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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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[โ€“] 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.

[โ€“] 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.