970 EVO

i feel you on this one - same thing happened to my samsung 970 evo after three years. that red highlight usually means the bios sees the drive but can't boot from it. first thing - grab a usb stick and make a bootable hirens bootcd pe on another pc to test the ssd health. samsung magician software c

had a similar issue with an inspiron where the ssd would overheat and disconnect. flipping it over to cool down is a big clue - the controller chip might be failing when hot. first run dell's built-in diagnostics (spam F12 at boot). if that passes, back up anything important asap. you could try a co

I mean yea with default ssd look at picture, but is not for samsung 970 evo plus i dont know its over kill or something

ngl i've done this exact upgrade on a 3020. the motherboard supports any m.2 nvme size as long as it's pcie gen 3 or 4. i dropped a 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus in mine and it recognized it immediately. the WD Black SN770 is another solid pick that runs cool. just make sure your bios is updated first. d

Thanks so much for trying to help. That's good to know about the warranty! As you can see in the images below, the drive appears to be operating properly - Lexar NM710 Samsung 970 Evo Plus Turns out it is actually connected at PCIe 4.0 x4, I must have been looking at the Samsung earlier. One thing t