M.2 Nvme support/caddy question

[Akin]

Hi all,

 

I have an Asus G751JY, when i purchased the laptop it had a pre-installed inch SATA SSD. However it has the option to upgrade to M.2 PCI SSD.

I would like to do this upgrade but i am facing 2 challenges.

 

1. how to find out if my chipset supports Nvme? I can find no official documentation on the subject.

2. The drive caddy, the m.2 slot is oriented perpendicular to the 2.5 SATA slot so i need a new drive caddy. I reached out to my local hardware shop but they said Asus don't stock the original part.

Any one have any idea's on how to find a good 3rd party caddy or best option would be a second hand genuine part but I can't find them either.

 

Appreciate any feedback.

[gtx1060=value]

what model is ur laptop - ill do some searching on the interwebs while my program compiles and find some parts

[Deli]

Your laptop has HM87 chipset. I doubt it will support NVMe. Even if you connect a NVMe M.2 drive, you will likely not able to boot from it.

[Akin]

22 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

what model is ur laptop - ill do some searching on the interwebs while my program compiles and find some parts

Asus G751 JY-T7280H

Thank you kindly sir.

[Akin]

26 minutes ago, Deli said:

Your laptop has HM87 chipset. I doubt it will support NVMe. Even if you connect a NVMe M.2 drive, you will likely not able to boot from it.

Definatly seeing conflicting arguments online. Looks like it is hit or miss with no official support for NVMe from Asus.

[gtx1060=value]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SATA-2nd-HDD-SSD-Hard-Drive-Caddy-for-Asus-G751-G751JT-G751JY-re-UJ172-UJ272-DVD-/251962256838

 

put the hdd/ssd in the space where the optical drive would be and then you would have space for your m.2 drive

[Akin]

1 hour ago, gtx1060=value said:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SATA-2nd-HDD-SSD-Hard-Drive-Caddy-for-Asus-G751-G751JT-G751JY-re-UJ172-UJ272-DVD-/251962256838

 

put the hdd/ssd in the space where the optical drive would be and then you would have space for your m.2 drive

That's an awesome caddy and a great idea but i need one that will support the M.2 drive as it wont work with the current caddy.