Installing an M2 SSD into an Optiplex 7040

Installing an M2 SSD into an Optiplex 7040 m 2 sata slot Rest easily You did not damaged neither component Electrically PCIe and SATA are exactly same, the only effect is that motherboard can m2 pcie 40 in 30 slot Comments399 mdd1963 SATA is just a complete wasted slot ; all slots should be dual

m2 pcie 40 in 30 slot But using a SATA host controller can make some mSATA cards compatible with mPCIe slots A comparison of mSATA SSD, SSD and SATA SSDs This image shows

m2 slot 2 cables plugged in ANY ' or SATA DRIVES most 420s do NOT have slot others added PCI-e card with slot and boots  Yet there are 5 SATA ports in the bios…and the M2 stick is showing up in that 5th port That much makes sense to me The 'problem' is