motherboard Upgrading PC

[mrpickz]

Hello I recently went to PLE to get an SSD but when I showed him a picture of my motherboard he said that if they/I installed it could fail the whole computer could I get some help if my motherboard will accept the upgrade

 

Here is my motherboard 

Manufacturer   Product   Version
LENOVO         36D9       SDK0J40709 WIN 3259618254818

[THraShArD]

What is PLE ?  If you have an SATA port on your motherboard it will accept it.   I see a PCIE slot on your board, so you definitely have an SATA port.

 

I've got a 12yo Dell Laptop with Generation 1 SATA and using a Gen 3 6gps SSD no problem.

[Bananasplit_00]

I don't think you have any spare SATA connections to hook up your SSD too, that's probably why

[Fasauceome]

Ha that's some fresh BS right there, an SSD breaking a system? They use less power than a hard drive, and operate with the same interface, there's no feasible way that makes sense. Did they say how the whole system would fail? If you could get a specific reason it would be pretty useful to include in the original post.

[Mycielski]

They just probably wanted to sell you an other PC right there :'D Imo, they lied. As far as you have a SATA connector on the mobo (free, or you change the HDD's to the SSD) you are good to go. I think, it wouldn't "break the system".

[mrpickz]

So if I unplug the SATA cable and the power cable from the DVD drive and plug it into the SSD it should be all fine 

(PLE is a computer store in WA  Australia)

[THraShArD]

Do you have a total of 2 or 4 SATA Ports ?  Normally some SFF boards can have 6, but usually 4.

 

Do you have any eSATA plugs on the outside of case ? Maybe one of those cables lead to a SATA port you don't need.

[mrpickz]

1 minute ago, THraShArD said:

Do you have a total of 2 or 4 SATA Ports ?  Normally some SFF boards can have 6, but usually 4.

 

Do you have any eSATA plugs on the outside of case ? Maybe one of those cables lead to a SATA port you don't need.

I only have two SATA ports  one for my HDD and one for my DVD driver I can just unplug it from the DVD  

[THraShArD]

Ok, yea you are limited.  Not sure why that PLE place being lazy.  They should have the proper migration tools to copy your current drive and copy it over to new SSD.

 

It can be done but my advice might be too complex and require an extra hard drive to get it all done and proper software.

[mrpickz]

2 minutes ago, THraShArD said:

Ok, yea you are limited.  Not sure why that PLE place being lazy.  They should have the proper migration tools to copy your current drive and copy it over to new SSD.

 

It can be done but my advice might be too complex and require an extra hard drive to get it all done and proper software.

Could I also install new RAM without any problems 

[Stormseeker9]

10 minutes ago, mrpickz said:

Could I also install new RAM without any problems 

Yes. Just check the QVL list of your motherboard for compatability 

[THraShArD]

Do you have m.2 support ? I can't find much info on your Lenovo.

 

According to this link it mentions m.2  - Also do you have 16GB of RAM with 1 empty slot ? I think it supports 32GB

 

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Gaming-Desktops/Lenovo-Legion-Y520-only-has-2-SATA-Ports-on-Motherboard/td-p/4135897

 

 

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