[SOLVED] M.2 to PCIE card in X8DTi-F - Supermicro?

[scottfree1_01]

I am replacing my failing boot/os VisionTek PCI Express Solid State Drive 240GB Vtech in my ancient but still faster than most (Supermicro x8dti-f, dual xeon x5680, 48gb) Now according to both Supermicro & Visiontek this drive is not compatible WRONG but 4 years in and it's failing . As a replacement I was considering this setup

QNINE NVME PCIe Adapter, M.2 NVME SSD to PCI Express

Sabrent 256GB Rocket Nvme PCIe M.2 2280

From my understanding this setup might not work as a boot/os drive, but the Vtek pcie drive worked fine giving me hope, so anyone know for sure?

 

[scottfree1_01]

The answer is YES! It works, with some effort. My mobo is not uefi so you need a bootloader that can emulate it, I used clover Nvme/Uefi Guide and now have a nvme drive as my os/system drive on my dual xeon x5680 lga 1366 board, yeah!