Does the Lenovo IdeaPad 120S-11IAP 81A4 Take an NVMe SSD?
Lenovo IdeaPad 120S-11IAP 81A4
Every one of 28 field reports observed SATA storage rather than NVMe.
That is useful evidence about the reported machines, but it does not prove that every configuration lacks an NVMe slot or that the installed SATA drive is 2.5-inch rather than SATA M.2. Check the service manual, connector, dimensions, and current drive before ordering.
Field reports can’t tell us whether the SATA drive is a 2.5-inch bay or a SATA M.2 slot, nor which M.2 length fits — check the service manual before you buy.
Reported by field data
- Storage controller:
- Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SATA AHCI Controller
- Platform:
- Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Host Bridge
- Drives seen:
- WDC WD5000LPCX-2, WDC WDS120G2G0A-
Drives people actually had installed when they ran the report — not a compatibility list, and not the only drives that fit.
Capacities seen
- 500 GB (100%)
Sizes found installed in field reports — not a ceiling. Larger drives work fine.
How we know
This answer is derived from 28 independent hardware reports for the Lenovo IdeaPad 120S-11IAP 81A4, of which 0% 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.