Comments on: How To Choose An SSD https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/ Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Thu, 23 Jul 2020 23:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marc Thomas https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-106067 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 23:08:21 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-106067 In reply to Bear.

It’s a tiny case into which you put the NVMe and then connect through a USB cable.
I bought one recently for an M.2 SATA and it’s fantastic.
Always look on the bright side of life…♪ ♫

]]> By: Bear https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-106059 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:24:09 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-106059 In reply to Marc Thomas.

Cooee
An NVMe to USDB adapter, I have never heard of such a thing, but I will check one out in the morning; it has just gone past midnight

The two BIOS’s failing I bring that down to my luck, which is all bad.
I was born un-lucky, if I did not have have bad luck, I would not have any luck at all 🙁

]]> By: Marc Thomas https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-106058 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:05:29 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-106058 In reply to Marc Thomas.

Please excuse my spelling mistakes…

]]> By: Marc Thomas https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-106056 Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:01:24 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-106056 Sorry for the delay in replying to your comments. I’ve been busy installing a new NVMe.
Ans yes, as Jim correctly points out, it’s probable that Mr Bear was referring to his previous comment which he referred to as his article.
Anyway Bear, you should consider an NVMe USDB adaptor (not to be confused with an M.2 SATA USB adaptor) to recover your data. You can then just plug it into any PC.
Two BIOSs failing? That would imply some other type of problem.

]]> By: Bear https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-105938 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:54:22 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-105938 Me, an expert? more like a single nerd with cats 🙂
peace & long life

]]> By: Jim Hillier https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-105936 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:11:06 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-105936 In reply to Jim.

Let’s get one thing straight here guys: Marc Thomas wrote this article, not Bear. I’m pretty sure Bear was tongue-in-cheek with his “thank you for liking my article” comment. Bear has a good sense of humor and is a valued reader and commenter but he did not write this article.

Cheers… Jim

]]> By: Jim https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-105925 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:24:00 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-105925 wow…sounds like you are Big time expert. I wish I had more time to tinker and learn more but I am glad for you. I will be keeping an eye out to read more of your articles, Bear. My daughter has a Dell and very happy with it also. Good tidings, Bear.

]]> By: Bear https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-105910 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 04:42:53 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-105910 Cooee Jim, thank you for liking my article 🙂
I have only had 2 laptops in my life and they have been Dell Latitude’s.
I picked my E7470cheap and it had a 256GB NVMe in it, but I put in a 1TB one with a heat sink on it as well while I was at it. I also got another 8GB stick of RAM so it makes it 16GB of RAM and guess what? It has a touch screen:P All this for close enough to $800 Aussie dollars. I got it off Amazon, it was a re-furbished ultrabook. The battery wasn’t holding charge too well after a month, so I emailed Amazon & I got a battery back, it was the small size, but who cares, it was new!

I was thinking about taking out the NVMe and shoving in the other OS, but I know it will play up if it ever boots up. I instead am swapping out the ASUS Rampage V Edition 10 modo & putting in an ASUS X99 Deluxe mobo I just happened to have lying around; that will do until the BIOS chips come for the Rampage mobo. BTW, my other laptop was a LatitudeE5500, I still have it actually; they build them tough those business class laptops. I usually build PC’s, I started in 2014 I suppose and then I got hooked into gaming, so I build them big & fast now 🙂

have a good 1

]]> By: Jim https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-105909 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 01:05:51 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-105909 Hi:
Good article you wrote. Thanks for making me aware. Do you know of any laptops that can be purchased with the NVMe Sata drive already installed. I prefer to pay a little more to have a computer fully tested and with warranty instead of my opening up a new computer and voiding the warranty. I currently have had 2 Acer computers and they have served me well. I tried to get on their forum but I get a 403 error message. If possible I would like to stick with Acer but I am open to any suggestions on other brands. Thank you

]]> By: Bear https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-choose-an-ssd/#comment-105900 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:40:54 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=103670#comment-105900 I have an M.2 NVMe as my C:\ and would you believe it, both of my BIOS’s died the other day. OK, no worries, I shall boot up another comp and put my NVMe in to get my work off it. The comp didn’t have an M.2 slot or a PCIe x4 slot (old comp), so how do I get my work off.

I shall boot up my laptop, same problem, how do I get my work off? With HDD’s or either SATA or IDE, I had USB to SATA or IDE cable, but for an NVMe, I have nothing. NVMe’s are fast, but if you can’t get to access it, it is just another paperweight. I just happened to have a spare X99 mobo around, so I am swapping the boards over while I wait the month (or so) for the BIOS chips to go from the Netherlands to the land downunder.

The funny thing is, I tried to order 1 BIOS chip (I have dual BIOS, what are the odds of both BIOS chips going eh) from another vendor twice before but he said that flights did not come to Oz yet.

I think it is the BIOS problem, I turn on the computer and it goes to the first screen (it says – “please press DEL to enter UEFI BIOS setting”) and stays there. I can’t get into the BIOS it doesn’t go to the OS, nothing, it just stays on that first screen doing nothing. The motherboard gives the letters”AO” which when I look it up means all OK, everything is OK and ready to boot up; but it does nothing, just that first screen on both BIOS’s. I changed the battery. I flashed the BIOS using a USB stick but it did not recognize a BIOS there! I found another BIOS seller who could post the chips to me, I just have to wait. The mobo I am swapping is an ASUS X99 Deluxe, the one I am taking out is an ASUS X99 Rampage V Edition 10

NVMe’s are nice, when they are not paperweights

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