What Dell
Inspiron 3670. Core i7 with the split RAID where 16 GB is on the M.2 and everything else is on the platter. It was donated and I am refurbing it to have everything on the M.2.
That 16 is an optane cache drive.
I read the article but the BIOS is not the same. I don't have the IRST options anywhere that I can find. My menu options are also not the same. I'm changing it to the 2280 M.2 as I read another discussion where someone was having the same problem as I am with the M.2 slot not being recognized with a standard B key M.2 drive. He found the manual states 2230 or 2280 memory only. He changed to the 2280 and had no problems after that. I admit. I haven't tried it yet. Just know the M.2 module I do have installed is not recognized at all. Not even in the BIOS slot information.
Oops - Missed this. I've looked up the Service Tag number but didn't see any special M.2 requirements. I may have grabbed a drive that does though. Good catch.
www.crucial.com
According to the user manual that drive is a NVME interface, which is separate from the optane slot. The drives you initially linked to appear to be SATA/mSATA.
As I understand this, optane must be disabled IN WINDOWS before you make changes. Diggs will need to put the system back as he originally found it and disable it the Intel storage system. There should be a setting in bios per the link porthos posted but it doesn’t always appear. Those Dell are better doorstops. Piece of ****!
Not yet. I post here on tech stuff first. I appreciate the members opinion more than anywhere else.
That could be why I don't see BIOS options for the Optane. It may need to be installed to show up. Dell shows the slot will accept up to a 512 GB (non-Optane) module or 16/32 GB Optane. It's a fresh install of Windows. I didn't think Windows should be the problem. The reason I have the machine is that it BSOD'd on the customer three separate times with the third time coming to me. He lost all confidence in it and wanted it gone.
Correct. The M.2 CAN interface to both the I/O controller and the PCI memory interface but unlike a real PCIe connection the wiring for both isn't always present and some pins are shared on both key pinouts. Thus the keyed slot, to prevent you from plugging up a device into the wrong pinouts.After doing some tooling around on it looks like there is no such thing as a B key NVMe SSD. But I did find that the B + M key is supposed to work in either a B slot or a M slot.
Connect a M.2 (B & M) key SSD into a B socket
I have bought a SSD with M.2 socket (B & M) key, but my computer just have a B key socket. My question is if I can connect the SSD in this B socket, and would it work correctly?superuser.com
