Help! Acer Swift 1 model SF114-32-P2PK can i upgrade this mmc to ssd 256 or 500 gb?

AnnaLee90
AnnaLee90 Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
edited April 2023 in Swift and Spin Series
Please help me. i  have  Acer Swift 1 model  SF114-32-P2PK.  with 64 gb mmc.
i wonder  can i upgrade  this mmc  to  ssd 256 or 500 gb?
and  if i  can please send me  link from amazon  which one ssd is  better  for  this  laptop?  Thank you!
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  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 4,095 Pathfinder
    @AnnaLee90

    Storage Subsystem
    Solid state drive
    256 GB, PCIe Gen3, 8 Gb/s up to 4 lanes, NVMe
    128 GB / 256 GB, SATA 6 Gb/s
    64 GB eMMC

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  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer
    edited November 2018
    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/551038/a-few-questions-about-the-swift-1-sf114-32-p2pk-s-internals
    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/550121/acer-swift-1-sf114-32-c4pz-upgrade-to-m-2-ssd
    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,470 Trailblazer
    Hi,
    I think a M.2 SATA SSD will be suitable for you, get a 256GB size SSD, like this as an example but try looking for other brands as well because you may get a better deal.
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-500GB-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B00TGIVZTW/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1542634988&sr=8-10&keywords=m2+sata+ssd&th=1

    Acer Predator PT516-51s Performance Results - UserBenchmark

  • AnnaLee90
    AnnaLee90 Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
    so its 100 % i can upgrade this models ssd  right?
  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,470 Trailblazer
    AnnaLee90 said:
    so its 100 % i can upgrade this models ssd  right?
    Yes, almost but please read the links provided by @IronFly

    Acer Predator PT516-51s Performance Results - UserBenchmark

  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 4,095 Pathfinder
    @AnnaLee90
    Yes, you can upgrade to SSD. Few SSD been suggested in the above answer. So you can buy those SSD if you wish


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  • AnnaLee90
    AnnaLee90 Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
    edited November 2018
    Jack22 said:
    @AnnaLee90
    Yes, you can upgrade to SSD. Few SSD been suggested in the above answer. So you can buy those SSD if you wish


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    this laptop can read 500 gb ssd? and is this ssd fit to this  laptop?  https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0B/dp/B073SBX6TY/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1542645680&sr=1-4&keywords=ssd+m.2&refinements=p_72:1248879011   or  this?     https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1542645975&sr=1-5&keywords=ssd+m.2&refinements=p_72:1248879011
  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,327 Trailblazer
    I'm not sure if this model supports ssd m2 2280 from 500gb!
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  • Balatekie
    Balatekie ACE Posts: 1,353 Pioneer
    Hi @AnnaLee90,

    Yes. You can have additional SSD installed to your laptop. Below is Acer Officially recommended compatible SSD specs detail. 


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  • AnnaLee90
    AnnaLee90 Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
    hi. today received notebook. i open and u can see what is inside? so what type ssd it need? 
  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,327 Trailblazer
    According to the service manual, your model supports ssd m2 2280 sata 3 or nvme:

    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/550121/acer-swift-1-sf114-32-c4pz-upgrade-to-m-2-ssd
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  • AnnaLee90
    AnnaLee90 Member Posts: 16 Troubleshooter
    egydiocoelho said:
    According to the service manual, your model supports ssd m2 2280 sata 3 or nvme:

    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/550121/acer-swift-1-sf114-32-c4pz-upgrade-to-m-2-ssd
    Can it  fit  on this  laptop?   https://www.amazon.com/ADATA-SU800-M-2-128GB-ASU800NS38-128GT-C/dp/B01M3Z46FQ/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1544097990&sr=1-8&keywords=m.2+ssd&refinements=p_72:1248879011&th=1       

    ADATA SU800 M.2 2280 256GB

  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,327 Trailblazer
    Yes! The notebook should support it!
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  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,327 Trailblazer
    edited December 2018
    Unfortunately, your model does not have a backlit keyboard  :'( 
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  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,327 Trailblazer
    Have you checked if ssd appears in the bios information section? What is the exact model of ssd?
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  • Mateo620
    Mateo620 Member Posts: 97 Fixer WiFi Icon
    I installed a M.2 2280 SATA 6 Gb/s 128 GB SSD in my SF114-32-P2PK just for testing purposes and it worked as expected. It felt like my SF114-32 was running a little hotter as compared to the eMMC SSD. I did not verify this but it just felt warmer for some reason. Most likely because now the SATA controller was up and running doing work. I ended up removing the SATA SSD and sticking to the eMMC SSD for now because of the free 1 year Microsoft O365 subscription that came with the laptop.

    Eventually I'd like to try a M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3, 8 Gb/s up to 4 lanes, NVMe SSD of 256 GB or greater capacity. 
  • Knowitall
    Knowitall Member Posts: 4 New User
    Mine P2pk model would not accept any NvMe storage options tried, Samsung Evo 970 500gb, 980 500gb, SanDisk NvMe. None of the NvMe cards were detected in BIOS. I've downgraded to SATA interface and it worked. In order to run this M.2 Sata Ssd you'll have to disable emmc storage which will then sit completely wasted because system is allowing for single chanel only. It's basically "one or the other"
    You'll need to clone your current OS with whatever you want to your newly added SSD drive which then it will become your primary C: drive. To do system cloning you'll have to use migration software, i used free version and it did everything in perfect order. 

    So, in my conclusion 

    Acer Swift 1 model SF114-32-P2PK

    does not support NvMe interface thus the only other option is M.2 2280 Sata drive. 
    I personally used Samsung M.2 Sata Evo 860 V-Nand 500gb card and it worked excellent. It was detected in bios the first time. Had no issues whatsoever. Seems like from what I've read around the newer models may be able to accept NvMe storage options though. I have 500gb NvMe card for sale now if anyone wants it at fair price, pm me
  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer
    It looks like all SSD models whipped with M.2 SATA3 drives, so the specs may be in error when they say PCIe x4 is supported. The system block diagram does show PCIe x4, but with a caveat that support is a motherboard BOM option, so not all motherboard were built with that support installed. Since they don't specify which SKUs have which motherboards we have no way to tell id a specific one supports the faster drives. Did you, by any chance, try an NVMe x2 drive?
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  • Knowitall
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    billsey said:
    It looks like all SSD models whipped with M.2 SATA3 drives, so the specs may be in error when they say PCIe x4 is supported. The system block diagram does show PCIe x4, but with a caveat that support is a motherboard BOM option, so not all motherboard were built with that support installed. Since they don't specify which SKUs have which motherboards we have no way to tell id a specific one supports the faster drives. Did you, by any chance, try an NVMe x2 drive?
    No, I did not try x2 nvme. I was however tempted to try m.2 Nvme pcle x4 with 250gb as I've seen someone else posting this very spec stating it will work, didn't happen though.
    I'd honestly would like to try something that would work within NvMe interface. 
    I've noticed longer boot times at startup with m.2 Evo 860 500gb as primary disk vs. 64gb Emmc drive soldered to motherboard.
    Running diagnostic software my read/write speed is in mid 300's to low 400's on m.2 sata drive. I think nvme could help. I may just try one out for hack of it. 
  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer
    Size of the drive won't make any difference. If it works with NVMe x4 on a 250GB drive it'll work with NVMe x4 on a 2TB drive. I'm thinking it most likely that it really only supports SATA 3 drives...
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