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I work for a very large company and when an Exec wants that data, all the valid reasons in the world won't help you. So I needed the ability to shove the drive into an enclosure and access it. When you install the kit 750-ADBF necessary to upgrade to the M.2 NVMe SSDs, you will wind up with two (2) front flex Bay positions that will support a M.2 module (Kit 575-BBSH). What I found was that you now have two (2) flex bay positions that will not recognize SATA or SAS Hard drives. (I had three SATA hard drives installed and one empty flex bay position). Now I can only use two of the flex bay positions for the SATA hard drives. If you install a SATA HDD module in one of these front flex bays configured for M.2 module, you get a flashing amber LED on the flex bay "door" and the SATA drive is not shown in Computer Management.
M.2 SATA SSD Enclosure, M2 NGFF (not NVMe) to USB C UGREEN M.2 SATA SSD Enclosure, M2 NGFF (not NVMe) to USB C
M.2 storage devices are classified numerically based on performance. The higher the Class, the faster the overall performance:Dell Precision Workstation 5820 / 7820 / 7920 PCIe NVMe FlexBay Slots Will Not Detect SATA / SAS Drives M3X3 screw(most computers include these. These secure the Y1WJX M.2 drive carrier, or a 2.5" drive into 745TM)
M.2 NVMe SSD External ASUS ROG STRIX Arion Aluminum Alloy M.2 NVMe SSD External
Through a winding road of troubleshooting, I actually ended up with this and 2 competing products so I'll summarize all 3 here. This module contains - 1.M.2 Carrier; 2.Thermal Pads; 3.M.2 3.5" Module Bay; 4.Capacity Label sheet for M.2 Carrier BUT under heavy load it would disconnect 10/10 times after only a few seconds. Transferring files to and from the drive at the same time will trigger this, as well using it as a cache while video editing. The included cables were shorter than the ICY BOX and of poor quality. I actually couldn't get the included USB 3 cable to work at all unless I held it into my computer. At this point in my life I'm guessing my USB cable counter has likely surpassed 1000 cables and I have never had to do this before. SIIG Full Speed M.2 M Key Nvme SSD to PCIe Adapter, PCI Express X16 Card with Heatsink, Supports Windows 7/8/ 10, Supports 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 Form Factor M.2 SSDSThis change of mind return policy is in addition to, and does not affect your rights under the Australian Consumer Law including any rights you may have in respect of faulty items. To return faulty items see our Returning Faulty Items policy. UGREEN (this one) **** - The construction was fine, but by far the worst of the 3. It is slippery and feels like thin plastic. It flexes when you squeeze it, but does feel rigid enough to not snap in half. The others I felt safe dropping or even driving a car over. Definitely not the sentiment with this guy. Tool-less like the PLUGABLE, but clunkier to get in and out of. It also doesn't come with any thermal pads and of the 3 enclosures, it needs them the most. Without pads my drive was hitting 83c after just a few minutes of heavy load. With a 1mm pad on each side of the drive I could barely get it to hit 60c. PLUGABLE (AZ #B07N48N5GR) *** - A very well made product. Smaller and dramatically easier to add and remove the drive (tool-less) and came with cables and multiple thermal pads. I couldn't get it to show any of the mounting / unmounting issues the ICY BOX had (phew! my drive is fine) and under certain scenarios it would max out the 10Gbps bus. I wanted to like this one so badly, Don't forget that having ultimate external drive performance won't help the source drive be any faster than whatever its interface is limited to. The PCIe NVMe SSD drive FlexBay has the physical data and power connector to allow a SATA or SAS drive to be physically installed. However, the FlexBay is only configured to communicate with PCIe NVMe SSDs. SATA or SAS drives installed in this FlexBay will not work due to an incompatibility with the drive controller.
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