HyperX M.2 only being detected as 'SATA' not 'NVME'?

Virdi · 2 Jul 2025 at 09:52

Hi all,

So I got this old M.2 - But everywhere I have tried to use it or test it - It only seems to pickup as 'SATA' - not as 'NVME'?

Bluecube · 2 Jul 2025 at 10:25

It could be a SATA SSD rather than NVME. This was fairly common when back in the day. I'd search the serial number on the label and see what comes up

Virdi · 2 Jul 2025 at 10:35

Bluecube said:
It could be a SATA SSD rather than NVME. This was fairly common when back in the day. I'd search the serial number on the label and see what comes up

Yep - So I have searched the model number (SHPM2280P2H/240G) on the sticker and it does say PCIe Gen 2.0x4

Tetras · 2 Jul 2025 at 12:54

Virdi said:
(SHPM2280P2H/240G)

It looks like it is normal to show up that way for this drive, if you google the controller.

Virdi · 2 Jul 2025 at 15:10

Tetras said:
It looks like it is normal to show up that way for this drive, if you google the controller.

aaah! - That's interesting. Thanks

But it seems that I am getting SATA speeds as well

Armageus · 2 Jul 2025 at 15:51

It's likely an AHCI rather than NVMe based PCI-E SSD. They came out briefly as something faster than SATA but before the NVMe standard was established.

It likely also supports SATA and has fallen back to that mode, due to lack of UEFI support (e.g. AHCI turned off, or may need to run with CSM or legacy options set)

Only other though would be if the PCI-E slot you are using hasn't got enough lanes. E.g. if you've stuck it in a PCI-E 16x slot (i.e. the type used for GPU), whether it's only being supplied with 1x lane rather than the 4x required.