Intel Optane Compatability

[JiveshJugmohun]

Hi

I would like to find out if my laptop's M.2 slot is NVMe compatablie and if not is my motherboard Intel Optane compatable?

Thank You

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Sorry to say neither. An Optane module on a laptop is just a kind of small capacity NVME M.2 SSD. All laptops that can do Optane can do an NVME M.2 as main storage but not all laptops that can do NVME M.2 main storage can do Optane. As stated, yours can do neither. It has an M.2 slot but can use SATA M.2 only such as Samsung Evo 860 M.2 or WD BLue M.2. 

Service Manual

purple = M.2 slot

The above image shows the upgradeable components: RAM, HDD and M.2.

Post back with any other questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

[JiveshJugmohun]

Thank You, that is dissapointing. I currently have an ssd in the drive bay, would it be correct in saying that adding a M.2 ssd would be just as fast ?With only the added benefit of space?

Thank You

[Huffer]

If I understand; you have a 2.5 inch SATA SSD in the space marked in green in my picture? 2.5 inch SATA SSD and SATA M.2 operate at just about the same speed. So no performance gain by adding an M.2 but would obviously add storage space. Usually users install a smaller M.2 and use it as the bootdisk and then a large less expensive HDD to use for bulk storage of files.