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 When installing different types of M.2 SSDs (including SATA SSDs, PCIe x4 SSDs, and PCIe x2 SSDs), be
suretorefertothesupportedcongurationsinthetablesbelowaccordingtotheoperatingmodeofyour
SATAcontroller(AHCImodeorRAIDmode).
• AHCI mode:
M2D_32G M.2 connector
SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA3_2 SATA3_3 SATA3_4 SATA3_5
SATA Express SATA Express SATA Express
SATA SSD
a a a
r
a a
a
r
a
PCIe x4 SSD
r r r r
a a
a
(Note)
r
a
PCIe x2 SSD
a a
r r
a a
a
r
a
a: Supported, r: Not supported.
Connector
Type of SSD
• RAID mode:
M2D_32G M.2 connector
SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA3_2 SATA3_3 SATA3_4 SATA3_5
SATA Express SATA Express SATA Express
SATA SSD
a a a
r
a a
a
r
a
PCIe x4 SSD
r r r r
a
r
a
(Note)
r r
PCIe x2 SSD
a a
r r
a
r
a
r r
No SSDs
Installed
a a a a a a
a a a
a: Supported, r: Not supported.
Connector
Type of SSD
M2A_32G M.2 connector
SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA3_2 SATA3_3 SATA3_4 SATA3_5
SATA Express SATA Express SATA Express
SATA SSD
r
a a a a a
a a a
PCIe x4 SSD
a a a a a a
a a a
PCIe x2 SSD
a a a a a a
a a a
a: Supported, r: Not supported.
Connector
Type of SSD
M2A_32G M.2 connector
SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA3_2 SATA3_3 SATA3_4 SATA3_5
SATA Express SATA Express SATA Express
SATA SSD
r
a a a a a
a a a
PCIe x4 SSD
a a a a a
r
a a
r
PCIe x2 SSD
a a a a a
r
a a
r
No SSDs
Installed
a a a a a a
a a a
a: Supported, r: Not supported.
Connector
Type of SSD
(Note) The PCIe x4 SSD runs at x2 speed.
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