Upgrading to ssd

[Sammy94]

in the service and maintenance manual its there that i can add a ssd m.2... But there is no slot.

[Sammy94]

there is space for m.2 slot but its blank

[Huffer]

You are right. I can see the traces for where the M.2 slot would be soldered on right above the widest ribbon cable. 

[Sammy94]

can this be fixed in service center means can they put the slot in to that place

[iomare]

Hi,

It is not broken. Some notebooks that did not come with M2 SSD are missing the physical slot and more.

Your only choice is to replace the 2.5" HDD with a 2.5" SATA3 SSD such as the Samsung 860 Evo which would give a great boost in everyday performance.

Hope it helps,

David

[Sammy94]

Whats the major difference between samsung evo and other brands like crucial bx and mx series....is it noticeable??? And what is 3d nand and v nand etc

[Huffer]

The NAND is just how the memory chips are built and configured and is too much complex science for this Forum. 2.5 inch SATA SSDs vary only a little in performance. You are going to get 500 mbps read speed give or take regardless of brand. The difference is going to be Mean time to failure and even that is not that much different from the high to low end of the market and the only real difference is likely to be reliability and support out of the box. Samsung is the best but others are not far behind: Crucial, WD, etc. 

PCIe/NVME N.2 SSDs on the other hand, do vary a lot in performance.