Booting From M2.SSD

I'm totally confused on this, as I'm old school computers and not this new stuff that is out there. Here's what I know. HP told me that with my Z220 Workstation that if I upgrade the BIOS that I could boot from an M2 SSD. So tonight I looked at my BIOS and saw all my drives inside. I don't have the M2 yet, but I did noticed that the Boot Manager said that it's going to boot from Windows Boot Manager. The people that I have talked with always ask me which OS am I using and I tell them Win 10 and they smile. I found out later that Win 10 has what is required to boot from M2 SSD. So I figure I would come here and check before I spent my money on one. While I'm here, does anyone know of a good M2 SSD adapter with a heat sink?
Thanks
Dan

Come on can't you read between the lines here. No of course not, I don't have an M.2 slot on my mb. That is why I'm asking if anyone can recommend a good m.2 adapter with a heat sink. As for the other question, I'm just not sure. So give me a break hu? So does anyone know of a good m2 adapter with a heat sink, and of course the booting question.

Thanks

An alternative to the adapter would be a straight AIC (add in card, PCI-E). Same SSD, different format.

However, a quick web search doesn't demonstrate that a Z220 (which use an Intel C216 chipset) can boot from an NVME drive. Most PCI-E SSDs us NVME today. You many need to find a non-NVME SSD. That may be difficult.

Sorry that I can't be more definite. I suggest that you check with HP support as to whether the Z220 can boot from an NVME PCI-E drive. (I'd bet 5¢ that it can not.)

I talked with someone from the HP Fourm. They instructed me that I should have a certain BIOS (which I do), and windows 10. After that it's clear cut. I'm doing somemore reading about it, and I have to find something called FastBoot in my BIOS.
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Silverstone ECM24 M.2 NVMe SSD to PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter with heatsink - Newegg.com

Note though:
3. If you wish to boot off using M.2 SSD, your motherboard needs to support it. Due to BIOS limitations, not all motherboards support booting off M.2 SSD so please consult your motherboard manual or vendor for more details on how to enable this function.
4. M.2 PCIe-NVMe mode SSD requires the use of Intel 9 series (Z97 H97 Z170 X99) or higher version chipset motherboard with Windows 8 or higher version operating system.

Your computer is not going to boot from NVMe. C216 chipset is Intel 7 series.

I thank you NavyLCDR, for that information. May I ask where you came up with that chip-set number? I looked at CPU-ID and didn't see it anywhere. Will if your right, then the "can" will lose this race. I appreciate it. Either way a lot of people are waiting for the steps that I have taken to see if it works.

Thanks
Dan

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...WQce0uWJhAdROy

timlab55 said:

I thank you NavyLCDR, for that information. May I ask where you came up with that chip-set number? I looked at CPU-ID and didn't see it anywhere. Will if your right, then the "can" will lose this race. I appreciate it. Either way a lot of people are waiting for the steps that I have taken to see if it works.

Thanks
Dan

I'm not Navy, but https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03364712

To repeat my earlier (typo ridden) post, it appears that the C216 chipset doesn't support NVME.

As it's ancient (2012), you may do well to stick with SATA 3 (6 Gbps, 750 MBps nominal). It won't give you performance bragging rights, but for real applications, It's not bad.