m.2 slot

[M1STAKES]

IK I may or may not have had some stupid maybe useless threads, but just curious, I got a SAMSUNG 980 pro and have it in a gen3 m.2 slot or whatever, I do have a gen 4 slot but I was stupid enough to put it in a gen3 since the standoff was in a wrong spot for gen4, can I move the m.2 SSD to the other slot? (it has windows etc. on it) will it cause any problems with windows/apps/games? (another question that isn't that important: does it make a big difference if its in the gen4/gen3 slot?)

(some things might be wrong, the info I got so far about the "gens" are from a couple different sources that never really had confirmation, and IK that people here are more helpful and more experience)

[KangUsapEmenq]

I don't see a problem if you put your drive elsewhere, as long as it fits and the system detects it, it should works fine as wine. For the difference between Gen 3/4, I usually read on how neglectable it is on 'daily use case' as you won't feel that much on how responsive it is (correct me if I'm wrong), but definitely need it if you want that read/write speed that Gen 4 offers, such like when editing large-scale video (8k or such) or occasionally copy-paste huge data.

Edited October 29, 2021 by TukangUsapEmenq
welp the thread's moved already

[MultiGamerClub]

Can fully use 4gen support.. Nothing special should happen, the bios/motherboard should just recognize you switched slots and boot into the os/windows.

You should note that the gen4 probably should be enabled in bios.

[M1STAKES]

4 minutes ago, TukangUsapEmenq said:

Thread should be on Storage sub-forum, btw.

 

I don't see a problem if you put your drive elsewhere, as long as it fits and the system detects it, it should works fine as wine. For the difference between Gen 3/4, I usually read on how neglectable it is on 'daily use case' as you won't feel that much on how responsive it is (correct me if I'm wrong), but definitely need it if you want that read/write speed that Gen 4 offers, such like when editing large-scale video (8k or such) or occasionally copy-paste huge data.

Yeah my bad, didn't see it in the list, I'll remove the thread if possible

4 minutes ago, TukangUsapEmenq said:

Thread should be on Storage sub-forum, btw.

 

I don't see a problem if you put your drive elsewhere, as long as it fits and the system detects it, it should works fine as wine. For the difference between Gen 3/4, I usually read on how neglectable it is on 'daily use case' as you won't feel that much on how responsive it is (correct me if I'm wrong), but definitely need it if you want that read/write speed that Gen 4 offers, such like when editing large-scale video (8k or such) or occasionally copy-paste huge data.

yeah I sometimes need to move game files around since my main games varies from time to time, either way, thank you both for your fast response < 3

 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

24 minutes ago, M1STAKES said:

Yeah my bad, didn't see it in the list, I'll remove the thread if possible

The mods will move it for you so no worries about deleting this thread

 

 

Same as everyone else, i dont see anything wrong with just moving over a drive to another slot considering i like swapping sata data slots sometimes and drive still works fine

[M1STAKES]

6 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

The mods will move it for you so no worries about deleting this thread

 

 

Same as everyone else, i dont see anything wrong with just moving over a drive to another slot considering i like swapping sata data slots sometimes and drive still works fine

alright, there didn't seem to be a delete button for it (sorry mods for the extra work lol)

I was kinda afraid of moving my m.2 around, with certain things it seems that the slightest things can break stuff, and I don't want my windows to get messed up or something to get corrupted somehow

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 minute ago, M1STAKES said:

alright, there didn't seem to be a delete button for it (sorry mods for the extra work lol)

I was kinda afraid of moving my m.2 around, with certain things it seems that the slightest things can break stuff, and I don't want my windows to get messed up or something to get corrupted somehow

Make a backup just to be safe

 

Tbh computers arent really that fragile, ive abused the crap out of my 13 year old lga 775 stuff and damn the 45nm process is strong, i can set the volt at ~2v and it still survives, not to mention other abuses like making things spark, hdd whining, you name it and my stuff has survived it

 

Well you are on a newer platform so yes it is obv more fragile volts wise but deathzone for 14nm is like 1.9v and 7nm ~1.8v, my 45nm cpus deathzone ~2.05v but thats because its a bulletproof tank from 13 years ago