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Got a strange question about external hard drives.

Keengrod
By Keengrod
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So I just built my new pc using a msi mpg pro carbon and sadly one the two m.2 ports doesn't work. I am still within the return time but since I have it all set up I was kinda thinking about going around the issue by getting a m.2 to sata 3 adapter. I was already planning on using an external hard drive enclosure, such as this, to house my 4tb ssd. Does anyone know if an adapted m.2 to sata 3 would work running though such an enclosure? I am sure it would effect the speed of the m.2 but I was only planing on using it for overflow storage anyway. I am booting off my other one. BTW both m.2 are 1tb Samsung 970 evos.

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It would work but it would be a waste - your very nice 970 evo would be capped by the sata speed. I'd rather get a pci-e card for m.2 or replace the board.

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It's also possible that your 2nd M.2 slot has to be enabled in the BIOS, did you check for that?

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Yup! Check your BIOS settings or try another known-working SSD just to make sure.

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