Addition of M.2 SSD to Acer Aspire VX5-591G

Prototheca

Hi all

I am looking to supplement my system with a M.2 SSD, in the free slot of my Acer Aspire VX5-591G-51X6 laptop. (Serial number 71002145934).
As far as i can read, ideally it should be an M.2 SSD type M with a length of 2280 (though other lengths should fit as well)

However it is unclear to me what other things i should be aware of (NVME, BIOS, PCI etc.)

Can anyone here assist in recommending some medium class SSD choices? Ideally one that you have already tried on the same setup.

Thanks for your support.

brummyfan2

Hi,
You will find useful information in this thread:https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/497755/acer-aspire-vx-15-i7-kaby-lake-maximum-speed-of-m2-ssd-and-ddr4-so-dimm

Prototheca

Hi Brummyfan2 (And others)

Thanks for your answer. I had already read the post, and though i did get smarter, i did not find the solution there.
When looking at the Crucial site, it does not appear that my laptop supports their M.2 SSD.
The link to the discussion regarding "only getting ½ speed" seems to be dead.

I have now looked at various SSDs and one example that might work could be the WD Black PCIE SSD.
Link here: https://www.wdc.com/products/internal-ssd/wd-black-pcie-ssd.html#WDS256G1X0C
It is M type and the right length, and it is PCIE and NVME, but i am still unsure as to whether my PC supports that.

 Any idea whether that model would fit or alternatively how i could check this?

Thanks for all your help.

brummyfan2

Prototheca said:

Hi Brummyfan2 (And others)

Thanks for your answer. I had already read the post, and though i did get smarter, i did not find the solution there.
When looking at the Crucial site, it does not appear that my laptop supports their M.2 SSD.
The link to the discussion regarding "only getting ½ speed" seems to be dead.

I have now looked at various SSDs and one example that might work could be the WD Black PCIE SSD.
Link here: https://www.wdc.com/products/internal-ssd/wd-black-pcie-ssd.html#WDS256G1X0C
It is M type and the right length, and it is PCIE and NVME, but i am still unsure as to whether my PC supports that.

 Any idea whether that model would fit or alternatively how i could check this?

Thanks for all your help.

Hi,
You can check whether you can install a NVMe SSD by installing HWiNFO 64 program, run the program, expand Bus, expand PCI bus, expand PCI Express root ports and check whether they have Maximum Link Width value of either 2x or 4x, if you have 2x the SSD will work at half the speed advertised by manufacturers but still it will be 3x speed of the normal SATA SSD.
https://www.hwinfo.com/download.php

kahlilvanz

I've try HWiNFO64 to see look for that PCI Express but it seems can never be found if no PCIE SSD device installed. It is only listing the present devices. Empty slots never shows.

I also want to know if theVX5-591G is compatible with the M.2 NVMe SSD (samsung or WD black), then second, will it take full speed (4x)?

brummyfan2

kahlilvanz said:

I've try HWiNFO64 to see look for that PCI Express but it seems can never be found if no PCIE SSD device installed. It is only listing the present devices. Empty slots never shows.

I also want to know if theVX5-591G is compatible with the M.2 NVMe SSD (samsung or WD black), then second, will it take full speed (4x)?

Hi,
I have seen others got PCIe/NVMe SSDs working in their laptop (same model as yours), if you post your snip of HWiNFO64 it will help, however please read this thread for more information, check the pictures in this thread for comparison with yours.
https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/497755/acer-aspire-vx-15-i7-kaby-lake-maximum-speed-of-m2-ssd-and-ddr4-so-dimm

kahlilvanz

Thank you! It seems working at full speed for NVMe SSD which work at 4x pcie link width. 
Anyway, any info for system+acer recovery migrating from HDD to NVMe SSD?

brummyfan2

kahlilvanz said:

Thank you! It seems working at full speed for NVMe SSD which work at 4x pcie link width. 
Anyway, any info for system+acer recovery migrating from HDD to NVMe SSD?

Hi,
No problem, install MiniTool Partition Wizard(free), install the M.2 SSD, open MiniTool Partition wizard and use Migrate feature at the top to transfer the contents of HDD to SSD, remove the HDD and change Boot order in BIOS to make the SSD as the first boot.
https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

jzhre_014

is my acer vx 15 laptop nvme compatible heres the screenshot

brummyfan2

jzhre_014 said:

is my acer vx 15 laptop nvme compatible heres the screenshot

Hi,
I have posted the reply in your thread.

jzhre_014

is wd black nvme compatible?

nicolasbondancia

I am really lost in here! I want to replace the original SSD of my laptop Acer Aspire VX15 (VX5-591G-74UK) with the Samsung 970 EVO 1TB SSD (MZ-V7E1T0BW) NVMe M.2 V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-1TB-MZ-V7E1T0BW/dp/B07BN217QG/ref=sr_1_3?crid=LTYF41NY3WK6&keywords=m.2+ssd+1tb&qid=1565566565&s=electronics&sprefix=m.2+ssd+1%2Celectronics%2C274&sr=1-3) Do you guys think it will properly work?