Does the Notebook NL40_50GU Take an NVMe SSD?
Notebook NL40_50GU
Every one of 10 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/Pentium Silver Processor SATA Controller
- Platform:
- Intel Corporation Gemini Lake Host Bridge
- Drives seen:
- LDLC F6+M.2 120, LDLC F6+M.2 480, LDLC
Drives people actually had installed when they ran the report — not a compatibility list, and not the only drives that fit.
Capacities seen
- 120 GB (67%)
- 480 GB (33%)
Sizes found installed in field reports — not a ceiling. Larger drives work fine.
How we know
This answer is derived from 10 independent hardware reports for the Notebook NL40_50GU, 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.