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I told her my Model Number was GWTN156-5BL and she said that the drivers are the same as GWTN156-2. I also had to give her my serial number.Lastly I asked about the SSD slots, and here's the response I got.
Main slot is PCIe/SATA with a max drive of 256
Secondary slot is SATA with a max drive of 256
For a max total of 512
Please post your, if you were able to stuff a bigger drive into either slot.
Good Luck
EG
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I like the feel of it, the metal feeling lid helps it not feel super cheap.
I use it for prepping 3d models for my printer, and it's very good at what I ask it to do.
BTW it does charge via USB c despite it saying data only.
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I've run Norton's removal tool multiple times but parts remain.
The software suite still shows with the programs in the start screen, but is not when I go to Remove Programs. Nothing Norton is listed under remove programs, but something is still running hidden somewhere. Whenever windows update runs Norton Downloader tries to reinstall Norton. Despite obviously running, Norton Downloader does not show up anywhere I can find to uninstall it.
Right Clicking on the software suite gives the option to uninstall in the popup menu, but that just takes you to the remove programs screen, where nothing Norton is listed.
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My wife is slightly bummed at the difference in color (she preferred the "sky" blue in the original product page). Not a big deal.
Initial impressions are positive so far. I took a gander at the BIOS and it appears to support NVMe and the RAM is dual-channel. Nice full size keyboard with numpad.
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My wife is slightly bummed at the difference in color (she preferred the "sky" blue in the original product page). Not a big deal.
Initial impressions are positive so far. I took a gander at the BIOS and it appears to support NVMe and the RAM is dual-channel. Nice full size keyboard with numpad.
I was going to try get a replacement but the total lack of support made me think twice and ask for a refund instead.
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Memory is soldered, there's a second m2 slot that you can access without removing the entire back.
Any questions on the hardware side I can likely answer, I put linux on mine already so I can't answer anything about how it works in windows.
Looks at the SSD prices.. In 2012, I brought one of Crucial ssd from Tiger direct, Paid $179.99 for 128GB and that was after those crappy TD rebates.
Screen captures of CPU-Z: https://imgur.com/a/Tcv9urc
Looks like DDR4 2400 CL17 running in dual channel.
Could be better, could be worse... I wonder if memory overclocking is possible with Ryzen Master.
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Frankly m.2 upgrades may be cheaper option for cheap laptop but I like to get my parts future proof in case they can be swapped into another machine in the future. I happen to have an old SATA crucial m.2 MX300 525GB so I replace the included SSD and it worked fine.
BTW I got two of these for my kids and no regrets. Probably going to pick up one more if they come back in stock. It is low-mid range Gaming laptop for $350 which is hard to imagine. My kids are playing Minecraft Java edition on it right now and it runs very nice on it.
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