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#1 2015-10-22 20:12:47
- nTia89
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supported speed for M.2 drive (chipset/mobo side)
hi fellows,
how can I see if motherboard/chipset support SATA, PCIe and in this case how many lines ?
I can explain better what I need: I'd like to see if my laptop support only SATA SSDs or even PCIe ones. This issue was born in my mind because both kind of drive share the same connector technology (M.2). It seems the story is quite different from older hard disk so I want to better understand...
thank you
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#2 2015-10-22 21:44:46
- loqs
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Re: supported speed for M.2 drive (chipset/mobo side)
It appears in theory if the specification is followed you could gain some of that info from the keying Form_factors_and_keying.
I would take any information provided in the motherboard manual / firmware settings in preference to that though.
Without any device being present I am not sure if there is anyway to determine what pci lines may be available for it.
The sata controller assuming its enabled should be detected and listed by dmesg but again without a device determining that it is actually connected there is the issue.
Sorry I can not be of more help
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#3 2015-10-23 08:13:28
- nTia89
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Re: supported speed for M.2 drive (chipset/mobo side)
It appears in theory if the specification is followed you could gain some of that info from the keying Form_factors_and_keying.
I would take any information provided in the motherboard manual / firmware settings in preference to that though.
Without any device being present I am not sure if there is anyway to determine what pci lines may be available for it.
The sata controller assuming its enabled should be detected and listed by dmesg but again without a device determining that it is actually connected there is the issue.
Sorry I can not be of more help
thanks at least I've learnt that exist more forms/sockets sharing the same connector name M.2
but this information is not enough, or better it's not what I asked, what I need
because this could provide info about SSD module, not the chipset itself...
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