m.2 extension ribbon?

KelDG · 22 Oct 2017 at 16:00

Hi all, I need to upgrade the storage in a little PC, unfortunatley it takes m.2 2242 the tiny m.2 form factor.

It is the only interface to add storage (so no stealing sata from a DVD drive etc...) and is surrounded by other components so a larger one would not fit even if I could bolt it down somewhere.

So, is there a "riser" or extension ribbon cable so i can plug into the slot and connect the drive in the vast amounts of free space somewhere else in the case?

Googling has only got me some dubious chinese sites, but I think I am not asking the right questions.

TL

R - can you get an m.2 riser similar to what graphics cards have to place it somewhere else.

Cheers

Kel.

Hotwired · 22 Oct 2017 at 16:13

By googling "m.2 extension cable" it appears so.

KelDG · 22 Oct 2017 at 16:31

Hotwired said:
By googling "m.2 extension cable" it appears so.

And directly to some dubious chinese website, or US / canadian amazon website whos seller is.... dubois chinese website like I said in the original post. These have no reviews, so I was hoping someone had some first hand experience. All the other ones seem to be extensions to increase the length of smaller m.2 drives which is not what I am after.

FiremanSam · 24 Oct 2017 at 20:07

Do you have room for a PCIe M2 card?

KelDG · 26 Oct 2017 at 11:04

FiremanSam said:
Do you have room for a PCIe M2 card?

No, its a "business" PC, only has an m.2 slot :/

ubersonic · 27 Oct 2017 at 23:53

Use an M.2 to U.2 adaptor on the mobo, then a U.2 to M.2 adaptor on the SSD and a U.2 cable to connect them, simples.

For reference on the terminology, U.2 is the successor to SATA and it's the connector desktop (2.5") NVMe drives use, M.2 is the successor to mSATA and is the connector laptop NVMe drives use and like mSATA it is commonly featured on motherboards as an easy storage option (more so than U.2 these days as must manufacturers seem to make m.2 drives exclusively to keep costs/overheads down).

KelDG · 28 Oct 2017 at 15:07

ubersonic said:
Use an M.2 to U.2 adaptor on the mobo, then a U.2 to M.2 adaptor on the SSD and a U.2 cable to connect them, simples.

For reference on the terminology, U.2 is the successor to SATA and it's the connector desktop (2.5") NVMe drives use, M.2 is the successor to mSATA and is the connector laptop NVMe drives use and like mSATA it is commonly featured on motherboards as an easy storage option (more so than U.2 these days as must manufacturers seem to make m.2 drives exclusively to keep costs/overheads down).

Cracking, thanks mate.