M.2 input information on acer aspire T3-710

bogi19xx

Hello everyone,as per the title,I need your help to understand which m.2 SSD to buy.

From the photos on my motherboard it looks like an m.2 nvme.

Looking around the forums, however, there is talk of it being an m.2 sata input.

Since the PC is a little old, I don't think it supports an m.2 nvme but an m.2 sata.

A further doubt assails me because looking at the photo of the m.2 inputs, it doesn't seem to match the m.2 sata input on the motherboard.

Can anyone help me or maybe they have the manual with the PC specifications.

Thanks in advance to anyone who will answer me.

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laurent_14

Hello,

Here are the SSD specifications for Aspire T3-710:

Jack22

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1302780#Comment_1302780

Below is the support info of HDD and SSd

laurent_14

Hello,

Here are the SSD specifications for Aspire T3-710:

bogi19xx

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1302777#Comment_1302777

So it supports max 256 GB, but m.2 nvme or m.2 sata?

Jack22

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1302780#Comment_1302780

Below is the support info of HDD and SSd

bogi19xx

Hi Jack,according to the specifications it supports nvme but only certain brands,am i right?

I'm not very expert on the subjet.

I was lent a 500 gb Crucial m.2 pcie 3.0 nvme ,but once inserted,the pc doesn't turn on.

As soon as i remove it,the pc turns on normally.

Could it be an incompatibility problem or maybe it's the input on the motherboard that has problems?

laurent_14

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1302782#Comment_1302782

Aspire T3-710 only supports M.2 2280 SATA 3.0 SSDs. The capacities stated were tested by Acer for this series.

bogi19xx

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1302784#Comment_1302784

Sorry Laurent for the trouble, the crucial one is a m.2 2280.

So I have to buy the brands indicated in the diagram posted by Jack otherwise no other brand will work.

However, the guide it takes inspiration from is for an Aspire TC-760 PC.

Does this also apply to my aspire t3-710?

billsey

You can use any size drive you wish, but it has to be SATA, not NVMe. There is no inherent limit to the drive size… But, currently anything over 2TB is going to be expensive.

bogi19xx

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1302828#Comment_1302828

Hi Billsey,

I think that if it was just a capacity problem, the PC should turn on once the nvme ssd is inserted and perhaps not recognize it.

At this point, I would opt for a short of the nvme and therefore I should try an m.2 sata, although from the photos of my motherboard it doesn't appear to be an m.2 sata input.

I see there are conflicting opinions on the entrance :(

billsey

No conflicting information, they were just snips from different places in the service guide. An NVMe drive will not work, but as you suggest it shouldn't stop the system from turning on. A SATA drive should work fine in that M.2 slot. Capacity doesn't matter since it's only used by the OS and filesystem…

If you disconnected your HDD and put a blank SSD in, it wouldn't boot fully, but should get most of the way through POST before failing. You need a boot environment to finish the boot process.

bogi19xx

Update:

Thanks guys for your advice, I purchased a M.2 2280 Sata 500 gb from Western Digital and it works perfectly.

billsey

Great to hear! :)