v5-591g-50mj Which m.2 ssd does it take? SATA or pcie?

sunrat39 · September 2016

Hello,

I bought this acer laptop and was wondering which type of m.2 drive I need. Is this m.2 slot suited for SATA or PCIe? Or both? I am assuming the size is the 2280.

Also, will adding a harddrive void my warranty with Acer?

Thanks

sharky25k · September 2016

Hi,

The M.2 slot is SATA III capable, and does not support NVMe. The size is indeed 22x80

Regarding the warranty, it depends on your country, some countries have stricter rules than the others. You need to check with your local acer service center for this information.

sunrat39 · September 2016

I am in the U.S.

sharky25k · September 2016

Hi,

Then ask acer US.

http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support

sunrat39 · September 2016

After receiving conflicting answers from techs at Acer, it looks like the warranty is not affected.

As long as you don't damage the product while upgrading. Of course.

dezmond · March 2017

Nvme does work in this model. Speeds are capped at 1700mb though.

luci84tm · May 2017

I do have a V5-591G-75GP, will this one suport NVMe as well ?

I'm planing to buy a WDS256G1X0C (WD Black 256 GB interne SSD, PCIe 8 Gbit/s M.2 2280).

luci84tm · May 2017

From Acer support team in Germany I got this answer:

"

Your Notebook does use a M.2 2280 SATA3 SSD.

Please notice that PCIe is not supported.

"

brummyfan2 · May 2017

Hi,

If you want to check whether you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD, please read my post in this thread, you have to install HWiNFO64 program and check whether you have a spare PCIe Port capable of Maximum Link Width of 2x, details are here:

http://community.acer.com/t5/E-F-and-M-Series-Laptops/Acer-Aspire-E-15-E5-575-52JF/m-p/496266#M16183

luci84tm · May 2017

That is an answer which I like, a little bit more technical not just "it doesn't work"..

I'm not an expert of this tool, but from what I can see here it looks like I don't have a M.2 NVMe SSD, only SATA..

Is that right ?

brummyfan2 · May 2017

Hi,

Yes, that's correct, you have no NVMe support Smiley Sad

luci84tm · May 2017

Bad news, but thanks for supporting me here.

At least I know what to order now Smiley Happy

good part is that SATA M.2 are cheaper Smiley Tongue

brummyfan2 · May 2017

luci84tm wrote:
Bad news, but thanks for supporting me here.
At least I know what to order now
good part is that SATA M.2 are cheaper

You are welcome, there isn't much difference between them as well for normal work like browsing, e-mail, youtube etc. NVMe SSD is faster only when you transfer larger files.