Can an NVMe SSD work in a SATA M 2 SSD slot?

An SSD is “keyed” to prevent insertion of a card connector to an incompatible socket on the host The specification

2 SSDs are keyed at both M and B positions, so they can fit in SATA slots and PCIe , even if they might not work in the latter NVMe SSDs are keyed only

nvme pcie slot Dual 221102280 PCIe NVMe SSD expansion card ; Bracket, Low-profile Low-profile flat and Full-height brackets are also included

nvme m2 slot The machine does not have an M2 slot and none of the machines in that series supported NVMe The best idea would be to replace the