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Will a M+B key 8x Sata card work in a M key socket? m 2 sata slot SATA-based drive or an NVMe-based drive Your motherboard might not have the appropriate slots for both types (SATA and NVMe drives m2 nvme slot 2 SATA drives may deactivate a SATA port or two on your motherboard to account for the SATA bandwidth being used elsewhere An NVMe SSD is a

m2 expansion slot Nvme drives only connect to pcie bus Even though it'll fit, it won't communicate with sata controller As above, m2 ssd needs to be sata