Question 1

what is the pad for in the package

Accepted Answer

The silicone pad transfers heat generated by the NVMe card. Those cards can become extremely hot, especially the very fast, latest-generation ones. Without efficient heat transfer to the aluminum enclosure they can easily get fried, especially in small enclosures lacking large enough heat dissipating fins on the outside. The more surface area on the exterior, the quicker the heat dissipates, assuming sufficient air flow on the outside.

Question 2

how do you use the silicone thermal pad

Accepted Answer

Place on top of the SSD, connecting the heat sink on the outside of the enclosure with the heat being disepated by the SSD inside.  Check it out! Works for me 😄

Question 3

Does the Type A cable throttle it to 5Gbps?

Accepted Answer

No, the Type A to Type C cable included with the ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure does not throttle the speed to 5Gbps. The enclosure supports up to 10Gbps transmission rate with its USB3.1 GEN2 Type-C output interface.

Question 4

The product description says it supports SSDs up to 2 TB in size. Is that true (maybe 4 TB SSDs were not available to be tested when the description was first written)? Does this enclosure support SSDs that are 4 TB?

Accepted Answer

Not an answer, but I'm also interested in this question. And I'm also curious if anyone's had luck with 8TB NVMe SSD's in this adapter too?  I suspect I'll have a few 8TB drives in a year or two.

Question 5

Is this enclosure able to read a GPT (GUID Partition Table) formatted hard drive?

Accepted Answer

This enclosure is meant for NVME m.2 SSDs, not hard drives.
Yes, this enclosure will support GPT.  That's how I have mine set up.

Question 6

Is this able to read a GPT (GUID Partition Table) partition?

Accepted Answer

The product supports Windows, Mac OS, and Linux operating systems, which are able to read GPT (GUID Partition Table) partitions. Therefore, it should be able to read a GPT partition.

Question 7

I have a Intel M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x 4 M-key drive I am going to use enclosure to clone, will this work? thank you

Accepted Answer

Yes, the ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure supports M.2 NVMe M Key drives, including the 80mm (2280) size, so it should work with your Intel M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x 4 M-key drive.

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