NITRO 5 AN515-52 (NH.Q3MEK.005)

CMOSSUK
CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
edited November 2023 in 2019 Archives
Hello, 
Just purchased my Nitro 5 a couple of days ago so far so good. 

I wanted to know if my an515-52 can support SSD pcie (3.0x4) m2. nvme?

I'am thinking of installing a Toshiba 512gb Pcie 3.0x4 Nvme m2. type 2280.

My xpu and gpu specs are as follows

I7 8750h 8th gen
1050 Gtx 4GB


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  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 3,652 Pathfinder
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    @CMOSSUK
    Run on 2 lanes.

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  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 3,652 Pathfinder
    @CMOSSUK
    YES, you can install



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  • MaClane
    MaClane ACE Posts: 35,598 Trailblazer
    Good Morning CMOSSUK !

    What exact model of your laptop?
    Example:

    Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52-74DR


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  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 3,652 Pathfinder
    @CMOSSUK
    You can also see the PCIe lane in the below picture


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  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    MaClane said:
    Good Morning CMOSSUK !

    What exact model of your laptop?
    Example:

    Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52-74DR


    Hi its an515-52-76SH
  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    edited February 2019
    So is the above compatible with the AN515-52-76SH?
    And will this run on the 4 lanes or 2 lanes? 
  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 3,652 Pathfinder
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    @CMOSSUK
    Run on 2 lanes.

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  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    Is it possible to enable x4 lanes? 
  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 3,652 Pathfinder
    @CMOSSUK
    Its not possible to enable x4 lanes.
    for more info you can check the below thread
    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/549591/acer-nitro-5-an515-52-ssd-nvme-run-half-speed-help


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  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    Jack22 said:
    @CMOSSUK
    Its not possible to enable x4 lanes.
    for more info you can check the below thread
    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/549591/acer-nitro-5-an515-52-ssd-nvme-run-half-speed-help


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    Is their any truth behind this from this users post do you think?

    '' make sure you set AHCI and not RST + Optane. Do that and you will get full speed out of an NVME

    by default it is set to RST + Optane and optahe only utilises 2 lanes instead of 4 lanes 
    and some nitro 5 ships with optane and thats why it is slow , just change it to ACHI and it will be fixed 

    feel free to ask any questions''

    Its in the thread you posted the link too
  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 3,652 Pathfinder
    @CMOSSUK
    Not sure. Never tried it. 
    But i would suggest if know how to do it with the above step you can try, but am not sure whether that might mess your unit if something goes wrong.


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  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    I wanted to ask on this document it shows for my model and spec as the pcie 3.0 x4 lanes but when I checked using hwinfo it was just showing x1 lane, I'm a bit confused with this. 
  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 3,652 Pathfinder
    @CMOSSUK
    hwinfo  are third party application. Am not sue how true is the info provided by them
    But you can always go with Acer specs

     
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  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    Jack22 said:
    @CMOSSUK
    hwinfo  are third party application. Am not sue how true is the info provided by them
    But you can always go with Acer specs

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    If I were to provide my laptops serial number  would you be able to find out the technical data? 
  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    edited February 2019
    Serial number: **********************


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  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 3,652 Pathfinder
    edited February 2019
    @CMOSSUK
    I ll try to check with model number
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  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    Jack22 said:
    @CMOSSUK
    I ll try to check with model number
    Thank you for being patient with a noobie such as myself. 
  • CMOSSUK
    CMOSSUK Member Posts: 27 Enthusiast WiFi Icon
    This is a screen shot of my hardware, will it still run on x2 lanes still although it is showing 1x?