Connecting an SSD to a SATA Express port

Sushrut_Thakur

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Jul 14, 2016
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I have recently bought a Samsung 860 Evo 250 GB SSD. I haven't received it yet, it's on the way. The main question is, "Can I connect my SSD to this SATAe port?". Now let me tell you that I have a Gigabyte B150M-D3H mobo and it is CLEARLY mentioned in the manual that SATA devices are not compatible on SATAe port. But is my SSD SATA Express compatible? How do I find it? Also, I have a 1 TB HDD which I'll be connecting to my regular SATA port. So my second question is, "Can SATA and SATAe port be used together?" I read somewhere that we can't but just wanted to make sure.
I sincerely thank you for answering the question.

P.S Together as in one drive connected to SATAe and another drive connected to SATA.
 

USAFRet

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SATA Express is not eSATA.
eSATA is for external devices.

SATA Express is brand new, and on that board, not compatible with regular SATA drives.