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Hello i recently bought a Samsung 970 Pro SSD and i am having trouble installing it. I have a B150 Pc Mate motherboard. I have inserted it into the m.2 slot and my pc is not reading.
 
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USAFRet

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Because your board cannot use that drive.

It can only use a SATA based m.2 drive. The 970 is a NVMe drive.
"1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in SATA mode*"
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B150-PC-MATE/Specification


It will not work.
 
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captaincharisma

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your motherboard doesn't support that kind of drive. return it and get an SSD SATA drive

 
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In addition to USAFRet's reply its important to remember that M.2 is not a type of drive interface, it's merely a connection and slot standard. As such you can buy SATA M.2 Drives, or NVME M.2 drives.

It's also possible to connect other device types (not just drives) to a system via the M.2 slot too.
 
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Thanks

Is there a way i can buy an adapter or is it better to buy a SSD SATA drive

If you could link me to a good SSD i could use, it would be amazing, thanks
 
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As far as I'm aware there aren't any adapters to make an nvme m.2 device function in an m.2 slot that only supports SATA, you could however, get a PCIe card into which you can install an nvme SSD, then plug that into a free PCIe slot on your motherboard. There is still a chance however that your PC won't recognise the device in this configuration, you may need to check the board specification or contact the manufacturer for clarity on this. However, I am not in a position to recommend any such card because it's not something I have had experience with personally.

From what I can see you can still use an M.2 connected drive, just not an NVME one, to that end I'd recommend the 500GB Samsung 860 EVO SATA 2280 M.2 drive. It's a bit older which also makes it reasonably cheap. The 850 is a very reliable drive and should suit you well.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147677&cm_re=M.2_SATA-_-20-147-677-_-Product

I'd avoid the Pro variants when it comes to SATA configurations because you will never see the increased performance benefits of the Pro series if you need a SATA variant, the SATA interface is just too slow.
 
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