Corebook 14 X nvme problem

frog67 · December 13, 2020, 11:29am

Hello,
I have bought this notebook but in M2 slot norhing work, I have tested two type of SSD and won’t boot are there wich type work? No technical or manual info about this:

Regards

DerChecker · February 1, 2021, 8:15pm

Hello, I bought a WD Blue SN550 500 GB NVMe SSD as second SSD. No need to change anything in the BIOS. It works fine - four times faster then the preinstalled one.

manonegra222 · February 1, 2021, 10:44pm

Thanks for sharing, I will buy one the same

Petey · February 7, 2021, 1:29am

Are you working with the internal one? are there any sort of problems working with both of them? @DerChecker

DerChecker · February 10, 2021, 1:49pm

I’m using both of them simultaneously. There are no problems. The pre-installed SSD is the system drive and the second SSD is volume D:.

Petey · February 10, 2021, 7:37pm

Some people says there are problems after installing NVMe for the second SSD !!?

but relying on what you are saying I can get another NVMe one (plug&play) and keep the system installed on the pre-installed and all goes fine, right?

DerChecker · February 10, 2021, 8:49pm

You can keep the pre-installed SSD as boot drive. It’s a W800S (Transcend?) and uses the SATA interface. My second SSD is a WD Blue SN550 and uses the NVMe interface. So far no problems occurred.

frog67 · February 11, 2021, 12:15pm

Hello…
W800S isn`t Trascend, but please post your Bios photo of :
1 SATA configuration
2 NVMe configuration
3 Boot

Thanks and regards

DerChecker · February 13, 2021, 2:40pm

Here you are… #1

DerChecker · February 13, 2021, 2:40pm

Here you are… #2

DerChecker · February 13, 2021, 2:41pm

Here you are… #3

asdfg6818 · February 16, 2021, 3:22pm

I have added SN550 nvme as second ssd.
It runs in the pcie3.0x2 channel,which means the speed is only 1300~1400MB/s,while the normal (pcie3.0 x4) is up to 3000MB/s

Boot is ok. In fact,I have installed Mac os big sur in NVME ssd and Windows 10 in SATA ssd。
Boot device is NVME ssd by opencore0.6.4,you can also boot win from SATA,everything is OK

terminator91 · February 16, 2021, 10:08pm

hello

Can you upload a photo of how is the connection (interface) that this disk uses please? Is it compatible with a Nvme PCIe 3.0 x 4 ssd disk? (PCI express) or only Sata 3.0???

asdfg6818 · February 19, 2021, 7:56am

the sockets are M.2. with M key

AIDA64 tell me that sn550 NVME runs in PCIe2.0 x 4 which equals PCIe3.0 x 2(only 1300-1400MB/s)
I try to reinstall my NVME ssd to another sockets（the internal one) and can not boot the os,also see no NVME ssd in BIOS…
So,this laptop can support 2 disks, both SATA or 1 SATA+1 NVME with PCIe 3.0 x 2(PCIe2.0 x 4)

Oleg_dn · March 16, 2021, 11:47am

Hello.
Can I install NVME ssd as a second drive and make it bootable for Windows 10, and format a regular SATA drive and use it as file storage?

asdfg6818 · March 16, 2021, 1:45pm

Boot from NVME & SATA are perfectly okay when NVME intalled in the external socket

Oleg_dn · March 16, 2021, 1:52pm

Do you need to install NVME in BIOS as bootable?

asdfg6818 · March 17, 2021, 12:30pm

No，just add NVME ssd and install OS，make no change in BIOS…

Oleg_dn · March 17, 2021, 12:36pm

Who has already done this, the Windows key is picked up by itself?

Oleg_dn · April 2, 2021, 9:52am

Installed NVMe ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB drive in my Corebook X. Installed on it using a bootable USB flash drive Win 10. Works much faster. For comparison, I measured the speed of a standard disk and ADATA, the difference is noticeable.