I have UX501VW, and after BIOS upgrade I have managed to successfully install Samsung m.2 970 EVO Plus NVMe 1000GB. Works like a charm. Former disk was Sandisk sata m.2 (two holes) but motherboard accepts NVMe m.2 disks also (with one hole). It wrx!

@stefancost

Жыл бұрын

I have the same laptop. I was thinking to upgrade mine with the Samsung 980 1TB, which version did you upgrade the bios to? I guess you do it before installing the new SSD right? Do you have any tutorial to follow regarding re-installing Windows 10 after? Thanks

just what I needed

Maybe you have an answer for something in regards to a different model ASUS, the UX490UA? I replaced the NVME drive with an Samsung EVO PLUS 970 1 TB. However I am only getting 50% of the promised read/write. Meaning it runs at 1800 write and 1700 read. But If I put in my desktop it runs at full speed. Any chance its a chipset limitation? Even though the laptop NVME port is PCIE 3.0 x 4. Cheers.

Nice video. Is samsung 980 pro compatible with this laptop?

Hello I buy a Western Digital Blue SN550 512Gb to put in my UX501 laptop but the bios does not reconize it, do you have any idea?

What BIOS version is needed for the UX501J to take a Samsung 980 Pro M.2 PCIE NVME 2TB ssd?

How static sensitive are the M.2 drives?

Finally someone shows how to pop the battery out safely. Too late for me alas

if i remove my old one will all my stuff be lost like my files and data

I have two UX501V's. Bought 1 as a spare. The first one now has a blinking display problem. All my software apps are on the SSD drive. Can I just take the SSD from my old machine, install it in the newer one and have everything work? Both machines have Windows 10, but it will take me a week to reinstall all the apps on my spare machine. Appreciate the help.

@JR-zw2vb

3 жыл бұрын

have you tried cloning yet?

@roaldvdven

3 жыл бұрын

It should work if it is exactly the same models with the same components. If it is not exactly the same model than it could take some moments longer trying to download the correct drivers.

The original harddisk in the ASUS N501VW is a M.2 SSD. Is it possible to upgrade to a M.2-NVME e.g Samsung 970 EVO - 500GB?

@kaisurfdog

3 жыл бұрын

Good question I think not, because in the BIOS only SATA is available and not AHCI, its quite confusing since the hardware connection seems identical on mine. As far as i've read NVME is not backwards compatible to the sata protocol. Hopefully someone else can clarify. I haven't tried sticking an nvme drive myself to be honest.

@steenlauritzen

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaisurfdog I tog the chance and it worked. Note that 500G is the largest possible disk the BIOS will accept.

@spiralmorph727

2 жыл бұрын

@@steenlauritzen Been looking to confirm this all over the net, thanks! Hopefully no issues since installing, right?

@steenlauritzen

2 жыл бұрын

@@spiralmorph727 no issues at all

@enpy3034

Жыл бұрын

Yes, after BIOS update 1TB also works. Motherboard accepts SATA and NVME m.2 SSDs

you should add that is a NVME SATA PORT! it is not a NVME PCIe port. as you can see the memory has 2 holes in the pluggin pins. NVMe PCIe has only 1. Now there are some 1TB NVMe SATA ... has anyone tried it?

is there a 512gb limit on ssd for this model? I'm having heaps of trouble adding a 1tb m2 ssd drive

@CautamaMD

4 жыл бұрын

same here did you found a solution yet ?

@agocardgames4722

4 жыл бұрын

@@CautamaMD not yet!

@NtwrkTeam

4 жыл бұрын

2tb fails to start as well

@JR-zw2vb

3 жыл бұрын

Ive read from a forum, stating the op chat with Asus customer rep and says, it is limited to 512gb. Duh!

Guys can you give me details of which type ssd supported to this model. I have same model UX501J.

@21thpl

4 жыл бұрын

We have new year, 2-01-2020 i will check

@Wirsingstudios

4 жыл бұрын

21th did you checked it? :) already tried different ssd and they did not work

@mrtlod8729

4 жыл бұрын

Same model, same trouble. I've tried 970 evo = does'nt recognize. waiting for wd black sn750 to see !

@Wirsingstudios

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrtlod8729 I’ve also tried 970 evo and it did not work for me. I dared to buy the 860 EVO M.2 500 GB SATA and it worked! So if the wd black sn750 is not working, you can choose the 860 EVO. I have 500gb and it is running smooth.

@mrtlod8729

4 жыл бұрын

Wirsingstudios yes but much slower !

cant make 1 tb work on this machine.

@JR-zw2vb

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering that too. What's the issue, why is it not able to take 1tb, do you know?