I do appreciate that you and most on here work and don’t expect you to waste your time on my problems, but if anybody could tell me if anything I’m doing is not worth it then I would apprecate that. on Dell internal analysis using publicly available specs in August 2023 comparing maximum effective capacity for PowerStore 1200 and FlashArray //X20. Assumes average 4:1 data reduction for PowerStore, 5:1 for Pure Storage. Actual results vary. Dell Optiplex 7020 Small Form Factor Owner's Manual" (PDF). dell.com. Dell . Retrieved 11 November 2019. My BIOS recognizes the Mass Storage in Slot 4 (does that mean I accomplished all the preceding steps correctly and the computer can (theoretically) boot from the NVME drive?) but I can’t get the computer to boot from the drive. I will look at everything again, I can’t see that I’ve done anything wrong, but I now have more experience than when I started this process and you never know.

Ga naar Exit > Exit Save Changes (Afsluiten > Afsluiten en wijzigingen opslaan) en start het systeem opnieuw op. I didn’t want to start completely over, but I broke down and installed Windows 10 from Media Creation Tool on NVME. Seemed to work (YEAH!!!). Move the jumper from the two pin PSWD connector, to the two PIN SERVICE_MODE connector. It is located between the Power Supply and the PCI Slot closest to it:Dell™ OptiPlex™ XE Setup and Features Information" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2017. Only latest BIOS Supports Core 2 Quad and 8GB DDR2. USFF does not support 2GB/800 memory units. A 2 GB/800. Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX300 System User's Guide" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2022. MT PCIe x16, 3x PCIe x1 (Full height) DT PCIe x16, 3x PCIe x1 (Half height) SFF PCIe x16, PCIe x1 (Half height)

Just not sure about partitions. On my SATA SSD 500G (465.76GB), I have a 659.12MB Recovery partition, a 464.92GB Data partition and a 200MB EFI System partition. On the NVME 1TB (931.51GB) I have a 100MB EFI System partition, a 16MB Reserved partition, a 930.88GB Data partition and a 530MB Recovery Partition. The EFI partitions on both drives are formatted FAT32 and the 16MB is formatted “Other”; all other partitions are formatted NTFS. What is the minimum number of partitions that these drives should have? Can the 659MB on the SSD be removed if this is no longer a boot drive? How about the 16MB and 530MB partitions on the NVME? Took awhile as I tried to convert a VHDX to HDD (which worked before) on the NVME but that failed as I was trying to do it from a MBR USB Windows PE ISO but that started acting strangely after the UEFI upgrade to the BIOS and the programs gave errors. Also my W10 MBR USB start disk wouldn’t function even with the Legacy boot option enabled in the BIOS. Interestingly though the MBR USB had no problems with the Linux ISO’s…go figure, seems to affect only Windows systems…LOL This converts a low profile PCIe x16 and PCI or two PCI full height. the last two remain low profile. However, the only strange thing is that whenever I boot, I first get a BIOS error that claims it cannot find a hard drive and I must press F1 to continue, F2 to change setup options etc. Yet if I do hit F1 it boots straight to W10. It’s faster than I’ve ever seen these machines in my life! I just wish I could skip this step, especially if an employee restarts their machine.

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Before starting the the physical installation of the NVMe SSD you can do all of the required preparation while the machine is running on your existing drive. Upgrade your BIOS

So those who don’t have a Graphics card in the PCIe x16 slot (Blue one), then you’ll get twice the speed as those who have a Graphics card in there, as I have. With my inexperience I thought they were basically the same (I have looked at several items on the net, but couldn’t get confirmation of that). I bit disappointed but my speed has increased threefold, so that’s not to be sniffed at. I’m a network engineer and used to having tools (captures, WireShark, etc) to see where the breakdown is happening on my network but am not aware of any such troubleshooting tools I can use to figure out where the breakdown is happening here. Got any ideas? I followed your excellent video and written details regarding the modifying of the bios. The new SSD is recognised and bios updated (as per your details on how the Bios should be set up), so I tried to get my Dell Optiplex 7020 booted from my new M.2 SSD, but without success. Thank you so much for providing these instructions, you might save us a lot of money in the near future! 🙂

Davis, Jim (8 June 1998). "Compaq, Dell ship new computers". cnet news. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022 . Retrieved 8 August 2008. The company is expanding its PC lineup today with desktop PCs for businesses that will now include the G1 and E1 lines. to install aftermarket PSUs to support better GPUs. You can also find that there is space constrains inside the chassis, making it difficult to accommodete larger GPU to boost the gaming performance.

Its a good idea to install 20.04.2 now and upgrade to he new LTS version Before the 2025 EOL. The most significant change is bowing to microsofts demands to stop supporting 32 bit os. ImageDirect is a web-based, hosted image management service that enables customers to easily create, manage, and load custom images for Dell commercial client systems. The new offerings were positioned accordingly. The NetPlex line consisted of inexpensive i486 workstations designed to be used as corporate network clients. The OptiPlex line offered the same networking capabilities as the NetPlex along with additional features such as VESA Local Bus expansion slots, expandable VRAM, and stronger processor models. It also targeted large enterprises with features such as embedded diagnostics. [3] Overview [ edit ] Series 1 - Classic beige [ edit ] First generation Dell OptiPlex GX1 desktop workstationI have now received my M.2 SSD (Samsung SSD 980 3.0 1TB) and adapter and have tested them in the two relevant slots (used Crystal Disk Mark 8.0 and did the average over three tests). Here are the results: Paul, I tried to do a fresh install but Windows setup would not install on my M.2 SSD drive as it was set as GPT. USFF chassis was released separately and resembles the OptiPlex 9xx case and a maximum of 8 GB RAM due to 2 DIMM slots.