Does a SSD case that holds NVME drive to a SATA 3 port exist?

sdowney717 · Mar 6, 2024

Opened case, card has 7mm space between slot top and the fan, so riser cable will fit

sdowney717 · Mar 6, 2024

And maybe 15 cm cable is good
Might go smaller to 10 or bigger to 20

Cable will pass between fan and the pci tuner card going upwards and plug into the NVME adapter card, and I will have to make it so wont flop onto something shorting out.

sdowney717 · Mar 6, 2024

Wide case has room to fit it in

RD Mercer · Mar 6, 2024

I have an old ASUS P6T DELUXE V2 LGA1366 MOTHERBOARD, it won't boot from a card with an NVMe M.2, but it does see it, and I can use it as a slave drive.

sdowney717 · Mar 6, 2024

RD Mercer said:
I have an old ASUS P6T DELUXE V2 LGA1366 MOTHERBOARD, it won't boot from a card with an NVMe M.2, but it does see it, and I can use it as a slave drive.

Bios wont see but windows does AFAIK

Hopachi · Mar 6, 2024

sdowney717 said:
I have seen m.2 drives to sata adapters
Have not seen NVME to Sata adapters.

I was thinking I could buy an NVME, put it into an adapter and temporarily used it as a SATA drive in an old PC (connect to mb using sata cable)

They should exist, or at least they show it. Something like this, though I haven't tested it:

Amazon.com

sdowney717 · Mar 6, 2024

Hopachi said:
They should exist, or at least they show it. Something like this, though I haven't tested it:

Amazon.com
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I dont know I see a review said does not work

bobkn · Mar 6, 2024

sdowney717 said:
I dont know I see a review said does not work
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I quote from the Amazon page:

One M.2 PCIe SSD in 2280, 2260, 2242 and 2230 format can be connected and used as a replacement for a 2.5″ HDD. The converter can be installed into the system internally through the SFF-8654 Slimeline interface.
One M.2 SATA SSD in 2280, 2260, 2242 and 2230 format can be connected and used as a replacement for a 2.5″ HDD. The converter can be installed into the system internally through the SATA 22pin interface.

Unless you have a SFF-8654 (SAS) port available, no NVME, apparently.

sdowney717 · Mar 6, 2024

bobkn said:
I quote from the Amazon page:

One M.2 PCIe SSD in 2280, 2260, 2242 and 2230 format can be connected and used as a replacement for a 2.5″ HDD. The converter can be installed into the system internally through the SFF-8654 Slimeline interface.

One M.2 SATA SSD in 2280, 2260, 2242 and 2230 format can be connected and used as a replacement for a 2.5″ HDD. The converter can be installed into the system internally through the SATA 22pin interface.

Unless you have a SFF-8654 (SAS) port available, no NVME, apparently.

yes, and the picture shows NVME printed on the board. The item is deceptively marketed
NVME are only one key, an M key only,

Supports M.2 modules in format 2280, 2260, 2242 and 2230 with key B or key B+M based on SATA or PCIe

sdowney717 · Mar 6, 2024

What is M.2? Keys and Sockets Explained

An M.2 SSD is “keyed” to prevent insertion of a card connector (male) to an incompatible socket (female) on the host. The M.2 specification identifies 12 key IDs on the module card and socket interface but M.2 SSDs typically use three common keys: B, M, and B+M

www.atpinc.com

Keys and Sockets

An M.2 SSD is "keyed" to prevent insertion of a card connector (male) to an incompatible socket (female) on the host. The M.2 specification identifies 12 key IDs on the module card and socket interface but M.2 SSDs typically use three common keys: B, M, and B+M. You will find the key type labeled on or near the edge connector (or gold fingers) of the SSD. Before deploying M.2 SSDs, determine the type of socket on the host and check the module connector keying, as each connector should be inserted only in the appropriate socket.

ATP M.2 SATA SSDs are B+M-keyed (can fit in sockets for B-keyed and M-keyed modules), while M.2 NVMe SSDs for PCIe 3.0 x4 lane are M-keyed.

Hopachi · Mar 7, 2024

sdowney717 said:
I dont know I see a review said does not work
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Indeed, this sort of items are not trustworthy.
It's more of a gamble if you're willing to spend the buck as to test it out.
Agreed on your point and with others posting on the matter, NVMe is labeled but those who got it running were probably using non NVMe drives.
So yeah risky, and without the hardware at hand to try, unknown territory.

CountMike · Mar 7, 2024

Here+s one adapter I'm using right now

Note that top one is only for M.2 SATA type, with M key and requires a separate SATA data cable to connect to MB. This is SSD in it

In other M.2 slot there's this SSD

Both work as intended.

sdowney717 · Mar 17, 2024

Got everything yesterday, but still have not chosen an NVME drive.
I am thinking to clone new NVME with the older NVME in the dell 7530 laptop and use new drive in laptop and put old NVME in adapter on my AMD desktop.

Seems perfect to me, these pieces. About 9$ on ALI Express. They buy process is smooth, and easy tracking right on their site from your orders page. Lots of various sellers were all selling the same exact items at slightly different prices. Best deal was the adapter card, I paid 1$ and free shipping, which the seller had sold 1000 of these things. And the item came fast 4 days faster than the cable.

I used Google Pay to buy them.

sdowney717 · Mar 24, 2024

Bought a Micron NVME this am, non heat sink version made for laptops
I plan to swap things around
This new one goes in the laptop 7530
current 500gb DELL 7530 NVME goes in the old ASUS laptop

the WD blue 500 gb NVME currently in the ASUS will go into the adapter for the desktop

My DELL 7530 laptop has 3 NVME drive slots so will use them for cloning NVME drives
Do you need to disconnect laptop internal battery when replacing NVME?

Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

has 5 yr warrantee, hope don't need to use it

paid $72
Crucial T500 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD, Up to 7300MB/s, Laptop & Desktop Compatible + 1mo Adobe CC All Apps - CT1000T500SSD8

better deal than $85
WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS100T2X0E

CountMike · Mar 24, 2024

sdowney717 said:
Bought a Micron NVME this am, non heat sink version made for laptops
I plan to swap things around
This new one goes in the laptop 7530
current 500gb DELL 7530 NVME goes in the old ASUS laptop

the WD blue 500 gb NVME currently in the ASUS will go into the adapter for the desktop

My DELL 7530 laptop has 3 NVME drive slots so will use them for cloning NVME drives
Do you need to disconnect laptop internal battery when replacing NVME?

Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

has 5 yr warrantee, hope don't need to use it

paid $72
Crucial T500 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD, Up to 7300MB/s, Laptop & Desktop Compatible + 1mo Adobe CC All Apps - CT1000T500SSD8

better deal than $85
WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS100T2X0E

If battery is not removable, protection is already in place.

sdowney717 · Mar 24, 2024

CountMike said:
If battery is not removable, protection is already in place.

battery is inside under the cover.
cover has to be unscrewed and pried off back of laptop.
It does have an internal plug with wire used when replacing battery.
Typical laptop design.

Don't know but I think it may be called hot pluggable for drives, if it wont hurt anything.

Sata drives you can plugin with a desktop PC OS running, done that before.

sdowney717 · Mar 24, 2024

No mention of needing to unplug battery cable here
Maybe just have laptop off.

How To Replace Nvme Ssd In Laptop

Whether you're looking to upgrade your laptop's storage or simply replace a failed NVMe SSD, the process is relatively straightforward. In this guide, we'll

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Flashorn · Mar 24, 2024

sdowney717 said:
No mention of needing to unplug battery cable here
Maybe just have laptop off.

How To Replace Nvme Ssd In Laptop

Whether you're looking to upgrade your laptop's storage or simply replace a failed NVMe SSD, the process is relatively straightforward. In this guide, we'll

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I always unplug the battery before doing anything inside the notebook. Also, I press the
ON button for about 10 seconds to unload the Caps. Replace what you need and also
clean out the fans and exhaust vents while you're at it. When done, you'll need the power
brick to start the notebook. A anti-static bracelet would be a thing I would recommend.

Hopachi · Mar 25, 2024

sdowney717 said:
My DELL 7530 laptop has 3 NVME drive slots so will use them for cloning NVME drives
Do you need to disconnect laptop internal battery when replacing NVME?

This may indeed work without disconnecting the battery. Just make sure you properly power off / shutdown.
Check: maybe the non-removable battery could be disabled from the BIOS (power settings). Had seen this on a Lenovo Thinkpad.
In this case I tried the swapping procedure also after laptop was powered down from OS without disconnecting the battery. I just swapped the NVMe and there were no issues afterwards.

SIW2 · Mar 25, 2024

sdowney717 said:
Too bad, wish I could use this kind of thing
But I then would need the angled adapter
And actually it is a PCIE x1 slot covered by the video card on my ASUS board
Other issue I dont know if the ASUS board would support this thing
It is an M4A88TD-M, I dont card about booting off it.

How would the speed of this compare to a SATA 3 interface?

Amazon.com
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