Confused about SSD slot :(

[AktionKamen]

guys I recently bought one laptop Lenovo Ideapad s145 Ryzen 3 model, i am not sure which SSD does it support I have attached the photos of the inside please do have one look and help my confusion, would be of great help :) 

 

as I cannot upload more than 20mb - 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1day78PjOl06kpo4GAOGN1VkGFkFdVGR5/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nGHOcG2K8borCILxRwh5lAAU6ZXTYiJ2/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfwLnO6-ZbOSQE-L0TMj0DX4yO4ELyIH/view?usp=sharing

[WereCatf]

7 minutes ago, AktionKamen said:

i am not sure which SSD does it support I have attached the photos of the inside please do have one look and help my confusion, would be of great help

That's an M.2 - slot. There's no way of determining just from the picture if the slot supports SATA M.2 or NVMe M.2 or both, though; you'll have to either check the manual or ask Lenovo.

 

There's also the HDD to the right, which you can replace with regular 2.5" SATA SSD, if you wish.

[AktionKamen]

3 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

That's an M.2 - slot. There's no way of determining just from the picture if the slot supports SATA M.2 or NVMe M.2 or both, though; you'll have to either check the manual or ask Lenovo.

 

There's also the HDD to the right, which you can replace with regular 2.5" SATA SSD, if you wish.

alright. it's surprising that Lenovo didn't mentioned anything about extra slot. I've read on Lenovo's forums that it only reads NVMe's let's hope for a good response from Lenovo. i'll be mailing them tomorrow sometime.

btw thanks for the reply   

[Kid.Lazer]

That indeed is an NVMe M.2 slot. Lenovo has been supporting NVMe drives on even their low-end models for a number of years now, which is nice.

[AktionKamen]

1 hour ago, Kid.Lazer said:

That indeed is an NVMe M.2 slot. Lenovo has been supporting NVMe drives on even their low-end models for a number of years now, which is nice.

Are you sure ? 

As I don't wanna order wrong product from Amazon & then return & wait for the whole process

[Lord Vile]

1 hour ago, WereCatf said:

That's an M.2 - slot. There's no way of determining just from the picture if the slot supports SATA M.2 or NVMe M.2 or both, though; you'll have to either check the manual or ask Lenovo.

 

There's also the HDD to the right, which you can replace with regular 2.5" SATA SSD, if you wish.

You can tell by the pinout? 

[WereCatf]

2 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

You can tell by the pinout? 

No. E.g. M - keyed M.2 - slot may or may not support SATA. The option is there, but it's still up to the mobo's manufacturer whether they do implement the support or not; I have myself a board with an M - key M.2 - slot and it does not support SATA - drives.

[Dr_Whom]

Check the tech spec PDF. This is the only s145 I could find, doesn't list a Ryzen 3 CPU though, would need the full model # (i.e. this is for s145-15AST) to find the proper tech spec sheet.

 

[AktionKamen]

5 minutes ago, Dr_Whom said:

Check the tech spec PDF. This is the only s145 I could find, doesn't list a Ryzen 3 CPU though, would need the full model # (i.e. this is for s145-a15ST) to find the proper tech spec sheet.

 

It's Lenovo Ideapad S145-15API 81UT00KWIN Ryzen 3 3200U

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

What you can also do is look at other configurations of your Lenovo Ideapad s145 Ryzen model and see what type of SSD is listed. They will usually differentiate between PCIe SSDs due to the increased speed and throughput. It's something OEMs love to boast about.  

[Dr_Whom]

2 minutes ago, AktionKamen said:

It's Lenovo Ideapad S145-15API 81UT00KWIN Ryzen 3 3200U

Confirmed PCIe NVMe 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, AktionKamen said:

It's Lenovo Ideapad S145-15API 81UT00KWIN Ryzen 3 3200U

 

This looks more appropriate. 

[AktionKamen]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

 

This looks more appropriate. 

Thanks, it was in Lenovo's forums too people used normal ssd which didn't worked, I'll get one nvme.

[AktionKamen]

4 minutes ago, Dr_Whom said:

Confirmed PCIe NVMe 

 

Thanks

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 minutes ago, AktionKamen said:

Thanks, it was in Lenovo's forums too people used normal ssd which didn't worked, I'll get one nvme.

Lucky you actually! My ASUS Vivobook unfortunately only supports SATA M.2 SSDs. Still better being stuck with just a 2.5" drive though. 256GB SSD boot and 1TB storage on a cheap thin and light, can't really complain too much. 

[Lord Vile]

1 hour ago, WereCatf said:

No. E.g. M - keyed M.2 - slot may or may not support SATA. The option is there, but it's still up to the mobo's manufacturer whether they do implement the support or not; I have myself a board with an M - key M.2 - slot and it does not support SATA - drives.

weird

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, Lord Vile said:

weird

The only M.2 SSD's Crucial suggested for my VivoBook:

 

All are SATA interfaces. 

[AktionKamen]

8 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

The only M.2 SSD's Crucial suggested for my VivoBook:

 

All are SATA interfaces. 

i am thinking to get this one - Kingston 250GB A2000 M.2 2280 Nvme (https://www.amazon.in/Kingston-Internal-2000MB-SA2000M8-250G/dp/B07VYG5HQD/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=nvme+m.2+ssd&qid=1602732812&sr=8-3)

[LogicalDrm]

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