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they do but you'll have to pay extra $$$
 
 
i also thought this is an AMD cpu btw lol... 

It will not work as memory overclocking is not supported for B460 boards. The OP will have to turn on XMP and then manually set the clock speed to DDR4-2666, as that's the max official speed for the 10400F.

They unlocked it for B560 and B660, but B460 has it locked out. The reason that the max supported speed is DDR4-2933 is that 10th gen i7 and i9 parts support DDR4-2933, and so when one of those parts is installed, the board is allowed to clock the RAM to that speed.

its safe to try, and if it doesn't work, then just go back down to 2666 as the guy above me said

Might as well go for 3200mhz XMP profile first, if it doesnt work try selecting 2666mhz manually.
 

Even with nothing installed on it, it should still appear in the boot menu. If it doesn't when it's empty, then it won't whatever you install on it.

That's not correct, UEFI will only list a device in the boot menu if it has a valid system.
 
Try putting the card in an external reader and see if it shows up there.
 
My Dell boots just fine from my Ubuntu SD card in a separate reader, but not with the built-in one (even though there's explicitly a BIOS option for booting from SD, it's enabled but still doesn't work, BIOS bug or something....)

Probably not possible if it doesn't show in the boot menu then. 

Disable secure boot on your laptop?
 
Alternative method to Gamer4714 is to use ventory usb

This should work for both. I've only tested it on windows.
 

 
Make sure you select the relevant option for the mode you wish to boot for, note the same device will show up twice.

Take a loot at this https://www.slivermetal.org/2016/09/18/how-to-create-an-hybrid-uefi-gpt-bios-gptmbr-boot-usb-disk/

I didn't know that before. Thank you all 🥳

- Acer Aspire One (forgot the spec) 2008-2011, 3 years. Broken 'cause of screen literally separated from the chassis. But it still can actually output display via vga port though LOL.
 
- Lenovo something (forgot the name and spec) 2011-2013, 2 years. Actually my mother's workplace laptop, which her boss lends it to me for two years. What a nice guy
 
- HP 1000 (Celeron 1000m, 2gb RAM upgraded to 4gb) 2013-2019, 6 years. Somewhere in 2017 the display (TN) cracked somehow. Replaced by a really expensive IPS one that looked so dang good. Somehow even looking better than my current laptop. And yes still working and still being used by my father.
 
- ASUS X412FL (i5-8265U, 8gb RAM, MX250) 2019-present. My current daily driver
 
 
Yea through the years my laptop are always budget models, but hey at least they worked

Since August 2009... so 11 years. Toshiba Satellite A300, but I never got the last letters of the model right. Built-in camera died within 1st year of use. Battery barely holds charge, so I have removed it and just keep it plugged in.
Dual core CPU underclocked a bit, so it never reaches advertised 2 GHz and only 3GB RAM, I believe it's two sticks of  2+1. Changed the hard drive to SSD and replaced CD/DVD bay with a bigger capacity HDD. Best thing about it is the express card slot, so I kinda have USB 3.0 ports now and in theory could use external GPU.
Had to buy a new power adapter, original died after 10 years of torture...

In the past, laptops used mSATA connectors, which are different than current SATA connectors.
Nowadays there's either regular SATA, or M.2 which can be either nvme, sata or both.
 
As for 2.5" drives, most laptops have a limitation in the HEIGHT of a drive... a lot of them will accept a drive up to 9mm thick, and a lot of them allow a maximum of 7mm height.  Most SATA SSDs you can buy in stores should be 7mm tall, but you should double check.
 
Some laptops will have m.2 connectors that support only nvme (pci-e based) SSDs, some will only support SATA M.2 drives, a lot of them will support both.  Again, check specs of the laptop.
 
It's also a good idea to check the maximum size of the M.2 drive you can install. Most laptops should have enough room to fit a M.2 2280  (kinda standard) but some laptops may have a 2nd m.2 or all m.2 just up to m.2 2242 or even m.2 2230 (rare)
The number is just the width and length in mm, so if you can open your laptop you can simply use a ruler to measure how long the space is, if there's no printed text on the board, or if it's not specified in the manual.
 
Laptop manufacturers don't usually whitelist drives (sony and microsoft and their consoles excluded), it's not common. 
 
It was and probably still is to have some miniPCIe wireless cards whitelisted in bios, making it difficult to use wireless cards from other brands into your laptop - the justification for this is that they have to test and validate that the wireless card's radios work within the laws of the country or region the laptop is sold, that it doesn't radiate or broadcast in unallowed frequencies and crap like that...
 
I suppose you could have such a wireless card installed in a m.2 connector nowadays, so it wouldn't be impossible for some particular m.2 connector to be restricted to only wireless cards or something like that, but it's really unlikely.
 
 

 

To the original questions:
Is the connector for desktop and laptop drives the same? Yes.
 
Can a desktop SSD be put inside a laptop? Most of the time.

That's not a whitelist. A whitelist is where the BIOS contains a list of specific devices that are allowed, not the protocol they use, like e.g. only allowing you to use Dell-brand storage-devices in a Dell-laptop. As for only accepting NVMe or only accepting SATA, yes, but that has nothing to do with the device being a laptop or a desktop.

There are lots of laptops that have M.2 whitelists. It's been a problem on previous Dell models that will only accept NVMe and SATA M.2 doesn't work.
 
And on desktop it's also the case that older motherboards have M.2 slots that only work with NVMe. Z97 boards, for example.

No, they aren't. M.2 is M.2, whether it's in a laptop or a desktop. M.2 SATA works just the same on desktops and laptops, as long as the devices support M.2 SATA and the same goes for M.2 NVMe.

Any 2.5" SATA SSD would be fine. M.2 SSDs are a different story.
 

Cable has never stopped me from moving a laptop...in fact I use ethernet when possible too...
If you are gonna keep laptop outdoors 24/7 it will sure be stolen while you sleep or die cuz of sudden rain
 
Working doesn't mean it can handle everything you throw at it...but I don't see a reason to upgrade only because webcam has died...

Some laptops won't work unless you have a battery in it. Also what is the point of a laptop if you take the battery out and never move it

You guys know you can remove the battery, right? My laptop is working since 2009, keep temp under control, clean the dust and maybe change drive once per 10 years...

Actually some laptops will charge through the battery when plugged in and that isn't really ideal for most LiPo and Lion batteries. Also due to the form factor most laptops spill heat from the GPU, CPU, and VRMs into other components not rated for the same max temps. Macbook airs are notorious for ruining their batteries due to lack of proper cooling if you use them a lot. This isn't normal degradation either it's from prolonged exposure to temps 60C+ or higher. Funny enough when you plug a laptop in the power plan goes to max but when charging batteries they are only rated for 45C.