Maybe but 2019 LTSC version should run fine.
Is it possible the m.2 drive is gen 5 or 4 and the caddy only supports lower generations? But the ideal solution would be to just sell the nvme drive and get a larger SSD
I have 2 acer aspire 5738g, which I maxed out 7+ yrs ago. Core 2 duo T9600, 8gb ddr3 1066, kingston a400 120gb ssd, 320gb + 500gb sata 2 hdd in caddy and intel ac7260 + intel ac3165 with m.2 adaptor. Both have win 10 home + pro activated. Use 1 for retro emulation on big screen and the other for my 10 year old son to play age of mythology EE in low settings. Was waiting for win 10 eol to repurpose these. Got an extra year (oct 2026) of security updates, so just chugging along.
I miss aliexpress.
I have lost the original vista/7 keys otherwise would have put that. Will look into 2019 ltsc for these, just cause I already have the laptops maxed out.
I put omv on an sd card for fun. Worked well, only issue was usb 2.0 ports and didnât have any high capacity 2.5 drives for internal.
Would not recommend spending anything on similar machines. Even if itâs gotten for free. Linux might be different story.
Picked up a broken hp 15ay i5 6th gen a few months ago for my son. Fixed/maxed it out. Difference is night and day. Its fully useable with win 11.
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Caddyâs interface with host is SATA so it can only accept SATA m.2 drives.
NVMe requires PCIe which the SATA interface doesnât have.
During the transition period from 2.5" to NGFF (m.2), motherboards and laptops had m.2 connectors that accepted both SATA and NVMe drives, thatâs where this confusion comes in. These days, nearly all m.2 connectors on a motherboard or laptop are PCIe only, with no SATA pins.
And to educate my future self when I search and inevitably find this thread, SATA and PCIe are the hardware interfaces defined by electrical signals and physical connectors. AHCI and NVMe are the protocols used for communication. But somehow the market gravitated towards calling them SATA drives and NVMe drives.
Probably because there are other kinds of PCIe NVMe drives that donât use the m.2 connector like this beauty:
Anyone else noticing that PC hardware naming conventions have no actual convention, just like the english language?
Ofc and since crucial no longer exists, samsung is the only retail big boy left. I think within a year or two crucial will be refunding the amount too, as the brand is dead.
But, given that the SSD will be run at sata2 instead of sata3 I donât see much stress put on it, lower tier SSDs will work for him too.
thanks all for your suggestion , i do really appricated ur kind help and suggesion was very helpful to me . i found a vide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zLpN-bfk0
whcih expain it .
The video is a again on M.2 SATA ssd, so just clearing a few things up
- M.2 SATA or regular SATA SSDs are exactly same in terms of performance and there is no difference between them.
- You donât need to buy an M.2 SATA SSD because you would need an adapter to install it on your laptop. Just buy a regular SATA SSD like below and call it a day.
- M.2 NVME SSD WILL NOT work with your laptop even though it can fit the adapter, do not buy it (for the laptop).
- If you already have an M.2 SATA ssd (it will be mentioned on the SSD Sticker), then you can buy an adapter and use the ssd on you laptop.
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