Would an open ended laptop PCIe X1 slot allow for a X4 ssd card to be inserted and fully functional? I have three free slots on my laptop- HP envy 13 ab002na and would like to add an additional drive, I'm not sure if they are open ended but would that be possible if one of them was. If not what would be the best way to add an additional drive, if possible? All slots are version 3 BTW...
PCIe x1 slot use X4 SSD
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Nope the x1 slots are physically too small, and have a bandwidth limit of 1GB/s. The 960 Pro read rate is 3.6GB/s. You could get a x1 to x4 adapter but you'd still be stuck with pretty much the same speed as SATA III.
If your laptop has USB Type-C or Thunderbolt ports it'd be a different matter. It may even have mSATA or M2 slots inside.
If your laptop has USB Type-C or Thunderbolt ports it'd be a different matter. It may even have mSATA or M2 slots inside.
My primary start up drive is a PCIe NVMe 256gb Samsung drive. I'll check my laptop motherboard via software to see if I have any of the other ports that you have stated. This new drive I wanna install would be for documents and stuff like that the primary for programs. I'll get back to you. Thanks for the speedy reply.
My laptop has three free PCIe x1 slots according to pc wizard 2015 and I forgot to mention it does have one '1 USB 3.1 Type-C™ Gen 1'. I don't need rapid storage, just reasonably good speeds for snappy use. What course of action would you recommend for a secondary SSD?
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Do you mean the PCIE slots are inside the laptop? It may be difficult to connect any adapters to those. I can find any info online so am not sure whether you could run external devices on those.
Something like this might work for SATA SSD speeds via USB Type C port http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4M54MK2112
Something like this might work for SATA SSD speeds via USB Type C port http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4M54MK2112
Hi there Multipack,
I was speaking to a support staff member on a website about this and he said my motherboard is to small for a PCIe X1 slot and that the three free slots that show up on PC Wizard 2015 are probably mini pcie slots. There are SSD that support this slot but there is the issue of bios and driver support. However, I have found some PCIe mini ssds that require no drivers. Which should work?
Regards Mateen
I was speaking to a support staff member on a website about this and he said my motherboard is to small for a PCIe X1 slot and that the three free slots that show up on PC Wizard 2015 are probably mini pcie slots. There are SSD that support this slot but there is the issue of bios and driver support. However, I have found some PCIe mini ssds that require no drivers. Which should work?
Regards Mateen
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Its very unlikely tbh. Its not so much the drivers as chipset and SATA/NVME controllers that'd let you down when using them as storage. If you could try them before spending then great, otherwise you are going to be risking it.
Why not get a USB Type C enclosure like I suggested? Then you can have an external hard drive at internal SSD speed.
Why not get a USB Type C enclosure like I suggested? Then you can have an external hard drive at internal SSD speed.
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It may be, but look how slow it is (Read - 130MB/s Write - 100MB/s), regular HDDs are faster than that, and workarounds like that always have issues, but I'd have to look into your chipset config and SATA controller spec to say for sure if I think it'd work or not. It also needs a controller of some kind. All storage does. SATA, NVME, SCSI, SATA/USB etc. Your laptop probably has SATA and NVME controllers but it doesn't say what interface it is or controller it needs. If its cheap, try it, if it's expensive I wouldn't risk it.
Hi there Multipack,
This is the info I could find on my storage controllers:
General Information:
Disk Controller: Intel Peripheral Type SATA
Device Controller Features:
Mode: SATA
IDE Legacy: No
NCQ: Yes
Port Multiplier: No
eSata: No
IO Ports: 2 available on 2
AHCI Version: 1.31
Bandwidth: 6 Gb/s
Port #0: No Device [HotPlug No]
Port #1: No Device [HotPlug No]
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Yeah that's just a regular SATA controller, but it depends on the drive not your laptop. I really cant answer without knowing more about the drive but it's a non-standard workaround and things like that that use adapters and the like are never guaranteed to be compatible.
Hhmm, the slot is a Mini PCIe v3 slot but it has a SATA storage controller. Would that not just take a regular msata ssd as mini pcie and msata have the same physical connection? Like thishttp://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/272516238905?_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=40800&meid=4ff39422da4d4fd2835beaa74512b209&pid=100623&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=162352796658&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1&_mwBanner=1
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