Dell Inspiron 3847 and MX100 256GB SSD

I bought several new Insprion 3847 and was planning on upgrading with MX100 256GB SSDs. I'm getting BSOD after cloning the hard drives on all of them with any SSD I try. Can anyone confirm this is a known incompatibility or suggest a fix? I've used another brand SSD in one computer with expected results. Thanks,Micah

Hi Micah,
First of I'm sorry to hear that you're having issues with your SSD. I have looked in to the Inspiron 3847 and we do recommend the MX100 as compatible with that system.
It sounds like you have more than one MX100 and one Inspiron 3847, is that correct:? Can you confirm what you used to clone the SSD's?
You said that you're getting BSOD errors, is this happening as soon as your turn the system on or is it random? Do you have the MX100 installed internally in the system?
I will get this looked in to further for you so if you could confirm as much of the above as possible. Once I have that information I can look in to exactly what has caused the issues you're having.

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