FAQs for SATA and SSDs

2 drives are “keyed” at one end so as to prevent the end-user from inserting them in an incompatible socket PCIe NVMe drives are 'M' keyed SATA ones,

This adapter board simply connects the signal from the KEY B-M connector to the SATA 7PIN connector, so the adapter card does NOT need to be driven If you

m2_1 slot Motherboards should have enough PCIe slots to support multiple NVMe SSDs Sometimes, you may need to use the available PCIe slot between two

m2 vs nvme slot Legacy SATA: Used for SATA SSDs, and interfaced through the AHCI driver and legacy SATA port exposed through the connector PCI Express