Does the Dell Inspiron 7490 Take an NVMe SSD?
Dell Inspiron 7490
NVMe storage was observed in reports for this laptop.
- Reports
- 5
- Saw NVMe
- 100%
Field reports can’t tell us the physical connector, how many slots are empty, or which M.2 length fits. Check the service manual and the installed drive before you buy.
Reported by field data
- Storage controller:
- Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode]
- Platform:
- Intel Corporation Device
- Drives seen:
- Intel
Drives people actually had installed when they ran the report — not a compatibility list, and not the only drives that fit.
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How we know
This answer is derived from 5 independent hardware reports for the Dell Inspiron 7490, of which 100% observed an NVMe drive. We read the PCI device list in each report to tell NVMe apart from SATA.
Check it yourself
On Windows, open Task Manager → Performance and click your disk to see its model and type. On Linux, run lsblk -d -o NAME,TRAN,MODEL and read the TRAN column.
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Storage interfaces derived from linuxhw/LsPCI, licensed CC-BY-4.0.