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How can I determine whether a given SSD and motherboard are compatible?
How can I determine whether a given SSD and motherboard are compatible?
For example, I have an OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTX50G 2.5" 50GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive and a GIGABYTE GA-H67A-...
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System failure - need diagnostic recommendation
I have big problem with my computer. Configuration is:
Intel i7 + 6x2GB OCZ DDR3
Motheboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V2, HDD controller configured to AHCI
Main drive: OCZ Vertex 2 (SSD) - contains all ...
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Will an M.2 M Key motherboard connector always support NVMe, or does NVMe support need to be explicitly stated in the manual?
Apologies this may be a basic question, but after much reading of sometimes contradictory information I wanted to check whether my understanding is correct.
I'm upgrading a PC, and want to add M.2 ...
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Computer fails to boot
My computer starting freezing (showing 100% disk usage for the boot drive) so I tried restarting. Now it won't get past the motherboard flash screen. If I wait there, it eventually goes to a screen ...
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Understand how this M.2 B+M Key SSD can work via PCIe Adapter Card with 2 slots (both 1 B and 1 M slot)?
Understand how the M.2 B+M Key SSD can work via PCIe Adapter Card with 2 slots (both 1 B and 1 M slot)?
We recently bought a Sandisk SSD X400 M.2 (B+M Key) to do some sample tests, see how it works ...
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Inaccessible Boot Device after m.2 SSD upgrade
I've replaced my old m.2 256GB Samsung XP941 SSD, my boot drive with Windows 10 installed, with a 1TB 970 EVO Plus. This is on an MSI X99S SLI Plus motherboard that was recently upgraded to the ...
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Motherboard UEFI doesn't detect M.2 SSD drive
I'm building a brand new PC with an ASUS PRIME Z370-A motherboard and a Samsung SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB.
However, my motherboard does not seem to be able to recognize the drive as the it neither ...
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Is it worth to buy a SSD for my desktop machine if only support SATA II?
I know that there are similar questions but I was wondering if I could get a little more information about this.
The SSD disk is not cheap at all so I wonder if I'd really notice the difference. I ...
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Can I insert a SATA II (3Gb/s) drive into a SATA 6Gb/s slot?
The general form of this question is "Can a SATA II SSD plug into a SATA 6Gb/s port on a motherboard?"
I am looking into building a PC, but I would like to get an SSD for my OS and some programs that ...
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How can I tell if my motherboard has M.2 NVMe Support?
I have an MSI z170A Gaming Pro Motherboard from MSI and I'm very confused as to what M.2 drives I can get.
I've downloaded the manual, which includes the lines:
1x M.2 slot*
▶Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 ...
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Does my motherboard supports NVME SSD or SATA ssd
I plan to purchase onboard SSD, but I am not sure whether my board supports M.2 SSD 6Gbps SATA or NVME logical intefaces. Below is the specification of my motherboard.
Board Name: Gigabyte GA-A320M-...
