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I have a dell inspiron 3471 desktop , recently thought of upgrading to ssd from hdd , Seeing the m.2 slot in motherboard got the nvme ssd but after installing neither the bios nor the disk management is detecting my ssd . then saw that my pc has m.2 SATA . Is my pc compatible with nvme ssd or only with sata.
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Posted October 9th, 2022 15:00
JOcean is correct as always. You can bypass the motherboard m.2 slot limitation by using a PCIe x4 nvme ssd adapter, assuming you are not using the x16 slot for discrete gpu.
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Posted August 22nd, 2025 20:59
@redxps630 That doesn't look like a 3471. Is that the extra memory drive? If so, where do you get the adaptor, what kind of SSD can you use, and can it be used as a boot drive?
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Posted August 23rd, 2025 02:39
you can use a nvme or sata m.2 ssd with a low profile ssd adapter add in card. not sure of boot. it depends on whether bios can detect the ssd on add in card as a boot drive
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Posted February 6th, 2026 15:17
Motherboard Prise sir Dell Vostro 3471
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Posted October 9th, 2022 09:00
According to the specs here, unfortunately your M.2 is SATA only.
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