Sorry to tell you, you are limited to what the system has for drive I/O which is only SATA II (3.0 Gb/s)
PCIe/NVMe interface is a newer standard for drives there is no means to install one of these SSD’s
With that said, you do have a SSD option! Replacing your current slow spinning rust drive for a 2.5” SSD! Here’s the guide [guide|3401]
Sadly, you can’t use the iFixit kit SSD (Crucial) as it is designed for the newer SATA MacBook Pro’s which have a SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) interface.
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You’ll need a drive which is able to run at the slower SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) speed. As an example the [link|https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/Samsung_SSD_870_EVO_Data_Sheet_Rev1.1.pdf|Samsung 870 EVO SSD]. If you review the spec sheet note the ***Interface*** line clearly states “SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, compatible with ***''SATA 3 Gb/s''*** & 1.5 interfaces” Review the SSD you are looking at spec sheet if it doesn’t state this more on to another drive.
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You’ll need a drive which is able to run at the slower SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) speed. As an example the [link|https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/Samsung_SSD_870_EVO_Data_Sheet_Rev1.1.pdf|Samsung 870 EVO SSD]. If you review the spec sheet note the ***Interface*** line clearly states “SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, compatible with ***''SATA 3 Gb/s''*** & 1.5 interfaces” Review the SSD you are looking at spec sheet, if it doesn’t state this move on to another drive.
Sorry to tell you, you are limited to what the system has for drive I/O which is only SATA II (3.0 Gb/s)
PCIe/NVMe interface is a newer standard for drives there is no means to install one of these SSD’s
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With that said, you do have a SSD option! Replacing your current slow spinning rust drive for a 2.5” SSD! Here’s the guide [guide|3401] Sadly you can’t use the iFixit kit SSD (Crucial) as it is designed for the newer SATA MacBook Pro’s which have a SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) interface.
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With that said, you do have a SSD option! Replacing your current slow spinning rust drive for a 2.5” SSD! Here’s the guide [guide|3401]
-
You’ll need a drive which is able to run at the slower SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) speed. As an example the [https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/Samsung_SSD_870_EVO_Data_Sheet_Rev1.1.pdf|Samsung 870 EVO SSD]. If you review the spec sheet note the ***Interface*** line clearly states “SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, compatible with ***''SATA 3 Gb/s''*** & 1.5 interfaces” Review the SSD you are looking at spec sheet if it doesn’t state this more on to another drive.
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Sadly, you can’t use the iFixit kit SSD (Crucial) as it is designed for the newer SATA MacBook Pro’s which have a SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) interface.
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You’ll need a drive which is able to run at the slower SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) speed. As an example the [link|https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/Samsung_SSD_870_EVO_Data_Sheet_Rev1.1.pdf|Samsung 870 EVO SSD]. If you review the spec sheet note the ***Interface*** line clearly states “SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, compatible with ***''SATA 3 Gb/s''*** & 1.5 interfaces” Review the SSD you are looking at spec sheet if it doesn’t state this more on to another drive.
Sorry to tell you, you are limited to what the system has for drive I/O which is only SATA II (3.0 Gb/s)
PCIe/NVMe interface is a newer standard for drives there is no means to install one of these SSD’s
With that said, you do have a SSD option! Replacing your current slow spinning rust drive for a 2.5” SSD! Here’s the guide [guide|3401] Sadly you can’t use the iFixit kit SSD (Crucial) as it is designed for the newer SATA MacBook Pro’s which have a SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) interface.
You’ll need a drive which is able to run at the slower SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) speed. As an example the [https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/Samsung_SSD_870_EVO_Data_Sheet_Rev1.1.pdf|Samsung 870 EVO SSD]. If you review the spec sheet note the ***Interface*** line clearly states “SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, compatible with ***''SATA 3 Gb/s''*** & 1.5 interfaces” Review the SSD you are looking at spec sheet if it doesn’t state this more on to another drive.