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M.2 Storage

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RonJac

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Hi All, I was thinking fo putting a M.2 drive in one of the empty lanes on my Maximus VII Formula MB, I was hopeing to boot from it but I have a sneaky feeling this is not possible. Could someone give me some addvice on, if I can use a M.2 drive and what it can do on my MB.
Thanks....Ron.
 
It will probably boot with the latest bioses, but it will be limited to PCIe 2.0 x2 speeds on Z97. Also looks like the armor prevents it from using anything larger than a 2260 instead of a 2280 (normal size) m.2 drive.

By empty lane do you mean a PCIe slot with an adapter? I bet that would work depending on the drive. I've gotten X58 boards to boot via add-on card with m.2 drives.
 
kirbyrj said:
It will probably boot with the latest bioses, but it will be limited to PCIe 2.0 x2 speeds on Z97. Also looks like the armor prevents it from using anything larger than a 2260 instead of a 2280 (normal size) m.2 drive.

By empty lane do you mean a PCIe slot with an adapter? I bet that would work depending on the drive. I've gotten X58 boards to boot via add-on card with m.2 drives.
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Thanks for getting back. Yes I have a spare PCIe slot, why would I be limited to 2.0 x2 ?, the Maximus has 3.0 x4.
Someone told me for some reason the Z boadrs did n't support booting from M.2 cards so if I'm limited to just storage and at 2.0 x2 speeds, is it worth the hassle.
 
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