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  1. Posts : 4,453
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       #11

    Compumind said:
    Just chiming in...

    There is no NVMe to SATA adapter available to my knowledge, except for very specific electronic configurations.
    I have been looking for a M.2 NVMe to SATA-3 adapter in order to use my 2TB Toshiba cSSD-XG5-P for well over a year.

    No luck. Please prove me wrong!

    Looks at post 1 in this thread, I wouldn't bet my life on it, but the connector on the pictured adapter sure looks like an ordinary SATA signal + power pair to me. However, on further reflection, I believe that it only accepts SATA M.2 drives.

    Just like this one: Weastlinks M2 SSD NGFF to SATA Adapter 6Gbps NGFF M.2 Adapter Card 22-Pin SATA III for NGFF M.2 SATA Converter for Laptop Desktop - Newegg.com

    Why are you trying to adapt an NVME M.2 drive to SATA? Just curious. The more normal path would be using a PCI-E slot adapter, but that would require a free X4 (or X8 or X16) slot, and dealing with the boot issue for an older system with a BIOS that has no NVME support.
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  2. Posts : 5,048
    Windows 10/11 Pro x64, Various Linux Builds, Networking, Storage, Cybersecurity Specialty.
       #12

    bobkn said:
    Why are you trying to adapt an NVME M.2 drive to SATA? Just curious. The more normal path would be using a PCI-E slot adapter, but that would require a free X4 (or X8 or X16) slot, and dealing with the boot issue for an older system with a BIOS that has no NVME support.
    Good question and a good answer:

    I have 5 of them - unused. Used up my PCie x16, x8 and x4 slots.

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  3. Posts : 11,062
    Windows 10 Pro version 22H2 0n one desktop and running Window 11 Pro 22H2 on unsupported desktop
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       #13

    Compumind said:
    Just chiming in...

    There is no NVMe to SATA adapter available to my knowledge, except for very specific electronic configurations.
    I have been looking for a M.2 NVMe to SATA-3 adapter in order to use my 2TB Toshiba cSSD-XG5-P for well over a year.

    No luck. Please prove me wrong!

    Hiyya Compumind it was just that I saw this device (pic in first post) on eBay and it looked to me that one could slip an NVME drive into it but the general consensus is that it would not work or even if it did it might not be either compatible with the board or not increase performance anyway. I have checked as far a I can and the board I have is just that little bit too old to support it as there is no mention of it in the legacy BIOS at least as I being semi savvy am not sure of what some of the configuration options there is to be had.
    Having said that I am quite tempted to buy one and a cheap NVME drive (just a small one say a WD Black 245GB one at $80) to try it out as maybe attaching the NVME drive to that device and plugging it into the normal hard drive leads might just show it up as a normal hard drive would do
    I will ask the seller if this is the case and report back.
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  4. Posts : 5,048
    Windows 10/11 Pro x64, Various Linux Builds, Networking, Storage, Cybersecurity Specialty.
       #14

    ICIT2LOL said:
    Hiyya Compumind it was just that I saw this device (pic in first post) on eBay and it looked to me that one could slip an NVME drive into it but the general consensus is that it would not work or even if it did it might not be either compatible with the board or not increase performance anyway. I have checked as far a I can and the board I have is just that little bit too old to support it as there is no mention of it in the legacy BIOS at least as I being semi savvy am not sure of what some of the configuration options there is to be had.
    Having said that I am quite tempted to buy one and a cheap NVME drive (just a small one say a WD Black 245GB one at $80) to try it out as maybe attaching the NVME drive to that device and plugging it into the normal hard drive leads might just show it up as a normal hard drive would do
    I will ask the seller if this is the case and report back.
    That device looks like a M.2 SATA, not an NVMe - they look very similar, yet quite different. M.2 is just the form factor.
    Personally speaking, I would avoid anything like this on eBay with the exception of case screws.

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  5. Posts : 18,421
    Windows 11 Pro
       #15

    The thing is, the adapter card in question goes to a SATA port anyway. Regardless of how fast an SSD you can actually install onto that adapter card - it's going to be limited by the SATA port it is connected to. There will be no advantage. Just install a 2.5" SATA SSD and be done with it.

    The Gigabyte GA-H67A-UD3H-B3 board has zero M.2 capability, SATA or NVMe.
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  6. Posts : 5,048
    Windows 10/11 Pro x64, Various Linux Builds, Networking, Storage, Cybersecurity Specialty.
       #16

    NavyLCDR said:
    The thing is, the adapter card in question goes to a SATA port anyway. Regardless of how fast an SSD you can actually install onto that adapter card - it's going to be limited by the SATA port it is connected to. There will be no advantage. Just install a 2.5" SATA SSD and be done with it.
    Yes. Or a well buffered HDD.

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  7. Posts : 11,062
    Windows 10 Pro version 22H2 0n one desktop and running Window 11 Pro 22H2 on unsupported desktop
    Thread Starter
       #17

    Yes well I have an SSD connected via the 6Gbs sata port so I won't bother trying it then it was just wishful thinking to be honest.
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