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    Ativ Book 9 Plus NP940X3G update new Samsung SSD 970PRO

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by ura535, Feb 17, 2019.

  1. ura535

    ura535 Newbie

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    Hi all,
    Today I ran into such a problem:
    I have Samsung NP940X3G-K01US https://www.samsung.com/us/computer/pcs/NP940X3G-K01US-specs
    Bought ssd samsung 970pro(MZ-V7P512BW) I started updating,but my laptop does not detect it, it writes to BIOS - SATA Port1-Not installed.Just put the native disk and everything is in order.
    Many thanks for the replies. please help me.
     
    ura535, Feb 17, 2019
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  2. Maru

    Maru Notebook Consultant

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    Maru, Feb 17, 2019
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    Ura535, saw your post here and on a couple other forums... Did you get it to work? Sammy TS says there's no newer firmware...

     
    eohagan, Dec 7, 2019
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  4. senso

    senso Notebook Deity

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    By the specs:
    Storage Interface SATA3

    You can use any m.2 drive that supports SATA3, not NVMe, grab an MX500 1TB and over-provision it at 20%.
     
    senso, Dec 17, 2019
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