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ardaax304

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January 14th, 2023 03:00

G3 15 3500 increasing storage

Dell G3 15 3500

Dell G3 15 3500

Hi, I have dell g3 15 3500 laptop with i5 10300h, gtx1650ti, 8gb ram (4+4), 512gb ssd. I want to upgrade my storage but I don't know that my laptop supports another slot for ssd or hdd. I think full model name is Dell G3 15 3500-H5JDG

ejn63

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January 14th, 2023 03:00

The answer depends on whether your system has a 3 or a 4 cell battery.  If it has the 3 cell, you can install a 2.5" SATA drive alongside the original M.2 drive.  If you have the 4 cell, you cannot.

From the manual:

Storage

This section lists the storage options on your Dell G3 15 3500.

Your Dell G3 15 3500 supports one of the following storage configurations:
  • One M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive
  • One M.2 2230 solid-state drive and one M.2 2280 solid-state drive
  • One 2.5-inch hard drive and one Intel Optane
    NOTE 2.5-inch hard drive is supported only on the computers shipped with 3-cell (51 Wh) battery.
  • One 2.5-inch hard drive and one M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive
    NOTE 2.5-inch hard drive is supported only on the computers shipped with 3-cell (51 Wh) battery.
The primary drive of your Dell G3 15 3500 varies with the storage configuration. For computers:
  • with an M.2 drive, the M.2 drive is the primary drive
  • without an M.2 drive, the 2.5-inch drive is the primary drive
Table 1. Storage specifications
STORAGE TYPE INTERFACE TYPE CAPACITY

2.5-inch hard drive

SATA AHCI, up to 6 Gbps

Up to 2 TB

M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive

PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe

Up to 1 TB

M.2 2280 Intel Optane storage

PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe

Up to 512 GB\

ejn63

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January 14th, 2023 07:00

Yes, but be sure you look inside the system - it's common for a bracket, cable and screws to be required to mount a 2.5" drive -- and unless the system came with the drive, you'll need to order that hardware from Dell Spare Parts, since it's rarely included with the system.

 

ardaax304

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January 14th, 2023 07:00

Thank you for your answer, if it has a empty slot can i use this https://www.crucial.com/ssd/bx500/ct1000bx500ssd1/ct15870800

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