Question 1

Does it come with a low profile bracket?

Accepted Answer

Yep, it certainly does. Great adapter, just wish I had paid closer attention to key compatibility.

Question 2

Please name the specific M.2 SSD you are using successfully with this Star Tech adapter?

Accepted Answer

I'm ussing the Intel SSD 600p Series (256GB, M.2 2280 80mm NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4, 3D1, TLC) Reseller Single Pack.

I'm sure it must be a PCIe type, and not a msata m.2

Question 3

Is this card PCI-e 2.0 backwards compatible?

Accepted Answer

Yes. For NVMe or to be used as a boot drive be sure your bios will work with it.

Question 4

Is this compatible with a 250 gb Samsung 850 Evo?

Accepted Answer

Depends. The Samsung 850 EVO comes both in this format as well as a standard SATA package. This is to convert an M.2 connector.

Question 5

Has anyone used this with an M.2 drive as a boot device in their Windows 10 system?

Accepted Answer

Short answer is yes I have, on two different computers.

If your PC doesn't support booting for an NVMe PCIe SSD, which mine didn't, it's not an easy task to make it boot. A lot depends on your PC, motherboard, chipset version, etc.  Way too many variables to try to explain here.

Took me hours and hours to make my Gigabyte Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5 TH to boot from a SM-961 and more hours for my Dell Inspiron 660s to boot from one too.

Google is your friend and be sure to set aside plenty of time to make it happen.  Also, I uses two different methods for both my computers.

I used DUET bootloader for the Dell and I ended up modifying the firmware for the Gigabyte board, which is the first one I did.

Good luck and it's really worth it too, Windows 10 on one of these drives screams.

Question 6

Will this work on Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5 Motherboard

Accepted Answer

The product is compatible with PCIe 3.0 motherboards and is backward compatible with PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 1.0, which suggests it should work with the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5 motherboard.

Question 7

Hello, will this work with a Western Digital WD BLACK SN750 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 64-layer 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this adapter is compatible with PCIe M.2 SSDs (NVMe and AHCI) including 2280 drives such as the Western Digital WD BLACK SN750 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 SSD.

Question 8

Hello! I have an ASRock z77 Extreme4 board (LGA 1155) that has a BIOS release to specifically support NVMe. Is this adapter going to be good to go with that board, as well as compatible with a Samsung 950 Pro?

Accepted Answer

Yes, should work with that setup.

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