Kingston SSDNow M.2 and Asus X99-E WS

Ploppy2k3 · 11 Mar 2015 at 21:05

Hi guys,

I have to admit that i know pretty much nada about the M.2 standards and apart from the Samsung XP941 in my other rig i'm clueless.

Now I have been given a Kingston 240GB SSDNow M.2 which I would have thought should work in my X99-E WS but for the life of me I cant get it to see the drive.

So my question is........... am I barking up the wrong tree with this drive or just being thick?

I cant find a solid source of info as people have differing opinions on the B B/M M key blablabla

cheers

p.s. if you think this should be in the motherboard section please move. it was a 50/50 guess

Ploppy2k3 · 11 Mar 2015 at 21:20

Cheers, thats what I was afraid of.

I wonder if there is a PCIe adapter? I have seen the USB ones but not a PCIe one

Ploppy2k3 · 12 Mar 2015 at 16:47

Just for the record I have found a M_Tech adapter on the web which has both a x4 M,2 slot and a M.2 sata port.

problem sorted.

Ploppy2k3 · 13 Mar 2015 at 08:54

Ive had a good look at this and it would seem that the board only supports PCIe devices in the slot not SATA. shame but thats the way it is