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Will NVMe M.2 work in M.2 SATA slot?

HTWingNut
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Will an NVMe M.2 drive work in an M.2 SATA slot? If it is B keyed, I know it will be only 2x PCIe, but also B-keyed for SATA. So not sure if that means NVMe will work as a SATA drive if in a SATA slot or a SATA drive will work in an NVMe slot... 

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Most NVME slots also support SATA. So a SATA drive will work but run at its stated SATA speeds. An NVME drive will most likely NOT work in a SATA slot because NVME is how it communicates to the computer. Some NVME drives do support SATA though. Which drive in particular are you talking about. But if you accidentally put an NVME drive in a SATA slot it will not cause any harm.

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7 minutes ago, HTWingNut said:

Will an NVMe M.2 drive work in an M.2 SATA slot? If it is B keyed, I know it will be only 2x PCIe, but also B-keyed for SATA. So not sure if that means NVMe will work as a SATA drive if in a SATA slot or a SATA drive will work in an NVMe slot... 

Typically a M.2 slot is both SATA and PCIe capable or just PCIe capable, although some are only SATA. May I ask what motherboard or laptop and drive you are using?

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This is a question for the ultra compact GPD Win 2: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-win-2-handheld-game-console-for-aaa-games--2/x/13428275#/

 

It only accepts M.2 2242 (42mm) size SATA drives, and 512GB are hard to come by and expensive. Transcend ones are about the only reliable ones around, but are hard to come by and expensive. Toshiba just released their 480GB RC100 M.2 2242 drives but are NVMe:

 

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12819/the-toshiba-rc100-ssd-review

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820168037

 

and are affordable with higher confidence than Kingspec which is about the only other M.2 2242 512GB SATA drive available.

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Nevermind ... seems someone already tried it and it didn't work. Thanks for the rapid responses though: 

 

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