[SOLVED] M.2 Keying

[jools12345]

Ok, I'm begging somebody to explain the difference to me in the various M.2/NGFF keying. I've bought 3 m.2 to SATA adapters, but none of them will fit any of the standard M.2 SSDs that I have. I've scoured the internet in search of why, and understand that there are SATA and PCIe (NVMe) variants, which will have different lanes, but from everything I've read, the M.2 physical interface should be the same across the board. I can tell you, it's not. Could somebody please shed some light on this?

 

[rgd1101]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2#Form_factors_and_keying

 

[faalin]

what are the exact drives that you bought. While keying might be the same between SATA and NVMe you can not interchange the two in adapters.

 

[Barty1884]

There are many, many more 'adapters' and 'external enclosures' that will only accept SATA drives. There is more to it that just keying.

Probably best to start with the adapter/enclosure & the product listing. Chances are it'll specify which protocols it supports.

 

[Bob.B]

Ok, I'm begging somebody to explain the difference to me in the various M.2/NGFF keying. I've bought 3 m.2 to SATA adapters, but none of them will fit any of the standard M.2 SSDs that I have. I've scoured the internet in search of why, and understand that there are SATA and PCIe (NVMe) variants, which will have different lanes, but from everything I've read, the M.2 physical interface should be the same across the board. I can tell you, it's not. Could somebody please shed some light on this?

Show a link for each adapter you bought.
Show a link for each m.2 ssd you have.

By fit do you mean you can't plug the ssd into the adapter?