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June 2nd, 2017 12:00
Location of SSD drive in Aurora R6?
I'm sure I'm overlooking something, but I just received a certified refurbished Aurora R6 that should have a 128gb SSD and 2Tb drive. Problem 1 was that instead of installing the OS on the SSD they installed everything on the 2 Tb, so I thought easy enough I'll just clone the data to the SSD and change the boot. So I did that, removed the 2Tb drive and started the computer up and no HD was found, So I opened the case up, and started looking around for the SSD drive and I can't find one. The 2TB drive was in slot HDD1, but the two HDD2 and HDD3 slots on the bottom of the case are both empty. It has a DVD drive, but I don't see any other drives in there, could it possibly be attached directly to the motherboard since it's just a 128 Gb? It has to be in there somewhere because I was able to access/clone to it.
Thanks!
Alienware-Eimy
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June 2nd, 2017 12:00
Hi,
Check this video: Alienware Aurora R5: Upgrade/Replace M2 SSD - YouTube
Tesla1856
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June 2nd, 2017 12:00
I suggest you download the Aurora R6 Service Manual.
If the 128gb SSD is M.2/PCIe/NVMe form-factor, it looks like a memory DIMM and is in M.2-slot on motherboard.
You will also see it reporting in BIOS.
Yes, Imaging or Cloning can be tricky.
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Perazzi
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June 3rd, 2017 06:00
Thanks that was the issue! I figured it had to be in there somewhere I did see that component but just didn't recognise it as an SSD, I was expecting something laptop drive sized after seeing the drive housings in the bottom of the case. After some annoyance I was able to get the OS stuff migrated to the SSD and setup and the links you pointed me to were helpful on that issue!