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April 7th, 2024 01:29
Add Samsung 870 EVO 4 TB SSD to Inspiron 3020?
Inspiron 3020 Desktop
I'm wondering (1) whether a Samsung 870 EVO MZ-77E4T0B - solid state drive - 4 TB - SATA (as sold on the Dell site) is compatible with my new Inspiron 3020 desktop as a second drive. It's not listed in my My Products page for that unit under "Compatible Parts & Upgrades". Thanks for any input!
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Chino de Oro
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April 7th, 2024 01:54
Yes, the Samsung 870 EVO 4TB is compatible and will work in your Inspiron 3020 desktop. Refer to the service manual and taking precaution while working on your system.
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-3020-desktop/inspiron_3020_sm/hard-drive?guid=guid-2cff108d-02dc-40af-bd5a-c4c22584a457&lang=en-us
RoHe
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April 7th, 2024 20:38
You don't have to buy the SSD from Dell. So shop around for a good deal on a brand name SATA SSD of suitable storage capacity and with a good warranty.
What drive(s) do you have now, an NVME SSD or SATA HDD, and what storage capacity? That might influence what new drive you buy.
You might need an adapter tray for a 2.5" SATA SSD to fit in the 3.5" drive bay, if you PC didn't come with a 2.5" SATA drive cage installed.
Since Dell ships Inspiron 3020 with SATA Operation set to RAID, you will need to reconfigured BIOS and Windows to use AHCI before you install any new SATA drive. This has to be done the right way or PC may not be bootable:
Now you're ready to install the new drive...
Gilajohn
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April 23rd, 2025 18:26
Caution! I just bricked my hard drive doing this. If you run Bcedit into safe boot mode, the Microsoft OS will force you to enter a pin which you can't do because there's no internet connection. Infinite loop.