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One is for sata, and the other with the 4 huge pins i dont knoe for what, but both of their 6 pin connectors have missing pins and im not sure if they are safe, there are also no signs of them being ripped out, nor stripped wires behind the missing pins. But i just want to make sure they are safe since yknow, dont want my build do catch on fire lol

I'm considering to buy this adapter to connect an SSD to it and install Windows 10 on the SSD. But can I boot Windows from it rather than a SATA2 port present in the motherboard? The motherboard is an ASUS H61M-A. I could sell it off and purchase a B75 instead, but all of them in my country are aftermarket (lower quality). Importing from Aliexpress is risky since motherboards are 99% taxed once they arrive. An adapter would be safer. If anyone knows anything about it, let me know.

I have an SSD which is no longer gets detected after 4 days of working. I havent done a bios update. I checked the cables and sata ports which are fine i checked them using my optical drive which does work. (The SSD in question is the Crusial mx500) Thanks for responding in advance

Hello guys, I recently got a WD black SN750 NVME on an awesome newegg deal. My motherboard doesn't have any M.2 connectors as its old (h97 chipset). As the SSD was same price as SATA 3 2.5 drive". I am using a Startech NGFF to Sata Adapter. The BIOS can't recognise the drive/adapter. I have tried swaping with existing sata port and cables from my main drive. There is power on the adapter, as it gets hot within 5 seconds on startup. Any clue ?

Hi, So recently I have been looking to purchase a pcie sata card for my server. Since my server has 8 free slot I am looking for a 8 port sata card. Now my problem is im not sure which I should buy and what should I need to be looking out for. The specs of my server are as followed. Ryzen 5 2600 MSI B450 tomahawk max 16gb ddr4 3200mhz ram Quadro P400 6x 4TB IronWolf Now my questions as to what I should be looking for are as followed. Does having a pcie x4 change anything instad of a x1 card? Should I get a sata card or sas card? What differs a high end and a low end sata card? And to finalize, the cards I have been looking at on amazon are the following. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07NFRXQHC/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_FFPRX0T1DGSS244733F1 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B098Q2NL4H/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_CXYC6D70S0VAADKRNVGH https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B098DL1W31/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_CBHPDJYQTXT124Q91R7F Thanks in advance for any help provided!

Budget (including currency): 100$ Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: hopefully CSGO runs Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): i5, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, Disclaimer: I went through a bunch of LTT videos to understand the physical connections, protocols for different storages. There are possibilities of gross conceptual issues in the options presented below. I have this motherboard from dell (picture shown below). Currently there is no graphics card in the PCIE 16x slot. I am hoping to get one by the next year when prices are reasonable. Until then I thought I would upgrade my desktop storage by finally moving to a SSD. It currently boots from a 5400 RPM HDD connected to a SATA 3 port. If you hadn't noticed, my motherboard does not have a NVME M.2 connection/interface, but I thought I will be able to use the same M.2 SSD via a PCIE port and use it later on an upgraded motherboard (whenever that happens 1-2 years from now). The question is how should I upgrade to an SSD and what are my considerations : Option 1: M.2 SSD (970 EVO plus) connected to a NVME-PCIE 4x adapter and connect it to a 16x slot and forget about a graphics card. Any expected boot issues? Estimated speed: 2GB/s (?). Are there any additional PSU/mother board wires that need connecting? Option 2: M.2 SSD (970 EVO plus) connected to a NVME-PCIE 1x adapter connected to a 1x slot and reserve the 16x slot for a graphics card whenever that is. Estimated speed : 500 MB/s(?) .Will I be able to boot? Are there any additional PSU/mother board wires that need connecting? This depends on the GPU prices and when they are going to fall to reasonable heights. Any comments on expected dates by when a 200$ GPU budget be reasonable? Option 3: Buy a SATA 3 SSD (WD 500GB SATA 3) ; Basically stay within my current build's scope. Will I have to buy the wires connecting to the PSU and motherboard separately? Estimated speed : 600 MB/s Feel free to suggest any additional options

Hard Disk desktop SEAGATE BarraCuda, 1TB, 7200 RPM, SATA3, 64MB, ST1000DM010 (altex.ro) Hard Disk desktop SEAGATE SkyHawk Surveillance 1TB, 5900RPM, SATA3, 64MB, ST1000VX005 (altex.ro) Hard Disk desktop WD Purple, 1TB, Surveillance, SATA3, 64MB, WD10PURZ (altex.ro) I would like to upgrade my storage, my current HDD is the same capacity but it`s too sluggish. Also, how many SATA 3 ports are usually on an ATX or mini-ATX mobo? I think I might not have enough. Also which of these SSDs are better: Solid-State Drive (SSD) ADATA Ultimate SU650, 240GB, SATA3, M.2, ASU650NS38-240GT-C (altex.ro) Solid-State Drive (SSD) KINGSTON A400, 240GB, SATA3, 2.5", SA400S37/240G (altex.ro) Thanks in advance!

Guys (and Girls), I need some tech tips/help. I currently have a minecraft server running on a I7 2600 and 8gb DDR3 ram. But the Mainboard is dying and the Psu is kinda janky. I already bought an used Optiplex 7010 with an i7 3770 and 16gb of ram, which I could use as an replacement. But I also want to (at least temporarily) host an astroneer and/or space engineers server for me and my friends, plus I want to have a NAS for my family. I already have an 4x1Gbit network card and a few hard drives for the NAS (4x1tb sata to be exact). The case has enough space for an ATX Mainboard and PSU, as well as 9x5,25" external bays which I want to use for my hard drives. Now to my Question: which CPU/Mainboard/RAM combo would be suitable for me? I was thinking of something like an older xeon with a lot of pcie lanes and boost clock of 3ghz or sth like that. Ryzen was also an idea but then I'd need to add and a gpu which would take up 8 of the already few 24 or so pcie lanes, sooo yeah its not that great of an option I think I would like to spend less than 200 euros on it and I'm fine with used hardware. But if it REALLY worth to spend more on it, I could do it.

This question is regarding the Optiplex 9020 I'm attempting to convert into a personal server, that I first mentioned here, posted in Servers and NAS. I'm not really familiar with the technical language used to describe the differences between each of the connectors involved, so bare with me here. But, if you look at the image I've attached you can kind of get a better idea of what I'm working with. Basically, the 6-pin plug on the left is the connection I have to the system's mobo and ends in one SATA power connector. I need three drives for my server set-up, one as the boot drive, and the other two as the redundant storage pool. The mobo features three SATA data connections, and the one puny power connector; So, I think I should be able to make it work if I replace the power connector with a three way splitter that'll daisy-chain everything together, like the one on the right I bought off Amazon. Question is, can I replace the connector on the amazon cable with the existing one from the system with a bit of solder and heat-shrink, and have everything work out, or is there some difference in the connection standards or limit on power the mobo can push from this one small-form-factor connection that'd make it impossible to run two 3.5" Barracuda HDDs and 2.5" Adata SSD? The system has a 255W power supply so ... (Fun part is, I don't think I'm even going to be able to fit all of the drives in question inside of this tiny PC, I'm likely going to need to drill a hole in the side of the PC's case and hot glue one of the 3.5 HDDs on the side of the case, lmao.)

Just built my new computer, moved from a FX6300 to a 7950x (Big upgrade), and accidently got a SATA 3 SSD. Was wandering if it was worth upgrading it and just using the parts as a possible extra storage? I am doing some video editing and gaming on this machine so would I truly notice a difference or would it come down to if I'm doing 4k video or pushing hard-core rendering in After FX

I bought an SSD (ADATA M.2 2280 256GB) for my DELL Inspiron 5570 and i installed it. It appears on the BIOS but when i open the DISK MANAGER it won`t show. I tried with other applications to see if they identify it but no software did. It is in AHCI mode already.

I just finished building my new pc. But now that im booting it up and trying to install windows i discovered that both of my ssd's aren't showing up in the bios. I've tried switching the cables different SATA ports on the motherboard bot nothing has worked. The only thing i could think of is that both cables are broken, but that would be so unlikely right? Anyway, please let me know what you think on how i can resolve this issue

Last Wednesday I was thinking that I may need to add extra storage to my Dell Precision T1650 workstation (Don't ask me why it's such an old rig, I found it near a litter bin in a Best Buy last year). The motherboard only has 4 SATA ports. The manual and specifications are here: https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_dell_precision_workstation/precision-t1650_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf However, there's a PCI-E x16 (wired as x4) (should be 2.0) channel left, so I bought a PCI-E x1 to SATA 3.0x4 converter to connect more disks. To begin with, I would introduce my current setup so that you can get some clues: Motherboard chipset: Intel C216 Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 (with no K) Memory: 4x DDR3 PC3-12800E 8GB Pure ECC memory (the label says it's PC3-12800U, but I found it actually ECC supported in memtest86+...) (an extra word, according to the manual, the chipset only supports 32GB with ECC, and 16GB Non-ECC. so these sticks have to be ECC supported to actually run on the board...) GPU: Zotac Nvidia 1060 6GB Storage: before installing the converter, 1x 2TB + 1x 3TB HDDs, 1x 256GB SSD (with both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 19.10 installed). Fourth SATA is for the CD/DVD drive. Power: Seasonic S12-III 500W Bronze The adapter is this. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SZDK6CZ/ It was Wednesday night and I tried to make things work. And here's what happened in a strange manner: 0. I installed the converter and connected a disk to it. I firstly booted to Ubuntu and found no problems in the first 3 minutes. 1. Then I booted to Windows to see if there was any problems and went into a BSOD after running into the desktop. 2. I looked up the website and found that the converter was in ACHI mode but the booting disks were mistakenly set in RAID mode. Changed it in the BIOS. 3. Restarted to Windows and went to Safe mode (to make the disk loading modes reset to ACHI). 4. Restarted to Windows normally. The converter and the disk is shown properly in the BIOS and the system. 3 minutes after booting Windows went into a BSOD, this time with another error code. 5. Restarted to Windows Safe mode and checked that the disks were already loaded in ACHI mode. 6. Restarted back to Windows normally, successfully visited the disk appended to the adapter. 3 minutes after booting the BSOD came again, now yet another error code. 7. This made me think that maybe some mishandling of mine has made some memory sticks to crash. I booted to Ubuntu, tried pressurizing the momory, and it hung after 7 minutes. 8. I think there were definitely problems in the memory. I ran the memtest86+ in the computer and found errors in 6400~MB and 23000~MB. 9. I removed the first and third memory sticks (thinking they might be broken) and booted back into both systems. They worked well and posted no problems. Today I decided to do some extra experiments to see whether it is the memory issue or not. And something even more strange happened... 0. The converter and two 8GB memory sticks worked well for two consecutive days. I closed the computer and added the sticks back. 1. I booted the system up to the memtest86+ and found the memory errors to be persistent at the same aforementioned address. (Notice that the memory stick in Slot 1 should be the one that I marked "working" in the previous test). 2. I removed all memory sticks and moved the two "broken" memory sticks to Slots 1 and 2. Booted up, memtest86+ showed no errors. (So the memory sticks are actually working. But I am going to change them anyway, I have bought a new set of four 8GB RAMs.) Then I started the computer to Windows and did a filecopy through the adapter. Things are working as usual. 3. I added a "working" memory disk to Slot 3. Booted up, memtest86+ showed errors at the exact 6400~MB address. 4. I began to think if the motherboard has caught problems. I called a friend and talked about the issue. In the meantime I removed the three sticks and changed with the computer's previous 4x4GB DDR3 PC3-12800U sticks. Booted it up, it passed tests of the diagnostics on board. 5. The friend searched through technical sheets and thought there should be no interference between memory slots and PCI-E ones, but advised me to remove that adapter anyway. I removed the adapter and installed all four 8GB memory sticks. 6. I conducted a memtest86+ test, only to find the errors recurring at the same address. I thought it was doomed. 7. I bet with the friend that the machine would definitely fall to a BSOD if we boot into Windows. I did that, opened a game that occupied 4GB, and successfully exited it to the desktop, no problems. 8. Then I booted to Ubuntu with the 32GB memory and all things resumed to normal as if nothing happened to the machine. A conclusion to the bizzare adventure: 16GB RAM + adapter = works; 32GB RAM + no adapter = works; 32GB RAM + adapter = BSOD/hang. Any clues on this? P.S. I looked through the Intel website, and it said i7-3770 doesn't accept ECC memory. So how come I ran this little workstation for nearly two months in a row without any problems?

So i bought a Toshiba P300 High Performance 3TB, and im wondering if i can plug that into my Sata3 ports on my motherboard (not sure if its compatible)

Hello all I can't seem to get my PCI m.2 drive connected / installed using pcie interface. Windows 10pro installs on the drive no problems. All latest driver and Windows10 updates installed. However what ever bios settings i use to do the install, when examining the drive with CrystalDiskInfo and Samsung Genie, both software reports the interface as SATA3. Shouldn't it be reported as PCIE or at least SATAE? Am i diagnosing the problem wrong? any help would be appreciated. thank you. COMPONENTS (these are the only components i have plugged in atm) MSI x99 SLI plus with 1.D bios Samsung 951 pcie 256gb m.2 ssd (exact model here. http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/products/flash-storage/client-ssd/MZVPV256HDGL?ia=831) - installed via m.2 slot Intel 5930k cpu (oc to 3.9) Asus GTX 1080 video card. BIOS SETTINGS 1.D bios M.2 Source Link -> Auto M.2 PCH Strap -> M.2 PCH PCIE OS support -> UEFI Bios

Looking for some HBA recommendations for a NAS server i'm setting up. Current Mobo is M5A97 LE R2.0 Link (Will eventually update this to a more proper board in the future.) Looking for a setup of 3 4port HBA's to eliminate SPoF in my array. Looking for cheap but not absolute crap. Found https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124064&ignorebbr=1 on sale on newegg which would serve me nicely in terms of ports per card and its connectivity to the system. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi everyone, Amazon.com has got a new Asus laptop F510UA for $499 which seems to be a very nice deal for the configuration. Here is link to Amazon. Everything about this laptop is good except the fact that this has 5400RPM HDD, but good news is that it has a vacant M.2 2280 slot, so you can easily pop in an SSD to make it a $1000 laptops that are being sold. Now the confusion with the laptop is that, users who have got the laptop have NOT been able to successfully install an SSD in it. Everyone is confused if the slot is M.2 SATA3 Slot or M.2 NVMe Slot. One of the user firmly said that it is NVMe but putting in a NVMe Samsung 960 drive caused it to overheat and shut the system down. It was not even detected in BIOS. Here is the deal thread. This $499 laptop has the latest quad-core Intel Core i5-8250U, 8GB DDR4, smaller footprint for 15.6" IPS display, fingerprint and light weight. (Intel itself lists 8250U for $297 ) If anyone has successfully installed any M.2 SSD in this laptop or if Linus could help find out how to do so, that'd be helpful for a lot of people (including me ).

hello guys i want upgrade my computer storage but i not sure want to choose m.2 ssd or sata3 ssd ,i also not sure where m.2slot ,i see on internet m.2ssd have m and b key i dont realy understand ,my moboAsus Z170M-PLUS, any recomend ssd 128gb , and can i use ssd for the os and hdd for storage? my budget around $70

So I have my internal HDD, HGST HTS721010A9E630, and my Samsung T3 500GB SSD. I ran a speedtest on both drives and I got a result of 121MB/s write and a 129MB/s read. On my external SSD connected via my monitors USB hub I get a 362MB/s write and 404MB/s read. Is this normal, like I know SATA3 bottlenecks. I also tested my external 3TB HDD connected via USB 3.0 and I got 144MB/s write and 151MB/s read, and for lolz I tested my NVME SSD... 948MB/s read and 1410MB/s write. I did spike to 1200MB/s on both but it slowed due to the way Blackmagic's disk speed test works. Ext SSD Internal HDD External HDD Internal NVME SSD

Hi guys, I need quick information on how to connect PSU to GPU with Pci e cable because one one cable there is fixed extension for other GPU does it matter on which one I plug my GPU on first from PSU or second from PSU and for sata cable on which one do I plug SSD and HDD on first and second or last and before one. And does it matter on which sata port on mobo I connect SSD and HDD, because all are sata 3 ports but Sata3_1,2,3,4,5 and Does it need to go on 1 and 2 or it doesn't matter. I need this quick!!! TNX!

Can a PCIe M.2 SSD with PCIe interface run on a laptop having a SATA3 interface M.2 port? I just bought an Intel 600p SSD and it fits fine and all in the port but not getting detected anywhere like in BIOS or windows disc management. Is the interface thing the problem? Or that I haven't found the screw so the SSD is just held on with tape for now? if it helps these are the links to laptop specifications and the SSD: https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/ROG-GL552JX/specifications/ https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/solid-state-drives-600p-series.html Thanks!

hello, I bought a new drive today. The drive is sold as new. In the store I asked why it has no packaging and the seller told me he only used it once to make a system backup. He showed me in the store the drive has a operation lifetime of 1 hour, which is true. I mounted the drive, deleted the partition table and formated 1 partition EXT4. Then I verified s.m.a.r.t, it has issues of type Old_age and Pre-fail. Then, I copied a couple of large files to the partition, the error rates increased every time. here the test result, left: before, right: after 1. is it normal for a brand new drive to have Old_age and Pre-fail issues? 2. should I run some tests? 3. should I return the disk? thank you

Hey people, so i have a spare 512gb 970evo from my old gaming PC that i couldnt put into my new one as it comes with its own 1TB m.2 nvme ssd and was looking for a good PCIE NVME M.2 SSD to 2.5" SATA3 adapter but i cannot find one they are all normal SATA3 M.2 adapters which will not work with my NVME SSD. Does anyone know where i can find such an adapter? I want to replace my dads old HDD in his AIO Lenovo with this NVME SSD i have spare. Thanks for the help in advance.

I took an old SATA2 HDD out of an old laptop (the laptop worked with the HDD) and put it in my PC (uses SATA3). It shows up in the BIOS but not in Windows. It showed up in Windows ONCE but showed up as 3 disks, and when i went to Disk Management, it makes the screen go black. So i thought I would boot from the HDD (has Windows 10 installed) and i get “Disk Read Error.” So I used an external USB 3.0 to SATA3 Adapter (with 12V power adapter) and it boots just fine, so its not the HDD itself. I can’t figure out if it’s a power issue or a SATA issue. And if it’s SATA, would it be the port or the cable? Has anybody else experienced this? How did you go about solving it? - Does not show up in Device Manager either - I used a brand new sata cable. - Used a SATA power connector from a 4 connector cable - Haven’t tried using a different SATA cable

Hello, Greetings from India!! ---> Noob Alert <--- I am planning to buy Samsung's PM981 512GB NVME SSD to be used in a laptop that only supports SATA 3 drives but I stumbled upon this adapter here which takes an M.2 SSD and gives SATA 3 as out interface. Doubt ( Since I don't have enough knowledge): Will Samsung's PM981 drive work in a SATA 3 supported laptop if the aforementioned adapter or any other made M key supported adapter is used?? Thanks!!