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Modern motherboards have dedicated slots where the SATA SSDs are supported These are located at different positions, usually at the bottom

2 M key slots have five pins and support SATA, PCIe, and NVMe protocols They are typically used for high-speed SSDs and other high-performance peripherals

m2 slot mainboard There are two types of SSDs: SATA and NVMe SATA uses an older interface with one designed around hard drives while NVMe is designed for flash memory

m2_1 slot Hold your SSD by the edges, do not touch the gold pins Align the notch with the ridge in the slot and insert at a 30