m.2 SSD gets very hot on laptop

Aug 18, 2018
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I have installed an Samsung 970 EVO- 250GB on a ASUS X510UQR laptop.
There is an empty m.2 slot on laptop. And it is same as the SSD. But after inserting SSD, It gets very very hot in few seconds.

Questions:
1. Do we have SATA m.2 and NVMe m.2 SSD in a same interface? If yes, how can I recognize which controller my laptop has when the interfaces are same?
2. Could temperature affect on SSD? I have tested it 2-3 times and each time 5-6 seconds.

Interface images:
http://take.ms/up2eu
http://take.ms/9vKXV

 
Solution
You've probably figured it out by now...
It looks like your laptop/motherboard only supports SATA, not NVMe. Very confusing for the consumer to use the same physical interface/connector for two hardware protocols. One hint is the number of notches in the drive, SATA have two notches, NVMe only one. But Asus uses a connector with only one raise instead of two, even if they only support SATA, (stupidly) allowing you to insert an NVMe drive (and then bring it to egg-frying temperature).
Consider yourself lucky if you didn't burn the motherboard/slot or the drive and if you could return the drive.
Aug 18, 2018
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You can't touch it for 2 seconds. And the label on front side became soft somehow. And I checked it in bios and windows, They can't detect the SSD.
 
Nov 30, 2018
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You've probably figured it out by now...
It looks like your laptop/motherboard only supports SATA, not NVMe. Very confusing for the consumer to use the same physical interface/connector for two hardware protocols. One hint is the number of notches in the drive, SATA have two notches, NVMe only one. But Asus uses a connector with only one raise instead of two, even if they only support SATA, (stupidly) allowing you to insert an NVMe drive (and then bring it to egg-frying temperature).
Consider yourself lucky if you didn't burn the motherboard/slot or the drive and if you could return the drive.
 
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