2 Types of SSDs: SATA and NVMe

Reviewing the AMPCOM NVME SSD to PCIe Adapter Card, 64Gbps SSD X4

PCI-SIG also authored standards for SSDs, which provides PCIe connectivity for small form factors and is designed for internally mounted expansion cards

m2 pcie slot Hi, I currently am using a Pi 5 and I have connected via a Blue USB slot an External SSD enclosure, with an PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD in it

m2 nvme slot Your notebook has a slot that supports both NVMe and SATA SSD's See chapter 1 of the service manual for the supported drive types