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    Dell XPS 13 Skylake - Samsung SM951

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by kirkyboy, Feb 9, 2016.

  1. kirkyboy

    kirkyboy Notebook Geek

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    I just put in a 512GB Samsung SM951 in my new Dell XPS 9350. Coming from a 128GB PM951.

    I cannot see the drive in bios, nor in Macrium with Windows PE and Intel Rapid Storage Driver loaded.

    Also a clean install of Win 10 with loading the same Intel driver does not work, it cannot find a drive. :|

    Is the bios supposed to see the drive? Any thoughts?

    Thanks!
     
    kirkyboy, Feb 9, 2016
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    kirkyboy Notebook Geek

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    I fixed it - I did not pop the SSD 100% in the slot :| Needed to pop it in when in an angle...
    Restoring the clone image now, hope it works. :)
     
    kirkyboy, Feb 10, 2016
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    Hi, I´m really interested in what read and especially write speeds are you getting with the new SSD...
     
    Patrik Dubovec, Feb 12, 2016
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    Hi, I´m really interested in what read and especially write speeds are you getting with the new SSD...
     
    Patrik Dubovec, Feb 12, 2016
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    kirkyboy Notebook Geek

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    Hi, I am getting around 1600 MB/s both on writing and reading. Intel tool reports 4x PCI lanes enabled. I do think Dell somehow caps the speed a bit, it should be over 2000 MB/s on reading - but hey I am not complaining - its fast enough I believe.

    I am not sure whether I need to use some Samsung drivers or not, but so far I am using built in NVME drivers.
     
    kirkyboy, Feb 13, 2016
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    matejdro Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are you sure you had PM951 in there? IIRC dell used non-NVME drives on 128GB versions.
     
    matejdro, Feb 13, 2016
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    kirkyboy Notebook Geek

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    Sorry coming from a 256GB PM951 :)
     
    kirkyboy, Feb 13, 2016
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