m2 ssd support for Acer aspire E1-531

Abhishek_Kumar

I want to know if my laptop motherboard has m2 slot for ssd or not. I mean can i use m2 ssd or I'll have to use sata III only in place of HDD. Actually, I don't want to remove HDD and want to add ssd to my laptop, is there any way to add ssd without removing HDD in my laptop. Thank you. @brummyfan2

Commodore_1995#

This model does not have a slot for adding a ssd m2 2280. However, you can replace the hdd with a 2.5 "sata 3 ssd and put the hdd in place of the dvd using a 12.7mm caddy.

Commodore_1995#

check here: https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Acer-Aspire-E1-531/2926

MartinJohn00001

Hi Abhishek_Kumar 
Hi, Good Morning! Kindly find the Storage information of your unit below.
 

  
      Also find the RAM information of your unit below.
   
      

                                                Also check the link below and check and for the upgrades for your unit.They are Crucial and they guarantee compatibility with your exact model. Kindly write down the part number and then order from Amazon, it's cheaper and has fast delivery.
        https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Acer/aspire-e1-531
   
   I hope that this is helpful to you! If I have answered your question kindly click YES, Thank you     

    

Abhishek_Kumar

@egydiocoelho @andylb @Jack22 @Red-Sand please reply me guys about my question

Commodore_1995#

This model does not have a slot for adding a ssd m2 2280. However, you can replace the hdd with a 2.5 "sata 3 ssd and put the hdd in place of the dvd using a 12.7mm caddy.

Abhishek_Kumar

@egydiocoelho can you please also tell me if my laptop will support how much of ssd means i can use 240Gb or 250Gb and upto what lower and max limit? I'm looking for wd green brand ssd....will this be fine?

Commodore_1995#

check here: https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Acer-Aspire-E1-531/2926

MartinJohn00001

Hi Abhishek_Kumar 
Hi, Good Morning! Kindly find the Storage information of your unit below.
 

  
      Also find the RAM information of your unit below.
   
      

                                                Also check the link below and check and for the upgrades for your unit.They are Crucial and they guarantee compatibility with your exact model. Kindly write down the part number and then order from Amazon, it's cheaper and has fast delivery.
        https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Acer/aspire-e1-531
   
   I hope that this is helpful to you! If I have answered your question kindly click YES, Thank you     

    

Abhishek_Kumar

i have few questions can you first tell me that whether there is 4gbx1 or 2gbx2 ram is installed on my laptop. Thank you @MartinJohn00001

Abhishek_Kumar

@Acer-Manny @brummyfan2 @JordanB answer plz

brummyfan2

Abhishek_Kumar said:

i have few questions can you first tell me that whether there is 4gbx1 or 2gbx2 ram is installed on my laptop. Thank you @MartinJohn00001

Hi,
I think you have an on-board memory and a 4GB(1x4GB) module installed, could you please check in Task manager, go to Task manager, move to performance tab, click Memory in the left pane and post the results.
 

Abhishek_Kumar

@brummyfan2 this is what I can see about my RAM in task manager. Please tell me from this and are u using single 16GB ram?

MartinJohn00001

Abhishek_Kumar said:

i have few questions can you first tell me that whether there is 4gbx1 or 2gbx2 ram is installed on my laptop. Thank you @MartinJohn00001

  As per as the above image it has 4GBx1.      

I hope that this is helpful to you! If I have answered your question kindly click YES, Thank you

Abhishek_Kumar

@MartinJohn00001 from the very first pic your sent....can you please tell me if my laptop will support 240GB SSD or not because there it is written 250GB,320GB etc....(see the picture you sent above)

brummyfan2

Abhishek_Kumar said:

@brummyfan2 this is what I can see about my RAM in task manager. Please tell me from this and are u using single 16GB ram?

Hi, I have shown the snip as an example, I have a different model, I have 2x8GB modules. As I have said earlier, you have 1x4GB.

Commodore_1995#

What is the exact model of your notebook? Example an515-51-75kz. The last four digits refer to the hardware configuration of that model.

Commodore_1995#

You can buy a caddy that supports m2 2280, see:

However, I'm not sure if it will work.

Abhishek_Kumar

@brummyfan2 yup from the task manager image which you have attached i can see that you have 16GB of Ram but it is not clear that whether you have which combination 1x16GB or 2x8GB. How did you know that it is 2x8GB only...is there any software or website because this is not visible in task manager. Also, tell me how your disk is in2categories disk0 and disk1 while mine is only one disk0. Thank you.

Abhishek_Kumar

@egydiocoelho I have already told that my model is acer aspire e1-531 in heading of this post. Tell me what's the benefit of using m2 caddy because my if I attached it to HDD place in sata III slot then it will provide me only upto sata III speed and not m2 speed and also i will have to use HDD in disc drive slot using sata III caddy. And if i use m2 caddy in disc drive then it will give even lower read write speed. Am I correct? So, should I really need to buy m2 caddy or I should use sataIII ssd in place of HDD and HDD in disc drive using sataIII caddy? Please tell me regading this...
@brummyfan2

Commodore_1995#

Yes, the caddy will interfere with the speed of ssd m2. You have the option to buy a 2.5 "ssd and install it in place of hdd and then buy a caddy to install hdd in place of dvd. On ram, aida64 will identify your ram.

Abhishek_Kumar

@egydiocoelho which is better hwinfo64 or aida64?

Commodore_1995#

You can use both.