topic Additional M.2 drive - what spec please? in Notebook / Netbook

Additional M.2 drive - what spec please?

Captainbeaky — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 14:19:27 GMT

Hi, I've got a Medion Akoya 15303. Very happy with it.

I'd like to add an additional M.2 drive to it - there is a spare space for one in the bottom of the case.

The label says M.2 2280 PCIE/SATA

Which is reccomended please (PCiE or SATA?)

I was considering the Crucial P2 1TB PCIe M.2 2280SS SSD

Is this a suitable specification (Will it work with my laptop please?)

Kind regards,

Mike.

Re: Additional M.2 drive - what spec please?

daddle — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 22:48:44 GMT

@Captainbeaky

Hi Mike,

The manual for your PC says on page 34 the free empty space from underneath only can be fitted with a SATA M.2 SSD.

"19. Slot for flash memory expansion module M.2 2280

Your notebook comes with a slot for a flash memory expansion module.

The free slot only supports SATA."

Where do you find the label saying PCIe or SATA?

Please state the MSN number for your notebook.

daddle

Re: Additional M.2 drive - what spec please?

Captainbeaky — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:40:04 GMT

Ahh - darn it - I missed that in the manual - thank you very much for noting it - much appreciated.

I thought I had read SATA only, but couldn't find out where, and the PCIe/SATA label on the inside face of the little cover that you remove to fit the drive, and is what got me wondering.

Thanks for that - SATA it is! Chocks away!

I have a lot of reference material and design data (Parts catalogues, service manuals, CAD files and 3D data) are on my networked drive at home and are mirrored on a plug in hard drive, but if I fit a second SSD to this laptop, it makes things a little more convenient and faster (and I think I can automate it to keep both the shared drive and my internal drive mirrored)

As a side note - I've bought this laptop to change back from Mac to PC - Apple stopped supporting my long loved 27" imac, so Fusion360 no longer runs on it! This was really frustrating, as the hardware spec of the imac is still pretty good. I did try Bootcamp, but I can only get it running Windows 8, and really need 10.....

Apples response is to buy a new computer - so I did - a PC!