes a Windows clean-install to get rid of it.

Dave18k · Answer

Here are my benchmark stats :

For my SSD model Samsung says this is supposed to reach 2200 mb\sec in read and 900 mb\sec in write.

Even if I dont have the original Samsung drivers it still perform okay, maybe I could reach their stats with the i7 configuration.

Tesla1856 · Answer

Here are my benchmark stats :

For my SSD model Samsung says this is supposed to reach 2200 mb\sec in read and 900 mb\sec in write.

Even if I dont have the original Samsung drivers it still perform okay, maybe I could reach their stats with the i7 configuration.

Looks fast and acceptable to me. I doubt you would notice a difference in day-to-day operation.

Yes, I think it is "processor bound" just like IDE, SATA, PCIe, etc.

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