There are lots of videos showing the SSD install but yours is the first one I found to show how to get the machine to recognize the new drive. Very simple and very helpful. THANKS!
I bought the Dell M.2 2280 SSD Thermal Shield because I read it was needed for the M.2 ssd, so it won't over heat. Yet in your video, and others, I see that you don't add a thermal shield to your Alienware R3/4? Has it held up fine with gaming? No overheating? Thanks for your time.
pat yourself on the back. you did a great job of narrating this process for newbies like us--and it gives me confidence to buy this laptop knowing that you can have three SSDs loaded in it (but I would only use one over the PCI-E lanes.
Yeah Yeah... Battery disconnect, I fast-forwarded past it anyway... so who really cares..? 99.99% of the time its just fine.. Awesome clip! Luv how quick and simple you made it! Best how to clip EVER!!! Peyton's relaxed tone was able to dispel/disperse my anxiety! So thanks!! The part I needed was the ending on how to allocate and recognize the new SSd anyway. Now I need to clone and move my OS over to the new SSD... I'm using MECURIUM, the 30day trial version.. Then I have to remove everything and send this thing back to Dell so they can get my keyboard lights working again... don't need any of the other lights but they are all connected.. I LUV my Alienware 15 r3! Just can't beat FOUR, 4 bays for hard drives in the Alienware 15 r3!
Thank You So Much For Posting This Awesome Installation Video, I Just Installed A 1 Terabyte XPG SX8200 Pro SSD, On A Brand New 17 Inch Alienware Laptop, To Go Along With The 500 SSD That Was Already Installed, Im Making The New XPG SSD The New System Drive, And Turn The One Already Installed Into A Backup, Using Casper Disk Copying Software, As I Write This, I Could Have No Way Done It Without You Ass Kicking Vid 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Thanks Again !!!
Great straightforward video Peyton!!! I'm new to gaming laptops and I haven't used Windows for a long time, I've been a Mac user but I got my first gaming system and it all seemed alien to me, funny how my first gaming system is a Alienware 15 so I'm alien to Alienware and Windows 10. I think it's great that you're video is a complete tutorial that explained the hardware installation and what to after it's installed. One question about the disk management, I noticed that it's giving me the option to make the drive basic or dynamic, which would be better for gaming? Thank You for your time!
Hey thanks for the clear video, it was really easy to follow. Only problem is, I now have two SSD in my 15r3 I how do I make sure I boot off the new cloned one?
Is there a main SSD that runs all the applications or it doesn’t really matter? Also will running multiple hard drives make the computer slower sorry for the newbie’s questions
you have to clone your drive, after once it has been cloned to your ssd. You have to remove the hdd from the laptop. Then you turn on your laptop . And it will bot from ssd.
will the 960 512 or 860 512 evo work as well? and did you convert from raid to ahci before installing this? been hearing many installation problems with the evo series. thank you
well, thanks allot. I buy a Alienware without the 1TB HHD, I guess the guy decided to keep it before he sell it cheap to me. I add this same ssd as you, now have two small ssd and no hard drive. Will buy the other one latter, to be sure not sure if that harm the laptop in anyways, or if I should use that m.2 as secondary hard drive instead of back up. Im not a technician by the way but I like to do all ny myself and learn,.
Hey man you were awesome how to showing to do it. And I added the same ssd as my self and I would like to ask is there any speed difference between the ports like in Ssd base 2 or Ssd base 3. I put mine on ssd base S3 area right next to hard drive the bottom one. But I am getting 1200read/1000 write. With Samsung 960Evo 250gb Ssd.
Hey man so i have an alienware m17 laptop. with a Hardrive in it....is it possible to buy an ssd and just add it in like you did? someone told me i had to take out the HDD if i wanted to do an SSD? but i think hes wrong on that...if you could respond that would be nice
It will absolutely help it, actually it will sky rocket the speed of your whole pc even if you still keep the hdd there. All you need is to install the Windows to the SSD.
Does your device has controller (RAID) or you're running on ACHI by default. Im planning to change my System M.2 to 960 Evo instead. But my AW 15 R2 running with Intel Rapid storage controller.
Since i'm looking to buy this laptop in the next couple of weeks. Since it' cheaper to buy it with the 180GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD drive and adding the M2. SDD drive later. Once that is install how would you clone the drive to boot off that new drive... Since you said that in the bios you cant make any changes i would have to do the process you mention by taking one out booting from the new drive then installing the other drive back on then formatting the 180GB drive right?
I hope someone can answer this for me, so I have a 256GB Alienware 15 R3, realized quickly that it was not enough storage at all. I don't know anything about laptops or tech or have any tools anyways. Does my laptop have extra space to put something else in? Do all laptops have that option? I'm tired of going though all my files and seeing if i can delete. I have an ssd but even then safe files and other files still choose to put itself in my laptop so i don't know where those files are if it is even safe to delete them. My first mistake, settling with a small storage. Anywho thanks for your time.
Can you confirm (with CrystalDiskInfo) if you're getting PCIe 3.0 x4 on your m.2 NVMe SSD? The configuration I got had two SSDs in RAID and a third SSD and they all seem to be in PCIe 3.0 x2. I'm thinking if I remove one or two of them then it'll speed up the remaining one(s) but it's a lot of work and hoping I can see if someone can show me theirs working in x4 before I even start the process.
Question : Does the M.2 SSD slot already have another SSD in it or can I order a new one for extra space and not have to worry to transfer information.
If you order the computer with any kind of SSD storage, it will have that SSD in the M.2 slot. If you order the computer with only a spinning HDD, that M.2 spot will be vacant.
I've done everything exactly the same way in my alienware M17 r2 and unfortunately when i go to disk menagment it doesn't detect my ssd at all! Its not even unallocated its just simply not there. And i have no idea what to do now... anybody had similar issues?
Awesome vid I have the alienware 17 R4. I was told by dell not to use the 960 evo and pro as they dont have compatable software for them. Have u had any problems.
The process of making the 960 drive the boot drive is kind of finicky (but possible). Just let me know if that’s your plan and I’ll tell you what I had to do.
There should be a screw already screwed into that empty spot. I may have interpreted your original question incorrectly; I thought you meant if there was a loose screw that came with the computer.
M15 is junk. Runs too hot has a lame max q gpu which can never use all it's memory due to it's severely lowered clock speed and throttling. So glad i sent my back and bought an upgradeable. alienware area 51 for only 400 more that's overclockable. I advise everyone to do the same unless easier portability is an issue for you. The Area 51 build qualty is just so much better. I mean why not spend $400 more for somethings that will last you twice as long.
hey man, epic video! helped me alot like i bought a gaming pc and the harddrive wasnt working and i guess wasnt formatted so i did what u did instead of the SSD it was the hard drive format and now it works,u saved my life and epic video! :D now i can download endless porn ahahaha jk but thanks man for the helpful video!!!
hey man, epic video! helped me alot like i bought a gaming pc and the harddrive wasnt working and i guess wasnt formatted so i did what u did instead of the SSD it was the hard drive format and now it works,u saved my life and epic video! :D now i can download endless porn ahahaha jk but thanks man for the helpful video!!!
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There are lots of videos showing the SSD install but yours is the first one I found to show how to get the machine to recognize the new drive. Very simple and very helpful. THANKS!
Disconnect the battery ribbon cord before replacing ram or HD.
What happens if you don't unplug the battery before replacing the memory?
@@beautanner8409 it'll get damaged.
Only 390 views, but man you were 110% better than any other video I found.
Good job and thank you for your help!
this good video doesn’t even tell u that u should disconnect battery FIRST
now its 108k
I bought the Dell M.2 2280 SSD Thermal Shield because I read it was needed for the M.2 ssd, so it won't over heat. Yet in your video, and others, I see that you don't add a thermal shield to your Alienware R3/4? Has it held up fine with gaming? No overheating?
Thanks for your time.
pat yourself on the back. you did a great job of narrating this process for newbies like us--and it gives me confidence to buy this laptop knowing that you can have three SSDs loaded in it (but I would only use one over the PCI-E lanes.
Thank you so much for this. I have zero experience with physically installing m.2 drives, and I just got this laptop.
Such a chill tutorial, I was about to butcher my storage upgrade lol thanks for the vid
Thanks mate I was hesitant until I saw your vid, will definitely subscribe
The number on your screw bit set is the size. All tools have a size. Phillip's and flat heads typically have sizes 1-4
Yeah Yeah... Battery disconnect, I fast-forwarded past it anyway... so who really cares..? 99.99% of the time its just fine.. Awesome clip! Luv how quick and simple you made it! Best how to clip EVER!!! Peyton's relaxed tone was able to dispel/disperse my anxiety! So thanks!! The part I needed was the ending on how to allocate and recognize the new SSd anyway.
Now I need to clone and move my OS over to the new SSD... I'm using MECURIUM, the 30day trial version..
Then I have to remove everything and send this thing back to Dell so they can get my keyboard lights working again... don't need any of the other lights but they are all connected..
I LUV my Alienware 15 r3! Just can't beat FOUR, 4 bays for hard drives in the Alienware 15 r3!
Again, thank you for explaining the process afterwards
Thank You So Much For Posting This Awesome Installation Video, I Just Installed A 1 Terabyte XPG SX8200 Pro SSD, On A Brand New 17 Inch Alienware Laptop, To Go Along With The 500 SSD That Was Already Installed, Im Making The New XPG SSD The New System Drive, And Turn The One Already Installed Into A Backup, Using Casper Disk Copying Software, As I Write This, I Could Have No Way Done It Without You Ass Kicking Vid 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Thanks Again !!!
Great straightforward video Peyton!!! I'm new to gaming laptops and I haven't used Windows for a long time, I've been a Mac user but I got my first gaming system and it all seemed alien to me, funny how my first gaming system is a Alienware 15 so I'm alien to Alienware and Windows 10. I think it's great that you're video is a complete tutorial that explained the hardware installation and what to after it's installed. One question about the disk management, I noticed that it's giving me the option to make the drive basic or dynamic, which would be better for gaming? Thank You for your time!
That's the cleanest laptop
Nice. Is it the same for Alienware 15 R4? Thanks.
Was researching how to do this and came across your video. Very helpful thanks for posting
Hey thanks for the clear video, it was really easy to follow. Only problem is, I now have two SSD in my 15r3 I how do I make sure I boot off the new cloned one?
i love you from colombia. i literaly just purchase the samsung evo as soon as your video finished. i also have the same computer !!
Great video mate. Very helpful
Is there a main SSD that runs all the applications or it doesn’t really matter? Also will running multiple hard drives make the computer slower sorry for the newbie’s questions
how to setup new ssd as primary boot drive in bios when only windows boot manager and ip4/ip6 network is listed?
you have to clone your drive, after once it has been cloned to your ssd. You have to remove the hdd from the laptop. Then you turn on your laptop . And it will bot from ssd.
Some Thing After you boot it up for the first time with the ssd you can put hard drive back in the computer and it will continue to boot up from ssd?
Helpful. Thank you sir!
Thank you for this video, straight to the point with no bs. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Can you check your write/read speed. My alienware shows the SSD works in PCIe 3 x 2 mode and can't get more than 1700MB/s read
great , but you should release the middle screw
Great video dude 💯 I am gonna get a m.2 ssd but I also wanna get a m.2 ssd half height do you know whats a good half height m.2 ssd?
will the 960 512 or 860 512 evo work as well? and did you convert from raid to ahci before installing this? been hearing many installation problems with the evo series. thank you
Perfect. Thanks
well, thanks allot. I buy a Alienware without the 1TB HHD, I guess the guy decided to keep it before he sell it cheap to me. I add this same ssd as you, now have two small ssd and no hard drive. Will buy the other one latter, to be sure not sure if that harm the laptop in anyways, or if I should use that m.2 as secondary hard drive instead of back up. Im not a technician by the way but I like to do all ny myself and learn,.
Thanks, saved me lots of googling and circling!
This is a perfect tutorial thanks heaps man
Thank you for the great tutorial!
good vid. but shouldn't you disconnect the battery cable before installing? tnx.
Yeah, probably.
did you use the same size of the screwdriver to remove both the panel screws and m2 screw?
What type of SSD drive goes in the SSD 1 slot? Sorry guys I'm new to upgrading laptops and just want to learn as much as possible
You are legend thanks brother, life saver!
Thank man, much help.
Can i put in 1TB is it compatible with alienware 17 r5?
Hey man you were awesome how to showing to do it. And I added the same ssd as my self and I would like to ask is there any speed difference between the ports like in Ssd base 2 or Ssd base 3. I put mine on ssd base S3 area right next to hard drive the bottom one. But I am getting 1200read/1000 write. With Samsung 960Evo 250gb Ssd.
I'm doing this but need to figure out how to copy my C drive over it and make it my boot drive in BIOS.
Hey man so i have an alienware m17 laptop. with a Hardrive in it....is it possible to buy an ssd and just add it in like you did? someone told me i had to take out the HDD if i wanted to do an SSD? but i think hes wrong on that...if you could respond that would be nice
Hi Peyton & others...i have now 1x512 ssd in my M17R3...is there any restriction to install a 1Tb in the other slot?? Thanks in advance.
Great video. Thanks
Is it possible to use the SSD with a heatsink in an m15? Will it fit?
Completely new to computers but a SSD would help my disk speed? Like my computer lags horrible on certain applications
It will absolutely help it, actually it will sky rocket the speed of your whole pc even if you still keep the hdd there. All you need is to install the Windows to the SSD.
So I cant add a 1tb drive? I can only replace what's already inside?
How do you clone the main drive to the new drive to boot off of the new drive?
thanks this helped me a ton :D
Does your device has controller (RAID) or you're running on ACHI by default.
Im planning to change my System M.2 to 960 Evo instead. But my AW 15 R2 running with Intel Rapid storage controller.
Rock on! Just installed a 1TB WD Black NVMe SSD into my Alienware 17 R5 in slot 2. Thanks for your video - SUPER easy to follow!
dobrzpe you have one nvme ssd and one m.2 ssd connected?
Mine has a tiny dot screw instead of a Phillips head so I can't take it out to put in my ssd
What brand is the M.2 drive that comes with Dell's Alienware? Thanks
Samsung PM961 SSD M.2 2280 512GB.
I just checked mine which is 15' R3 i7-7820HK
Since i'm looking to buy this laptop in the next couple of weeks. Since it' cheaper to buy it with the
180GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD drive and adding the M2. SDD drive later. Once that is install how would you clone the drive to boot off that new drive... Since you said that in the bios you cant make any changes i would have to do the process you mention by taking one out booting from the new drive then installing the other drive back on then formatting the 180GB drive right?
+Louie M That’s right.
What software would you suggest for cloning the drive
Awesome. Thanks. You'd think today these instructions would come with the ssd's lol.
I hope someone can answer this for me, so I have a 256GB Alienware 15 R3, realized quickly that it was not enough storage at all. I don't know anything about laptops or tech or have any tools anyways. Does my laptop have extra space to put something else in? Do all laptops have that option? I'm tired of going though all my files and seeing if i can delete. I have an ssd but even then safe files and other files still choose to put itself in my laptop so i don't know where those files are if it is even safe to delete them. My first mistake, settling with a small storage. Anywho thanks for your time.
thank u very much, exactly what i was after
Can you confirm (with CrystalDiskInfo) if you're getting PCIe 3.0 x4 on your m.2 NVMe SSD? The configuration I got had two SSDs in RAID and a third SSD and they all seem to be in PCIe 3.0 x2. I'm thinking if I remove one or two of them then it'll speed up the remaining one(s) but it's a lot of work and hoping I can see if someone can show me theirs working in x4 before I even start the process.
Question : Does the M.2 SSD slot already have another SSD in it or can I order a new one for extra space and not have to worry to transfer information.
If you order the computer with any kind of SSD storage, it will have that SSD in the M.2 slot. If you order the computer with only a spinning HDD, that M.2 spot will be vacant.
@@PeytonB My OS (storage) and Data is the only thing that is on my PC for storage. Will the other space be vacant?
VinyMiny doesn’t hurt to check it yourself. It’s just five screws on the back.
Does the 3rd slot support nvme?
I've done everything exactly the same way in my alienware M17 r2 and unfortunately when i go to disk menagment it doesn't detect my ssd at all! Its not even unallocated its just simply not there. And i have no idea what to do now...
anybody had similar issues?
Hey I have Alienware m15 r3, this will work for me? If I buy I mean? Thanks
What brand/model was the SSD that came preinstalled?
+aklorian The model is CV3-8D128-11. The brand appears to be LITEONIT, which might be owned by Dell, but I'm not 100% sure.
I am so about to do this right now
My ssd isn't getting read anymore, idk what happened please help
Does the samsung 970 evo/pro work on the 15r2?
Does alienware 17 only support NVME ssd?? Can i get a regular M2 ssd?
Yes, regular SATA M.2 drives are supported.
Can this be done to the same Alienware laptop that only has the one hybrid drive ?
Yes.
É possível instalar 2, substituindo o orignal também ?
hey does the alienware come with the m.2 screw or do i need to buy one?
It comes with it.
thx
W tutorial
Awesome vid
I have the alienware 17 R4. I was told by dell not to use the 960 evo and pro as they dont have compatable software for them. Have u had any problems.
Nope, no problems.
Peyton thanks for the help
The process of making the 960 drive the boot drive is kind of finicky (but possible). Just let me know if that’s your plan and I’ll tell you what I had to do.
Peyton thanks
i would like to know how to do that
Can I buy just any SSD?
Is it possible for me to use both the ssd's combined together as c drive???
I’m sure there’s a way to put them in RAID, but I don’t know how you would go about doing that.
why do my screw's not come off...?
thank you
1 means the size
Does the Alienware 13 R3 have an extra screw ?
No, it shouldn’t.
Peyton so how do you attach the second ssd ?
There should be a screw already screwed into that empty spot. I may have interpreted your original question incorrectly; I thought you meant if there was a loose screw that came with the computer.
Peyton yeah that’s what I meant actually. Thanks for the info.
M15 is junk. Runs too hot has a lame max q gpu which can never use all it's memory due to it's severely lowered clock speed and throttling. So glad i sent my back and bought an upgradeable. alienware area 51 for only 400 more that's overclockable. I advise everyone to do the same unless easier portability is an issue for you. The Area 51 build qualty is just so much better. I mean why not spend $400 more for somethings that will last you twice as long.
hey man, epic video! helped me alot like i bought a gaming pc and the harddrive wasnt working and i guess wasnt formatted so i did what u did instead of the SSD it was the hard drive format and now it works,u saved my life and epic video! :D now i can download endless porn ahahaha jk but thanks man for the helpful video!!!
Didn’t work
Is the slot compatible with M.2 Sata instead of M.2 NVMe?
Would the 970 evo work with this laptop without any problems?
Does this work for alienware 15 r4?
hey man, epic video! helped me alot like i bought a gaming pc and the harddrive wasnt working and i guess wasnt formatted so i did what u did instead of the SSD it was the hard drive format and now it works,u saved my life and epic video! :D now i can download endless porn ahahaha jk but thanks man for the helpful video!!!