M.2 M key SATA ONLY

stephensfone · May 28, 2018

I am building a XPC Shuttle DH110SE barebones unit.
It uses an Intel 110 chipset mobo.
It has 2x M.2 slots
One is key AE for WLAN
The other is key M, which I have read means PCIe or SATA, but the Mobo clearly states beside the slot "SUPPORT SATA ONLY".

I have ordered a cheap OSCOO M2 SSD from Aliexpress. It has both M and B keys cut out, which I think means "SATA Only".

I am a little confused. Should the MoBo really have a B,M key? Also, I'm planning to put a normal SATA HHD on the SATA 300 port. Will that share resources ith the SSD?

USAFRet · May 28, 2018

stephensfone :

If the motherboard says it only supports a SATA drive in that m.2 port...that's what it supports.
The drive you bought? Completely unknown. Might be SATA, and it works. Might be NVMe, in which case it will not work.

Also, you need to look in the motherboard user manual to discover which, if any, SATA ports are affected by a drive in the m.2 port.

Lastly...some off brand junk drive from Ali? I hope it was dirt cheap.
What is the GB size of that drive?

stephensfone · May 28, 2018

It was dirt, dirt cheap, 30 odd euro for 120GB. It is M.2 NGFF with B and M keys, so it will physically fit. I plan to put OS on it and use a 1TB HDD on the SATA port (sorry in my original post i said it was a SATA 300 port, it's actually SATA 600, hardly matters as it will have a HHD).

Search

M.2 M key SATA ONLY

stephensfone

USAFRet

Titan

stephensfone

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page