Acer Predator 15 G9-591 Hardware Upgrades

So, I am currently looking at upgrading my RAM and Storage on my laptop.
I know that the extra m.2 slot supports SATA III (so I've been told) and the slot that the LITE-ON m.2 is already installed in supports PCIe or SATA.
I also know that the two user-accessible RAM slots support DDR4 SDRAM.

First Question- Is the LITE-ON M.2, PCIe or SATA? Because I would like to buy a PCIe M.2 that is bigger and faster than the 128GB LITE-ON SSD I have and just switch the LITE-ON into the upper slot that only supports SATA.

Second Question- For the RAM as long as I buy two matching cards, what all matters? Is there a certain number of Pins I need to get? Most of what I'm finding is 260-Pin. Under the Speed category, I am finding things like DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200), DDR4 2133 (PC4 1700), does the number after PC4 matter?

Third Question- If I buy a faster SSD for my M.2 slot, how can I go about moving my OS onto the new SSD without losing data?

Fourth Question- Where can I find an optical drive to replace the fan I already have installed? Are there options to change the drive into a storage bay for another SSD or HDD?

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XmallowmanX

Additionally, I did post a similar question in October and this is the answer I got. I just need more info and had already marked the other post as solved.

Hi,
You could install one PCIe/NVMe M.2 SSD and another M.2 SATA SSD up to 512GB size, as for the memory upgrade, you can go up to 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4 SODIMM 2133MHz type RAM, I don't think you can upgrade your GPU as the card is soldered to the MB.

ven98

XmallowmanX said:

Additionally, I did post a similar question in October and this is the answer I got. I just need more info and had already marked the other post as solved.

Hi,
You could install one PCIe/NVMe M.2 SSD and another M.2 SATA SSD up to 512GB size, as for the memory upgrade, you can go up to 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4 SODIMM 2133MHz type RAM, I don't think you can upgrade your GPU as the card is soldered to the MB.

This statement answers your first question.

second - 260pins RAM modules is for laptop 288pins is for desktop. DDR4-2400(19200), means that the frequency of the RAM is 2400MHz and the bandwidth is 19200MB/s. Your device supports up to DDR4-2133MHz, which means if you install a DDR4 2400MHz, it will be downclocked to 2133MHz by the BIOS. The number after PC4 doesn't matter.

third - the easiest way is to create a recovery drive(type in cortana 'create a recovery drive', make sure 'back up system files to recovery drive is ticked' and proceed further). You will need at least 16GB USB flash drive. Then you can use this recovery drive to install windows on the new SSD. The other way is to install the SSD on which you want the windows to be on the second M.2 port and then clone the data from the 1st SSD to it.

forth - as far as I know, it is possible to install HDD in the ODD bay.

XmallowmanX

ven98 said:

XmallowmanX said:

Additionally, I did post a similar question in October and this is the answer I got. I just need more info and had already marked the other post as solved.

Hi,
You could install one PCIe/NVMe M.2 SSD and another M.2 SATA SSD up to 512GB size, as for the memory upgrade, you can go up to 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4 SODIMM 2133MHz type RAM, I don't think you can upgrade your GPU as the card is soldered to the MB.

This statement answers your first question.

What I am asking is if the LITE-ON is able to be moved into the second M.2 Slot. I apologize if that is actually answered, I am quite new to upgrading computer components.

XmallowmanX

Also, do you know how I can install an HDD into the ODD bay?

AlicG

The first question wasn't answered properly.
I want to use my original LITE-ON M.2 SSD in the second Bkey 22110 slot. But when I install it there, it is not recognized in BIOS. Could I actually use this LITE-ON M.2 SSD there or I should buy another SSD?

batmalin

Second slot is m2 sata only and the lite-on ssd is PCIe NVMe, so the answer is no it will not work.
Please click yes if I have answered your question.

AlicG

>so the answer is no it will not work.

Could you please comment this answer - https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/579763/#Comment_579763
"The 2nd slot(Bkey 22110) is a regular sata 3, which supports sata m.2 ssds. NVMe will also work on this port, but will be reduced to sata 3 speeds."

batmalin

I dindn`t found any documentation that proves that this port is sata/pcie co-lay. The statement in the link is that the port is sata 3 only so how pcie sdd will work then? PCIe m2 SSDs are not complatible with SATA standard, so the statement above makes no sense to me.

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