SSDs have become the mainstream of internal hard drives. Many computers may be shipped with SSDs installed or have left SSD slots. When you want to add an SSD to your computer, you may wonder about this question: How many SSD slots do I have? This post from Partition Magic shows you how to check that.

If you want to know the SSD slot number and type, you can try the following 3 methods.

Way 1. Check the Product Page or Manual

The hard drive is an important part of the computer. Most PC manufacturers will tell you what hard drive the PC supports and how many hard drives the PC can hold. Therefore, if you can find your PC’s product page and then check that easily.

Tip: Some PC products may have the same product name but their models are different. You should find the product page of the model. Here are some ways to check the PC model.

Besides, most PC will be shipped with a user manual book. You can check the SSD slots and types in this book. If this book is lost, you can search online for the user manual electronic version (often a PDF file) of the model.

How many SSD slots do I have? This is determined by the motherboard. If your PC is built by yourself, you just need to find out the SSD slots that the motherboard supports.

How many SSD slots does a motherboard have? To answer this question, you need to check the motherboard model. Then, find the product page or the user manual of this motherboard model. You can know the SSD slots and types supported by the motherboard.

Way 2. Contact the Customer Service

If you don’t find the product page or user manual of your PC model or motherboard model, you can contact the PC’s or motherboard’s customer service to ask how many SSD slots the product has. If this product brand has a forum, you can even ask for help in the forum.

Way 3. Disassemble the PC

How many M.2 slots do I have? How many SSD slots does a motherboard have? To find out the answer to this question, you can even disassemble the PC and count the SSD slots by yourself. However, this method is risky and you should make sure you have enough expertise.

How to disassemble a laptop:

  1. Power down the computer and plug off the power cord.
  2. Place the laptop bottom side up on the table.
  3. Remove all the screws on the bottom pane.
  4. Lift the keyboard side and then get your fingernails in the gap between the bottom side and the keyboard side to remove the bottom side.
  5. Now, you can see the laptop motherboard and check the SSD slots. Some SSD slots may be shielded by a metal sheet. You may need to remove the metal sheet to check the SSD slot type.

How to disassemble a desktop:

  1. Disconnect the power to the chassis.
  2. Find the side cover of the chassis, which has holes to disperse wind. Unscrew the fasteners of the side cover and then remove the side cover.
  3. You will see the SATA hard drive cage if your computer has one. You will also see the desktop motherboard and you check the M.2 slot on it.
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Bottom Line

How many SSD slots do I have? How many SSD slots does a motherboard have? How many M.2 slots do I have? This post offers you 3 ways to find out the answers. Just have a try.

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Linda
Linda

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Linda has been working as an editor at MiniTool for 5 years. She is always curious about computer knowledge and learns it crazily. Her articles are simple and easy to understand. Even people who do not understand computer can gain something. By the way, her special focuses are disk management, data recovery and PDF editing.