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People that does not read manufacturer websites, people that does not read manufacturer websites everywhere.
There is no mention of m.2 usage disabling Sata ports.
It mentions that back panel USB 3.1 ports are run by an Asmedia controller (third party stuff) which is understandable (pcie from cpu/chipset needs less lines than 2 usb 3.1 ports from chipset, that's a sad fact of life, until they integrate the controller in the CPU it's a PITA to get many USB 3.0/1 lines to the back panel)
It mentions that the chipset provides a USB 3.1 port, which is on a header for front panel use.
2x PCI-e x1 slots are sharing bandwith with the third "x16" (actually x4) slot.
No ECC support so no thanks.
The ROM chip is 128 MB. HOLY FUCK, I CAN FIT A FULL EMBEDDED LINUX SYSTEM IN THERE, I really hope it's mostly empty and just used because it's the cheaper kind of chip available.
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Originally posted by drSeehas View PostYou don't get it: current M.2 SSDs don't use SATA at all, they use PCIe only!
Which imho it's total bullshit spec, Sata does not really belong in there, but heh.
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Originally posted by bug77 View PostI really don't get it, Amazon has over 1,000 SATA SSD models listed. Plus, there's the existing installed base. I have 3 drives and none of them are NVMe.
On laptops M.2 is a godsend instead. That's the reason it exists and where it really belongs.Last edited by starshipeleven; 27 February 2017, 04:49 PM.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostPeople that does not read manufacturer websites, people that does not read manufacturer websites everywhere.
And I mentioned third party controllers because I was burnt once (albeit for a short while) by an AsMedia controller.
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Originally posted by bug77 View PostI really don't get it, ...
Amazon has over 1,000 SATA SSD models listed.
I have 3 drives and none of them are NVMeLast edited by drSeehas; 27 February 2017, 04:59 PM.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostIrrelevant, M.2 spec mandates that for "m" keyed slots they must also support Sata and SMBus, so they will have to route Sata lines in there too. ...
If it would be relevant, you couldn't use the shared SATA ports at all, even if the M.2 slot isn't populated.
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bug77 Heh, I mostly reacted to the people that posted articles with claims and slides when they could have just gone and looked at a reliable source like a manufacturer's mobo specs, your sata/M.2 concern was just a secondary target.
And yes, CrapMedia is well-known also in Windows camp.
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Originally posted by drSeehas View PostIrrelevant, as long as the M.2 SSD doesn't use these SATA lines.
If it would be relevant, you couldn't use the shared SATA ports at all, even if the M.2 slot isn't populated.
If more stuff is connected, then board firmware in its infinite wisdom decides to shaft one of the two devices at random, or to lock up the system completely and throw an obscure error somewhere or with beeps.
Most boards I know (that have this stupid shared setup) actually disable the relevant Sata ports even if there is a pcie ssd in the M.2 or disable the pcie lines if I connect a Sata-only drive in a Sata-Express slot.Last edited by starshipeleven; 27 February 2017, 05:30 PM.
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