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XPS 13 9310 2-in-1, SSD upgrade
XPS 13 9310 2-in-1
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I was told by dell that the SDD is NOT upgradable on my XPS 13 9310 2-in-1 as it soldered to the MB. As such, I was looking to replace the current 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD to 32 GB RAM 512 GB SDD (or ideally 1 TB SSD). Do you know if this is possible? I've looked for a MB online and can only find ones with 32 GB RAM and no mention of the SSD size. Is the SSD soldered to the MB or someplace different? TYIA!
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October 11th, 2023 21:13
The M.2 SSD is upgradable in XPS 13 9310. Refer to this YT video for upgrade process.
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October 11th, 2023 22:51
Dell is correct. Though it is replaceable in the 9310 clamshell, the 2-in-1 model -- despite the same number -- has a different board and a soldered-in SSD -- the only way to upgrade the SSD is to replace the entire system board.
These were available with 1T SSDs maximum, but that would be only on the highest-end models -- which in turn weren't sold in large numbers, so the supply of boards with drives that size will be very limited and the prices likely to be very high as a result.
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February 19th, 2024 20:27
I unfortunately , happen to have one of these 9310 with a soldered on SSD.
the system wont boot up and I need to get at the data on this soldered on SSD.
data is most likley perfectly fine. system is under warranty but Dell will just replace the motherboard and subsequently all data is lost.
how special is that.
Does anyone know of a 3rd party recovery service that specializes in data recover on XPS soldered on SSDs?
tia
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April 10th, 2024 15:56
It appears there is a terminology issue in this thread. SSD drive and RAM are different. The RAM is soldered onto the MB, NOT the SSD drive. The M2 NVME internal drive can be upgraded. I just purchased a used Dell 9310 and upgraded from 512GB to 1TB. This is what I got:
Samsung 990 PRO Series - 1TB PCIe Gen4. X4 NVMe 2.0c - M.2 Internal SSD
I use Acronis 2016 to image to old to new.
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April 10th, 2024 16:01
It's not a terminology different. There are two different 9310 systems -- one clamshell (which you have) and one 2-in-1 (same model number, but totally different inside).
In the 2-in-1 model, both the RAM and the SSD are soldered to the system board.
Only in the clamshell model is the SSD upgradeable.