960 pro real or fake ?

[nacho_man1]

Please take a look at the pic. I am holding up my 960 pro next to a youtube video showing the same drive. Does anyone know why my drive has the sata edge connector and not the same as in the video? Could this be a fake drive ?

 

[james.miller]

Two different socket types, 'b' and 'm'. Theirs is one or the other, yours is compare with both types.

Nothing to worry about

 

[Minstadave]

If it works with Samsung magician then that’d confirm it’s legit too if you need to put your mind at rest.

 

[andicole0]

Yours is an M&B theirs is an M only. Yours is Sata drive theirs a PCIe drive - if I've that the right way around. It'll be fine if your mobo supports Sata M2.
https://www.flexxmemory.co.uk/blog/m2-ngff-ssd-compatibility-list/

Andi.

 

[nacho_man1]

Its weird cause when i look at images of the 960 non have the b and m edge connector and for the life of me i can not get this drive to work. Info regarding the b and m connector suggest this is used for sata drives not NVMe. So confused a little to say the least.

 

[nacho_man1]

Yours is an M&B theirs is an M only. Yours is Sata drive theirs a PCIe drive - if I've that the right way around. It'll be fine if your mobo supports Sata M2.
https://www.flexxmemory.co.uk/blog/m2-ngff-ssd-compatibility-list/

Andi.

Being an NVMe drive shouldnt all 960 pro be m only ?

 

[andicole0]

Being an NVMe drive shouldn't all 960 pro be m only ?

Hmm certainly looks like it, potentially it's a 960 label stuck on a Samsung 850! OP - I guess the thing to do is try it, or ask OCUK to RMA it - you did buy it from OCUK didn't you
Andi.

 

[Journey]

Being an NVMe drive shouldnt all 960 pro be m only ?

Bit weird that tbf.

Looks like a SATA connector, rather than the normal NVMe ones I've had on my drives.

EDIT: The controller looks wrong too.

It actually looks just like a Sandisk SD6SN1M drive, with a Samsung label stuck on it. EBay special?

 

[andicole0]

Aren't they both NVMe just one uses Sata and one the faster PCIe. Or am I getting really confused?
Andi.

 

[nacho_man1]

NVMe and sata m.2 connection confuse me to , all i know i have not seen any video or picture of a 960 pro with a b and m connector , either way its going back.

 

[Overlag]

defo fake, 960pro wouldnt be using a sata M.2 port.

It actually looks just like a Sandisk SD6SN1M drive, with a Samsung label stuck on it. EBay special?

Just had a look, it looks exactly like that Sandisk drive

 

[nacho_man1]

No not an ebay special but direct from the rainforest so will be going right back at them.

 

[Minstadave]

No not an ebay special but direct from the rainforest so will be going right back at them.

From Amazon brand new or a third party seller/Amazon warehouse?

 

[nacho_man1]

New EU S.a.r.L - Direct

 

[Journey]

New EU S.a.r.L - Direct

It's been returned, as new unused by someone then, classic scam that sadly can happen with such lax return policies.

 

[nacho_man1]

Yeah id have to agree with that. Sucks but these things happen. Least its going back now and not driving me mad like it has for the past 2 days trying to get it working. That was a monumental waste of time.

 

[demonix]

It's been returned, as new unused by someone then, classic scam that sadly can happen with such lax return policies.

Pretty much this as whomever originally purchased it managed to remove the label and place it on an old drive before sending it back and the trained chimps at Amazon returns didn't cotton on to the fact that the drive that was in the box wasn't of the M key variety (unless the package was resealed somehow and the returns section didn't want to break it).

 

[nacho_man1]

The box was sealed and the labels are on good enough. If it was not for glancing at the box and seeing the edge connector and questioning and checking i wouldn't have known any better other than it was not working

 

[jrwagh333]

Trouble with things like this is that the person that sent it back will never actually be blamed because whos to say it wasn't the returns guy that did the swap, or the delivery driver. That's the issue

 

[Deleted member 138126]

Amazon would never sell a returned item as new. That's what Warehouse Deals are for. Factory mistake? New variant?