Upgrading the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” Desktop PC

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This video demonstrated the upgrade of the SSD and the Memory of the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” Desktop PC. It also shows the comparison of the performance between the un-upgraded and the upgraded systems. Thanks for watching
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0:00 Introduction to Upgrading the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” Desktop PC Memory & SSD
2:23 Cloning the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” PC SSD using Acronis
5:31 Disassembling the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” Desktop PC
6:17 Upgrading the SSD on the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” Desktop PC
11:32 Upgrading the Memory on the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” Desktop PC
14:52 Reassembling the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” Desktop PC
15:24 Conclusion & Performance Results of the Upgraded Lenovo m93p “Tiny” PC
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@kobolila-yt Год назад

Excellent, this and the previous one. I'm a fan of Lenovo's business computers and am looking at one of these for my daughter to use for her school work. Your videos have left me confident it will work out nicely.

@PE4Doers Год назад

Glad to hear it helped. They would work well for general Office type software, but running advanced spreadsheets might be a bit of a challenge. What grade is your daughter in? My kids are all grown up and I plan on building a moderately high end PC for my granddaughter early next year when she starts grade school. Probably a bit more than she needs, but I will make a video about building it. Also, I can't let her start school without something impressive 😉

@QuikTechSolutions Год назад

Excellent video David! I really like that cloning tool you used. Thanks for sharing!

@PE4Doers Год назад

Tony, Yes, I've been using that for years. It can be created from the Acronis software in either a Win or Linux version. I always use the Linux.

@geronimoletsplays Год назад

Thank you for a very well put together, easy to follow and informative video. Aside from the simply fact of not being an IT expert and the idea of messing about inside any computer case being inherently scary, my big sticking point would have been how to put Windows back onto it - essentially how to clone your drive onto it and not be facing a blank slate with nothing on it. You made it so straigtforward that you're inspiring me to go ahead and upgrade my mini PCs SSD to 1 or 2Tb. I have 8Gb of RAM and may or may not bother with that as I don't use it for massively intensive stuff and it copes well as is, although that looks to be pretty straighforward to swap over too. Cheers, Ian

@PE4Doers Год назад

Glad my information helped. Good luck.

@RonPiggott Год назад

Wow! Thanks for posting!

@PE4Doers Год назад

You are very welcome Sir. Did you buy one of these units? When I create my Network Rack upgrade video you will see it once again on a shelf in my rack.

@RonPiggott Год назад

@@PE4Doers Yes I did. It is for my home business I am starting up. The purpose is to handle e-mails and damaged in shipment claims. It came with a 500GB drive. I'd like to RAID 1 it. Ironically the cost of a USB3 500GB is just shy of the refurbished price. I need to consider what I will do for a backup.

@PE4Doers Год назад

@@RonPiggott That sounds like a great idea. I will be wishing you luck 🙂

@donnaten2 Год назад

I have this PC as well and I love it. Want to thank you for showing how to clone. Every step was clear, and I'm ready! Thanks for showing the tools you used as well! time to subscribe to your channel :) I do have a question. How do I get or create that Acronis boot disc. I thought it was something pre made so I could buy.

@PE4Doers Год назад

I am very happy to hear that this video helped you 🙂

@breydan Год назад

I just got one of these from ebay for about $62 USD and works like a charm.

@PE4Doers Год назад

What do you plan on using it for? Also, will you be making any upgrades?

@breydan Год назад

@@PE4Doers I’m planning to implement a Kubernetes cluster, this might be the control node

@PE4Doers Год назад

@@breydan That's great. Let me know how it works out 🙂

@derekp9737 4 месяца назад

you could also install a nvme port to use a tiny form factor ssd...it just needs couple surface mounted components, and a slot soldered to it.

@PE4Doers 4 месяца назад

That's interesting - thanks.

@jacobpark2863 Месяц назад

Hey, thank you for the great video! Do you think that upgrading the SSD would be the same process for the M92P Tiny dejstop?

@PE4Doers Месяц назад

Not sure, however it may work if the existing hard drive is 2.5"

@kathyestevez8258 Год назад

Nice and useful video. Thanks! Your Amazon link to purchase Acronis Rescue shows that the item is no longer in sale. Can you recommend al alternative bootable usb drive that can clone the SSD? Thanks!

@PE4Doers Год назад

There is the FreeWare tool CloneZilla

@zargonfuture4046 Год назад

Hi loved the video very informative. I see you put in 2 x 8 gig ram is it possible/needed to be able to fit 2 x16 ram? Seeing as it had the 2 slots. Thanks again for the info.

@PE4Doers Год назад

Well... According to the User Manual (which is online and can be found with a couple of searches), it only supports 16gb (2x8gb). Such manuals have been known to be inaccurate, however unless I happen to have two 16gb DDR3 SODIMs laying around, I would no invest at the risk of it not working.

@zargonfuture4046 Год назад

@@PE4Doers thanks just wanted to know how how far these things go, I just saw another video of a chip upgrade which did some good stuff but overall nothing special on the same platform. Fascinated that this might be the new size for the pc in the future.

@PE4Doers Год назад

@@zargonfuture4046 I know what you mean 🙂

@kathyestevez8258 Год назад

Thanks!. On a different topic. Is it worthwhile to replace or upgrade the fan on the Lenovo m93p “Tiny” ? Mine has become very noisy and the inside temperature is rising beyond original values. Any recommendation on this front? Amazon has several replacements that claim compatibility but not sure which one may be the one to choose from.

@PE4Doers Год назад

Thanks for the information. I will have to take a look at what other Fans might work best.

@kobolila-yt Год назад

Very nice; good info here. I have two of these ,one (with Win 10 pro) I set up as a school pc for my daughter, the other Im just looking to play with. On that 2nd one I see a label stating it was a Win 8 machine. I know the windows license is built ito these machines, do you think that i'll have a problem putting in a fresh install Win 10? TIA

@PE4Doers Год назад

I'm not sure. I believe it is still possible to do a Free upgrade from Windows 8, but the timing is close. Worse comet to worse, there are many licenses available for Windows -10 that are $15 or less.

@jacklacey-pz7rz 9 месяцев назад

excellent....I want to run a small network with that one just for movies

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

Good luck 🙂

@jacklacey-pz7rz 9 месяцев назад

@@PE4Doers thanks

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

@@jacklacey-pz7rz you are quite welcome Sir

@woodysranch2690 Год назад

Can you explain your comment about not being able to get a RaspBerryPi any more? For the price you paid compared to a Raspberry Pi it is a huge upgrade. You would need to buy Power, and case for a RP which does not include an SSD or upgradable memory. It should make a nice little unit for many things. I understand many Display Port adaptors have some barbs on them to prevent the connection from coming loose. People that do not know this have damaged the connector when trying to force the removal. Does this adaptor have the barbs? Can the adaptor be used in both directions, ie can you use it on a Monitor display port vice one on a computer.

@PE4Doers Год назад

I meant that comment based on the discounted price I got when I actually bought the unit from NewEgg. Of course once I upgraded it, the price exceeded the current cost of a Raspberry Pi. Sorry. I will have to check on the Display 'barbs' - I guess I'm so used to using those connected I never had an issue. I will comment to this comment once I look. No, that adapter only goes on one direction - from DP to HDMI (according to the Ad, but I did not test that.

@GNU_Linux_for_good 3 месяца назад

Explained it all so well. Does the M93p has an NVMe internal SSD slot for an SSD M.2 upgrade? _thanks_

@PE4Doers 3 месяца назад

I don't believe so. I did not see a M.2 slot in the unit or mentioned in the manual. Probably do it it's age relative to the wide proliferation of M.2 drives.

@GNU_Linux_for_good 3 месяца назад

@@PE4Doers Okay - I'll upgrade with an SATA SSD. _thank you_

@fat_joe Год назад

What is the maximum height for the 2.5hdd drive? 2TB would be around 7mm, similar to the SSD you put in. 5-6TB is around 15mm.

@PE4Doers Год назад

I just measured the 1tb I put in and it appears to be 7mm. It looks like you can get one about 11mm before the top cover interferes with it.

@Common1yB1ue Год назад

hey! I have a question, can the ryzen 5 5600g be installed in this pc?

@PE4Doers Год назад

I'm afraid not. The motherboard is only for an Intel CPU. Sorry.

@skchannel588 11 месяцев назад

Sid should I purchase this mini PC for learning Data structures and algorithms, and web development ? Another question is that for how will it be able to handle the tasks , I mean for how many years if I start using it now ?

@PE4Doers 11 месяцев назад

I would look to something more recent and powerful to do science and engineering course.

@Neslekkim Год назад

Thanks!, Does this mean the computer handles DDR3 and DDR3L memory?, lower voltage on the DDR3L so I was a bit unsure what to order.

@PE4Doers Год назад

The one I bought was the DDR3L which appeared to be the same as the one that was inside this unit, so I would go with that

@Neslekkim Год назад

@@PE4Doers Ah, I didn't even think about checking what I had, I have three of these that I bought just a little time ago, one have 2x4gb DDR3L, one have 2x4gb DDR3, and the last have 1x8GB DDR3L, I that makes it easier to get the ram for them :)

@PE4Doers Год назад

@@Neslekkim OK, good luck.

@hpperrreo4082 8 месяцев назад

If you want to know which are the best processors for this PC in addition to help for the (m73p and m93p) they are: i7 4765T 35w (The lowest consumption and performance of all i7 4th) i7 4785T 35w i7 4790T 45w i7 4770T 45w i7 4770S (Best in performance) 65w i7 4790S (I don't recommend it but it can handle it) 65w+ There are xeon processors that are similar in performance but the integrated ones are not very good so to speak. The rest of the processors (without letters or K) require modifications for the original adapter, which is a PSU (65w). I recognize that any of them are good depending on their use and most are expensive in price (all those with T) and yes. When you buy the 65w ones you have to have a good air flow type because they will heat up with the mini heatsink and fan that these 2 machines come with (I hope it helped you!!)

@PE4Doers 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for that information. I'm sure there are some folks out there who are curious about that.

@mosyui 9 месяцев назад

i bought one installed 16gb ram, 1 ssd, 1 msata ssd, i7 4770 cpu. i upgraded it to 7260hw wifi bluetooth card, double-tube copper heatsink with 1.0A cooler fan.

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

WOW, you create a beast of a small system there 🙂

@cthoadmin7458 7 месяцев назад

Would upgrading to 32Gb of memory in these machines be possible? I've thought about buying a few of these to experiment with virtual machines.

@PE4Doers 7 месяцев назад

According to the manual it is not supported. But it may be something to try if you have a 32GB DDR3 set laying out to try.

@RudrakshaKumbhkar Год назад

What's the best processor it can be able to support? Also, the video was really helpful

@PE4Doers Год назад

Unfortunately the motherboard only support up to an i5, Gen 4.

@mosyui 9 месяцев назад

it supports i7

@arthermagaya2317 5 месяцев назад

If i Upgrade to 16GB on intel i7 of this pc would it be fast enough to run 2 Virtual machines?

@PE4Doers 5 месяцев назад

That would depend on what the two virtual machines happen to be (O/S) and what they will running (applications). 16GB is a decent amount of memory.

@jundropshot 9 месяцев назад

the tiny could only accomodate 1 ssd inside the case correct? cant do 2 pcs ssd?

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

That is correct. However someone astute and experienced in in micro electronics might be able to add the necessary hardware to support a second Sata SSD. In my opinion, that is beyond the capability of the vast majority of PC hobbyist, and there is significant risk of destroying the unit beyond repair (at least when measured against its value).

@auditocanarsie7355 6 месяцев назад

17:25 I didn't realize that upgrading the RAM will cause more power to be used at idle. Good to know.

@PE4Doers 6 месяцев назад

It definitely does 😮‍💨

@nemesisnine3297 9 месяцев назад

The silver hair looks killer brother!! The ladies gonna love it.

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

Thank you

@EthansSoccerHour Год назад

I would like to note that I upgraded my ram to 16 gb for this lenovo pc, and I'm able to run minecraft and fortnite at a smooth 80 fps. Pretty solid!

@PE4Doers Год назад

That's great to hear. I will be deploying mine as vulnerability testing server within the next few months.

@nobodycares9201 7 месяцев назад

You do know you can find HDMI internal cable ass'y that allow the 2nd installed Display Port to HDMI without the use of the converter cable.

@PE4Doers 7 месяцев назад

No, I did not. I will open it up and take a closer look for that.

@Tree2Tool 8 месяцев назад

Yes, very little option when it comes to SO-DIMM DDR3 memory. Thanks.

@PE4Doers 8 месяцев назад

It's too bad.

@swipekonme Год назад

you can use primo cache to enhance ssd life

@PE4Doers Год назад

I have never used that, but now my curiosity is peaked. Thanks.

@Common1yB1ue Год назад

okay im back with another processor, can this handle the intel core i5 10400?

@PE4Doers Год назад

As I answered this earlier, no it will not support a 10th down through 5th Gen CPU

@RudrakshaKumbhkar Год назад

@@PE4Doers Then what's the best processor it can be able to support? Also, the video was really helpful

@puppy_BYTE Год назад

why is there a large difference in SSD performance?, good video

@PE4Doers Год назад

Do you mean in this unit, or in general? Also, thanks for the compliment.

@souls-9000 Год назад

Is using a VGA cable good at all

@PE4Doers Год назад

In my opinion, only if you have no other way to connect to your monitor. I avoid using it unless I have no other options, since the resolution is VERY limited.

@KathrinHausermann Год назад

Brilliant Video :)) You copied the HP M93P Tiny over from the last video :)) It is indeed a Lenovo M93p Tiny :)) Please correct the video title as well :))

@PE4Doers Год назад

Thanks for catching that for me Kathrin 🙂

@KathrinHausermann Год назад

@@PE4Doers You are very welcome :)) The title is now correct but it is still wrong in the description of this and the last Video it was wrong as well.

@jacklacey-pz7rz 9 месяцев назад

Wood this be good to stream movies

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

Yes, that works on the one I have. The key thing there is the speed of network connection. Just be careful though - I did not try it using the Wireless, so that may not work as well for streaming a movie.

@SchnuffiJames 2 месяца назад

Can you install Linux on this computer?

@PE4Doers 2 месяца назад

Yes, although I did not actually install it on this unit, I did install Linus on a Lenovo laptop with a very similar processor and memory.

@SchnuffiJames 2 месяца назад

@@PE4Doers thanks

@MikeG-js1jt Год назад

I dont understand why you put the drive back in the machine, when you could have left it hanging out, tested the machine, then put the new ram in and THEN proceed to close it all up???

@PE4Doers Год назад

I wanted to make sure the first part worked before trying the second, to isolate any problems. If I put the ram in with everything still out of place, then troubleshooting would have taken a lot longer since I could have pinched a cable.

@jacklacey-pz7rz 9 месяцев назад

what do you think ...

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

I have tested that with the unit connected via RJ-45 cable directly to my network - it worked fine. I did not test it using Wireless however.

@JasonsLabVideos Год назад

Your title says HP but it's a Lenovo :)

@KathrinHausermann Год назад

I said the same in my comment too :))

@JasonsLabVideos Год назад

@@KathrinHausermann i even emailed him :)

@KathrinHausermann Год назад

@@JasonsLabVideos I wrote it in the Email I sent him about the first video too :))

@PE4Doers Год назад

Thanks Jason, I did not realize that and it's been corrected.

@luigiprovencher8888 Год назад

Renewed?

@PE4Doers Год назад

Yes, it is, and it works very well.

@luigiprovencher8888 Год назад

@@PE4Doers What does that mean, exactly?

@PE4Doers Год назад

@@luigiprovencher8888 They cleaned it out, then tested everything. Sometimes they upgrade the storage drive to a larger one.

@jacklacey-pz7rz 9 месяцев назад

i order the HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini Intel i5 7th Gen 8 GB RAM 240 GB SSD USB Win 10 Desktop

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

That sounds like a GREAT unit. I'm jealous 😤

@jacklacey-pz7rz 9 месяцев назад

@@PE4Doers Thank you

@PE4Doers 9 месяцев назад

@@jacklacey-pz7rz You are very welcome

@luigiprovencher8888 Год назад

Now put an mSata port in it like somebody else did on here.

@PE4Doers Год назад

Unfortunately, this unit does not have a connector on its motherboard supporting an mSATA

@luigiprovencher8888 Год назад

@@PE4Doers Yeah. I know. They had to solder it in but it is doable.

@PE4Doers Год назад

@@luigiprovencher8888 That sounds amazing - probably more than I would try on a unit I have plans to use.

@luigiprovencher8888 Год назад

@@PE4Doers Yeah. I hear you there. I just got one myself but it's not working properly I don't think so it's either got water or some kind of liquid damage or somebody tried to repair it by super gluing something back on but I'm trying to update the BIOS to see if it makes a difference or not but it doesn't seem to want to upgrade to whatever the latest version it.

@PE4Doers Год назад

@@luigiprovencher8888 Those 'older' BIOS version are sometimes impossible to update.