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    PCI Express SSDs

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Breezey, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. Breezey

    Breezey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    Just ordered my xps m1530 and i was wondering as it has 2 empty pci-e slots can i add a 64gb ssd and use that as my main boot drive and keep the 320 for storage?

    Cheers
     
    Breezey, Oct 2, 2008
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  2. mullenbooger

    mullenbooger Former New York Giant

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    I could be wrong but I don't think you can connect an SSD through PCI-e, thought they were SATA connections.
     
    mullenbooger, Oct 2, 2008
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  3. Breezey

    Breezey Notebook Enthusiast

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    yep you can google it, reasonably cheap too
     
    Breezey, Oct 2, 2008
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  4. John Kotches

    John Kotches Notebook Evangelist

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    Are you sure you aren't running in to "Express" slot laptop cards? These are different from PCI-e.
     
    John Kotches, Oct 2, 2008
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  6. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    mini pcie ports are the small ports on the inside of the laptop. They are basically only used for intel turbo memory modules, tv tuners, wireless and bluetooth devices.

    If you are talking about the expresscard slots on the side of the laptop, than you can use what dynamicnet mentioned.

    However both of the SSD's he recommended, as well as all expresscard SSD's are very slow, and are slower than almost every mechanical drive.
    This is because they are not pursued by SSD manufacturers, so they are many generations of SSD tech behind an actual SSD SATA drive.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 2, 2008
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  7. Jaycee8980

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    This is what hes talking about if I am correct :)
     
    Jaycee8980, Oct 2, 2008
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    These are the same SSDs used to upgrade eeepc's. They have extremely slow read and write speeds; I would recommend them only for an eeepc user.
     
    havoc531, Oct 2, 2008
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    The ones which I posted the link too are in fact "for" EEE PC's but can really be used with most laptops with a corresponding mini pci slot.

    Nobody had mentioned these and I believe thats what the OP is talking about.
     
    Jaycee8980, Oct 2, 2008
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    jisaac, Oct 3, 2008
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  11. Breezey

    Breezey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thats what i was talking about, cheers guys anyone know if its possible to boot from it? dont wanna spend like £100 if its not going to work.

    [​IMG]
     
    Breezey, Oct 3, 2008
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  12. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I am not sure if it is going to work. I imagine that it would.
    What kind of boot options are their in the Bios?
    Does the system allow you to boot from any kind of device other than the harddrive or optical drive?

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 3, 2008
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  13. Breezey

    Breezey Notebook Enthusiast

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    not sure getting it on tuesday
     
    Breezey, Oct 3, 2008
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  14. Jaycee8980

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    He means your computer's BIOS. You should have checked before you purchased :)
     
    Jaycee8980, Oct 3, 2008
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  15. Breezey

    Breezey Notebook Enthusiast

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    i know, im no rookie dont let the post count fool you, i bought it as its the best notbook for my needs and price range this is a bonus if i can get it working.
     
    Breezey, Oct 3, 2008
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    I want to do this too, did it work?
     
    mdneilson, Sep 21, 2009
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  17. User Retired 2

    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    It will work with upcoming Samsung mini pci-e SSD with sata controller.

    It won't work with any of the netbook mini pci-e ssd, since they assume you have a sata controller attached to it's pins, which notebooks don't. Search for "flashcon" to see how the pinouts differ.
     
    User Retired 2, Sep 22, 2009
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  18. aidil

    aidil Notebook Evangelist

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    Come on guys.... Similar posts have come up recently. It won't work other than Eee or Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks.

    Mini PCIe SSD only borrows the form factors. It's not designed for others as it has proprietary connection method specially design for those netbooks. Just try it if you want to spend those dollars for nothing.
     
    aidil, Sep 22, 2009
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  19. Breezey

    Breezey Notebook Enthusiast

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    I didnt bother in the end from all the posts saying it wont work.
     
    Breezey, Sep 22, 2009
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