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I explained both options to him but suggested the 2.5" Samsung Evo 860 drive, because it could be more easily reused in any future PC, compared to the sata M.2. And because the speed would be the same due to the sata protocol anyways. Which he aggreed to and contacted the seller for a trade. Thanks for your help

Ok, thanks for confirming my conclusion. The pc has one HDD, 1 empty hotswap drive and a dvd drive. So IF the current HDD does not get recognised anymore I could switch the hdd sata cable with the one of the hotswap or dvd drive right? As both are unused. You mean place a 2.5" instead of the current HDD? Or what do you imply saying "wont steal any PCI-E lanes" ? I'm sure he want's to keep the current hdd, but if 2. happens I can hook that up instead of the empty hotswap drive. But I'll suggest both options to him. Thanks Ok, that does not sound unreasonable. I just did not give any thought because I saw that specific m.2 slot. As said, he just asked me if he could expand it with a fast ssd, and I confirmed that to him after seeing the M.2 slot. He picked and ordered the drive himself. True, I should have checked if it was nvme compatible, but I hadn't much time when he asked and the slot seemed to confirm it. And think that even when I have known it he would have gone for the fastest most expensive Sata drive he could find. That's just how GF's dad works The pc was just very slow on boot to start with, which could be improved by using an ssd. And also other file managing stuff felt really slow. Yes, I'm well aware of that now But Sata M.2 drives have 2 slit's in the interface, while NVMe has 1, if I'm correct. And because of the wrongly installed interface on the mobo I made that wrong assumption. Will not make that mistake again ?

Hi all, I've stumbled upon a problem/mistake I made but I was hoping one of you could confirm my answer so that I don't make another mistake trying to correct the first one.Backstory So my GF's dad has this Medion akoya p5207 f pc which was running really slow lately, due to lot of bloatware, high CPU temps etc. He asked me to give it refresh (Total wipe and reïnstall), and asked if he could put an ssd card in it. So I popped open the sidepanel and saw a m.2 slot, which I could also confirm looking at the BIOS. So I said that would be possible without given it much more thought, and I would be happy to do it for him. And that I would change the cooling paste on the CPU in the meantime. I've build my own high end PC so this should be no problem... But...The problem He bought a 500gb Samsung Evo 970pro NVMe ssd. I put it in the desktop and rebooted to Windows but it was not getting recognised in partition manager, and also the BIOS said that there is no device detected in the slot, while it clearly was inserted... I extracted and remounted it but still no detection.What I think is wrong I found the type of motherboard using cmd (wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber) which said it is a: H110H4-CM2 board. I cannot find a specsheet on it, only a bios upgrade page but that has no usefull information at all. But I think the mobo just does not support NVMe drives? First clue: Looking at the specs on https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/479215/medion-akoya-pc-p5207-f/specificaties/ I see "storage bus: sata-600". At first I thought that was unrelated to the M.2 slot, but I guess not? Second clue: When Googling that mobo number (H110H4-CM2) I find this other prebuild Medion PC that has a preinstalled ssd which is the "Samsung MZNLF128HCHP-00000". When I google that ssd I find this "specsheet" page that clearly states that drive is a Sata-600 m.2 card. Third clue: This website gives a list if compatible SSD upgrade drives for this exact PC and it suggests the "Samsung 860 EVO M.2 SATA SSD" which is also a SATA M.2. So, does this motherboard just not support nvme cards? It might sound silly but I never thought about that, especially because the m.2 port on the mobo has only one plastic breaker which makes the NVMe card fit without issue (see image below). While it it seems Sata m.2 card have 2 cuts in the connection. I would have expected 2 plastic breakers on the M.2 slot on the mobo if it's only compatible with Sata drives, hence my confusion. So is my conclusion right and should I just return the drive and change it for Samsung Evo 860 Sata m.2 card and would that just work? Or is my theory wrong and should this actually work and might there be another problem? (I'm not eager to do a bios update, due to the lack of information about the board, or any information on the bios upgrade page at all.) Thanks alot.

I could give you many reasons why I would like to win this giveaway, but let's be fair... We all want it because it's you who's giving it away Linus But if you're asking: - It's free (Well, if I would win...) - It's finally something you can brag with for being small - I don't have a desktop pc, only an 'old' laptop which starts cooking at the simplest tasks. - It would be the only desktop to ever fit in the very small room I have left behind my desk. (http://i.imgur.com/D9WSkui.jpg) - ... Good luck everybody