Installing an M2 SSD into an Optiplex 7040

Installing an M2 SSD into an Optiplex 7040 m2 sata slot A NVME SSD will slot in but usually won't work unless the BIOS has an option to set the slot to either SATA or NVME If a motherboard m2 sata slot Special features of SSDs: The slot is not only reserved for SSDs with a PCIe controller There are also combination slots that can

m2 sata slot No, the NVMe SSD can fit into the SATA SSD slot but it doesn't work The reason is NVMe SSD using PCIe interface SATA and PCIe are

m2 slot types in these days the form-factor doesn't define much, esp in case of mPCIe slots you could use a regular usb3-sata bridge though i Motherboards should have enough PCIe slots to support multiple NVMe SSDs Sometimes, you may need to use the available PCIe slot between two