Anyone use a CRUCIAL M2 NVME in an Acer Aspire 5, A515-56

KanagawaTomasu

I have an Acer Aspire 5, i-5.

I have already installed a Crucial BX500 SATA SSD. (Secondary Drive)

I have already installed a Crucial 16 GB So-dimm of DDR4-3200 RAM (20 total/MAX).

Has anyone used a Crucial M2 NVME Drive in their Aspire 5?

I know that the board accepts GEN-3 Drives. But some Gen-4 Drives are backward compatible.

Before you get started . . . I already know about the Crucial System Scan and the other Crucial download.

So what Crucial M2 drives have YOU used? How did they work for you??

Thanks, ahead of time.

AnhEZ28

@KanagawaTomasu

I installed the Crucial P3 on the older Aspire 5 and it seems to work really well. Just note that you will need to reinstall or clone the OS to the new drive.

Jack22

@KanagawaTomasu

check the below thread for more help and info

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/649597/acer-aspire-a515-56-30ve-i-need-to-add-m2-nvme

KanagawaTomasu

What did I miss??? I asked about CRUCIAL M2 NVME drives.

The Posted "Reply" is about a Western Digital Drive.

Maybe I should go to ASUS Blog to find answers about my ACER Laptop???

AnhEZ28

@KanagawaTomasu

I installed the Crucial P3 on the older Aspire 5 and it seems to work really well. Just note that you will need to reinstall or clone the OS to the new drive.

KanagawaTomasu

I was trying to decide between the Crucial P3 (Gen 3), the P3 Plus (Gen 4), the P5 (Gen 3) and the P5 Plus (Gen 4). I think both the "Plus" drives are backward compatible, aren't they?

I know my Motherboard takes Gen 3 NVME drives.

DId you use the Crucial Software to Clone your old drive to the new one.

Thanks for your response.

@AnhEZ28

AnhEZ28

@KanagawaTomasu

The Gen 4 drives are backward compatible with the Gen 3. I actually use a different software to clone the drive.

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1237438#Comment_1237438

Hey KanagawaTomasu, what you missed is that Jack22 (btw Jack22 is a rated Acer member, so he is not talking through his hat) as he was trying to help you and tell you to use the recommended M.2 SSD drives suitable for your laptop, as the Sandisk M.2 SSD in the list below for your laptop is made by Western Digital😀

The PCIe Gen 4 drives are backward compatible and if you put a 1x PCIe Gen 4 into your Aspire A515-56 laptop M.2 drive slot that is a PCIe3x4, the Gen 4 drive will work 100% and perfectly, buy it will work only at 50% potential speed as Gen 4 M.2 drives are twice as fast as a Gen3 x4 M.2 drive (btw, I'm not just talking the talk, as I'm using an M.2 SSD - 1TB WD SN770 Black Gen 4 drive in my Nitro AN515-56 as a boot drive, which this laptops boot drive is a PCIe3x4 slot and has a PCIe3x2 slot for the slave M.2 drive) and it works perfectly as a boot drive.

Note: Acer does not use Crucial drives with any of its laptops or desktops, Acer only uses certain drives that are suitable and perform their best with the appropriate laptop/desktop, so be aware of that, as the below M.2 SSD brands of drives and models for the Aspire A515-56 are the best and most compatible and have been tested by Acer for your laptop, so its your choice,

KanagawaTomasu

StevenGen,

You are correct. I did NOT catch that Jack22 is a rated member. And IF that was a "Hint" or a "Suggestion" or a "recommendation" . . . I missed it. (My wife will also tell you that I usually DO NOT take HINTS.) You just have to TELL me directly.

I do appreciate the information, NOW THAT I understand it as a "recommendation" or an "explanation."

So I will read through that again. I see you have provided that information here.

So thanks again to both of you. Please pardon my short fuse.

(From my perspective: I asked about A and the reply was about something OTHER THAN A.

That makes for a disjointed conversation.)

Enough of that.

Cheers!

KanagawaTomasu

Neither here nor there . . . did anyone notice that there is a MICRON (Crucial) drive in the above list???