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what happens if i try an nvme drive in an m.2 slot thats ssd?

will it harm my nvme drive?  or will it just not function?
Cat Herders of Linux

Re: what happens if i try an nvme drive in an m.2 slot thats ssd?

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So the chromebox fell through. But this looks like a contender.  Though I doubt it will take an nvme drive


https://pcsrefurbished.com/sales/productPage.aspx?productID=51925


and i'm wrong.  it does take an nvme drive.  2 in fact.  plus an ssd 2.5 inch drive too.  Make a nice pc for office ish tasks with lots of storage.
Cat Herders of Linux

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> what happens if i try an nvme drive in an m.2 slot thats ssd?
Nothing because it won't fit if it's M.2-B. If it's M.2-B+M it depends on the hosting device, might work if the hosting device provides PCI-E traces.
M.2 SATA is keyed differently as M.2-B or M.2-B+M, this type of drive has SATA traces with Key B and PCI-E x2 traces with Key M.
M.2 NVME is keyed only as M.2-M, and this has traces for PCI-E x2 or x4.

Nowadays only M.2 NVME keyed as M.2-M survived this "USB 3.2/4.0-bullshit-esque" standard scheme.