Question 1

can this work also with SAMSUNG 860 EVO Series mSATA 250GB SATA III V-NAND 3-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive? i am looking to replace a old laptop hard drive. thanks

Accepted Answer

Why bother going through the adapter when you can just get a SATA SSD. But it looks to be the size of this port on the adapter

Question 2

Will this work with Samsung 960 EVO 500 GB V-NAND PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but this is for a SATA connection not a PCIe slot on a desktop computer.  Think of this as an adapter to replace a laptop hard drive, if your laptop doesn't have an M.2 connection.

Question 3

One review says that this DOES NOTE WORK in a USB-powered enclosure.   Is that correct?   If so, what kind of enclosures is everyone else who purchased this adapter using or would recommend?

Accepted Answer

I'm actually using this as an internal drive on my desktop. The adapter works great in my hot-swap bays with a Crucial M4 256GB mSATA SSD. I tried this adapter in a generic 2.5" plastic USB external enclosure I purchased from eBay for $1 which shipped from China. I had no problems with the adapter installed in a external enclosure; I don't see why any other enclosure wouldn't work. My mSATA SSD had been formatted with NTFS in the adapter prior to install it in the external enclosure. Although I don't see why that would make the difference.
Hopefully, this will help in your decision.
kind regards, Meatstar

Question 4

If you try to upgrade the firmware will the upgrade software see the drive using this device?
I have a 840EVO that I would like to check/upgrade the firmware on but I use a usb adapter (the only way I currently have) the software will not see the drive to upgrade the firmware.

Accepted Answer

You will need to connect the drive to the computer with a sata cable. Usually desktops have extra sata ports. External enclosure's usually won't work.

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