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Should a PCIe SSD work on an Optiplex 3020?
I bought an M.2 SSD board, Samsung MZNLN256HCHP, shown here:
www.geocities.jp/.../Samsung-MZNLN256HCHP.jpg
Samsung has a minimal description here:
www.samsung.com/.../MZNLN256HCHP
I mounted it in a PCIe x4 adapter. The description is in Japanese but the picture should be understandable:
www.biccamera.com/.../CSfGoodsPage_001.jsp
I mounted that in an Optiplex 3020's PCIe x16 slot.
The BIOS, Windows 10, and Linux all think the slot is empty. (The BIOS is set to UEFI.)
Did I do something wrong?
I don't expect to boot the SSD, but I hoped to access it as a data drive.
Norman Diamond
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June 5th, 2017 23:00
I think I figured out that it should not work. Despite the similarity of the form factor and connectors, the signalling is completely different. The adapter board and PCIe slot need an NVME SSD. My SSD uses SATA signalling and needs a different kind of adapter board with a SATA cable.
Norman Diamond
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July 24th, 2017 00:00
By the way, a PCIe SSD does indeed work in an Optiplex 3020, when the drive really is a PCIe SSD and the adapter board is for PCIe-to-PCIe.
ejn63
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June 4th, 2017 18:00
Can you see the drive from the disc manager?
Norman Diamond
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June 4th, 2017 19:00
Windows 10 Disk Manager doesn't see it, Windows 10 Device Manager doesn't see it, Linux "lspci -nn -k" doesn't see it (CONFIG_NVME_* and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME are all m; CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME_SCSI is y), and the BIOS doesn't see it.