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[T580] I bought the incorrect SSD type. Is there an adapter for SATA III to NVMe M.2? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, it supports NVMe, but it's only 2 lanes. I found the FRU numbers, the caddy is 01YR457 and the cable is 01YR466. It's also possible to put a second SSD in the WWAN slot, but it's really hard to find one with the correct key to fit the slot.

It looks like you can get some knockoffs on ebay for about USD $35 for the pair.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cool, I'm pretty sure my T520 is SATA only. I decided against buying another SATA SSD at least for now, on the theory that I'm likely to get a more modern machine sometime, that can accept NVMe directly.

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

The mPCIe ports can theoretically take an M.2 NVME with an adapter, but it's more of a curiosity since it'll be severely bottlenecked and not eligible as a boot drive.