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My PC speed goes down when I put an SSD into a specific card slot.

My PC speed goes down when I put an SSD into a specific card slot.

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ManMallow
Member
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09-04-2026, 12:15 PM
#1
I just put a brand new SSD in my second slot, which is a Crucial 1TB P3 PCIe NVMe M.2 2280, before I even turned it on and things were going super fast above 250 fps. Now every single game has dropped frames. Even though the SSD is empty yet I put games back in my old SSD model - Dell G15 5515 with Ryzen 5 and an RTX3050 with 16GB of RAM, the new one shows low fps even when they are on the old one too. I don't have any hard drives left and I updated all drivers and reinstalled the games but it's still a problem
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ManMallow
09-04-2026, 12:15 PM #1

I just put a brand new SSD in my second slot, which is a Crucial 1TB P3 PCIe NVMe M.2 2280, before I even turned it on and things were going super fast above 250 fps. Now every single game has dropped frames. Even though the SSD is empty yet I put games back in my old SSD model - Dell G15 5515 with Ryzen 5 and an RTX3050 with 16GB of RAM, the new one shows low fps even when they are on the old one too. I don't have any hard drives left and I updated all drivers and reinstalled the games but it's still a problem

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lexaroo123456
Junior Member
14
6 hours ago
#2
Welcome to the forums! Did you check if you updated the BIOS on your laptop before putting in the new SSD? Also, please take a look at the operating system settings, Device Manager tab, and make sure you don't see any yellow warning signs showing up there.
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lexaroo123456
6 hours ago #2

Welcome to the forums! Did you check if you updated the BIOS on your laptop before putting in the new SSD? Also, please take a look at the operating system settings, Device Manager tab, and make sure you don't see any yellow warning signs showing up there.

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iceburn91
Member
58
47 minutes ago
#3
Thanks so much! Updating the BIOS solved the issue, and things are all working great right now.
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iceburn91
47 minutes ago #3

Thanks so much! Updating the BIOS solved the issue, and things are all working great right now.