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    Sata III and PCIE NVME Express storage

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cylpol1, Jun 4, 2017.

  1. cylpol1

    cylpol1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    There was a question I had about an nvme express slots. A laptop on the market has an nvme slot, but has an msata III in the slot. First off from my basic grasp of these slots, the nvme slot in laptops is backwards compatible. However the nvme storage has only 2 parts sticking out on the bottom as the msataIII has three, so I was wondering if I stick a pcie in that slot, if it will still work. Thanks a lot guys.
     
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    Depends if the NVMe slot supports it. With an mSATA SSD installed? I would guess maybe not?

    The connection and type of slot doesn't mean all options are supported.

    What notebook are you considering? It's spec's should clearly state what type of storage subsystem(s) will be supported.
     
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    Install HWiNFO64 program, expand Bus, expand PCI Bus, highlight your PCI Express Root Ports and check the Maximum link Width value in the right pane( check for all Ports), if you see 2x or 4x, you can install a NVMe SSD.
     

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    ellalan, I think that the OP may be considering a notebook (he/she may not have it yet).
     
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    Thanks tiller, I don't know how I missed that :eek: it was on the first line of the post :(
     
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    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    @cylpol1 what you called mSATA is actually m.2 SATA. m.2 NVME drives are M-key, meaning they will work in m.2 M-key slot. The m.2 SATA drive you linked is B+M key, meaning it will work both in m.2 B-key and m.2 M-key slot. Only m.2 M-key slot supports NVME drives, but the very same slot will accept an m.2 B+M keyed SATA drives too - so if a laptop comes with m.2 SATA drive, it doesn't mean the laptop won't accept NVME drive - as long the slot is m.2 M-key, the laptop will accept NVME drive. Hope I helped to resolve m.2 confusion. (=
     
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