Is there multiple types of M.2 Slots?

[CornChowderSoup]

My question is there is a extra slot space in the SSD, but on the motherboard there's only 1 slot. It might still plug in, But I was wondering if it would still work and function?

 

So basically I was wondering if this M.2 SSD I purchased that's arriving in 2 days would fit.

https://imgur.com/9QET3Bj

 

 

The top of this image here where it says M.2 Support. on the right side of that shows the slot.

[mad dudy]

easy answer yes it fits.

[CornChowderSoup]

4 minutes ago, mad dudy said:

easy answer yes it fits.

But does it work tho? Thinking Face

 

[mad dudy]

yes it works too.

[mariushm]

The M.2 connector  has pci-e lanes, sata and usb pins and a bunch of other stuff on it.  Only a few of the pins are used by SSDs to connect to the PC.

 

Some m.2 SSDs are nvme (pci-e) only, some are SATA only.

The SSD you bought is the kind that's SATA only, it uses only a part of the M.2 connector to function, that's why it has those two cuts in the rows of pins.

 

It's still a M.2 SSD, it will work fine, but the maximum speed will be around 560 MB/s either reading or writing, that's the limit of SATA used to communicate with the rest of the PC.

 

Also note that on your motherboard, if you install this SSD, two regular SATA ports on your motherboard may stop working (SATA 5 and SATA 6) - so if you have some SATA cables plugged there, you may have to move the cables to the other SATA jacks.

 

 

You can learn more about the connector here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2

[CornChowderSoup]

14 hours ago, mariushm said:

The M.2 connector  has pci-e lanes, sata and usb pins and a bunch of other stuff on it.  Only a few of the pins are used by SSDs to connect to the PC.

 

Some m.2 SSDs are nvme (pci-e) only, some are SATA only.

The SSD you bought is the kind that's SATA only, it uses only a part of the M.2 connector to function, that's why it has those two cuts in the rows of pins.

 

It's still a M.2 SSD, it will work fine, but the maximum speed will be around 560 MB/s either reading or writing, that's the limit of SATA used to communicate with the rest of the PC.

 

Also note that on your motherboard, if you install this SSD, two regular SATA ports on your motherboard may stop working (SATA 5 and SATA 6) - so if you have some SATA cables plugged there, you may have to move the cables to the other SATA jacks.

 

 

You can learn more about the connector here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2

I appreciate the informative answer. Thanks for that!

[Princess Luna]

Yes there are multiple:

 

The one you bought is 2280 the largest and luckly the place you want to put it also is a 2280 slot with support for 2260 so everything should be fine.