Sintech M.2 (NGFF) NVME SSD to M2 A/E Key WiFi Port with 20cm Cable(M.2 Only Provide PCIe 1X Lane)

I had lots of doubts as to whether this would work in a Dell OptiPlex 5060 Micro Desktop because the only literature available stated that the M.2 WLAN slot was only for WiFi and Bluetooth. I verified visually that it is an E-key slot. The description on this adapter says it will work for an E-key slot only if the SSD is NVMe. It also requires a PCIe lane in the slot, which I was not able to verify. The only M.2 SSDs I had are SATA, so I bought a cheap Samsung PM991 M.2 NVMe SSD to go with this adapter. I assembled the adapter and NVMe SSD and the UEFI recognized it on the first boot. I installed Windows 10 from USB as a test and everything worked perfectly. Now I have 2 SSDs in my Dell Micro Desktop. (3 are installable if I use the SATA port.) Now the obvious question: Why would I want this? I'm setting this PC up as a VMware ESXi host. Using all 3 native storage slots allows me to use the slowest SSD (the one using this adapter) as boot, scratch, and coredump; the SATA port for a hard drive for a local vSAN capacity tier; and the fastest M.2 SATA SSD in the M.2 SSD slot as a local vSAN caching tier, without having to disable USB Arbitrator and use slower USB storage.

Usato con adattatore *** pcie x4 to m.2 key "M" *** insieme ad una GPU con alimentatore dedicato, su un laptop dotato di attacco key A+E. Perfetto.

It transformed my older GB-BACE-3000 mini compact PC kit (SBC) (equiped only with m.2 a+e key slot) into *fast* fanless personal home cloud server in minutes. Works flawlessly and with no problems with new m.2 SSD NVMe 3D only-m key slot drive. I didn't notice any performance degradation in disk i/o. Great adapter - great product. More than satisfied. (The delivery was also fast, it arrived before schedule.) I just don't understand why the vendor states that it only works with Windows 10 (for use with NVMe drives). Debian with linux kernel 4 recognized my NVMe drive instantly.

Used to add a 480 GB NVME SSD to low end HP Stream 14, gave Laptop a little boost in opening apps quicker as eMMC is just to slow as a Boot drive. Has been working flawlessly for months now!!! Cold boots are so much quicker. Was worth the work to install and set up.

I did purchase one of these a while back but it didn't work properly so returned it. This second one works perfectly and is used to provide additional (NVME) storage to the normally SATA-only Dell Wyse 5070. The Lexar NM790 2TB I had to hand runs at a very slow PCIE 2x1 (500MBs) max but is sufficient for media serving duties. I used double-sided sticky pads to bulk up a homemade mount for the rear of the adapter with serves to keep it level in the 5070 and also keep it in place.