Even if you’re never going to design a M.2 card, now you know how to tell SATA and NVMe M.2 SSDs apart, and why pushing a B-key 4G card into your M-key SSD slot will not result in anything good.

M.2, on the other hand, is actually a type of form factor. You can find both NVMe M.2 SSDs and SATA M.2 SSDs in the wild. Sometimes product advertisements or summaries use “M.2 SSD” to imply ...

Also, the SSD is compatible with the enclosure's M.2 interface (it is 2280, with M key). So it looks like some issue with the SSD itself, or with the M.2 interface connection.

“The nice thing about SATA is, when you have an enterprise-class SATA SSD and you also have a server or a storage platform with either a SATA or SAS host interface, it’s a nice natural, easy fit,” ...

Crucial has outfitted the MX500 with several key features that aim to improve performance. The most notable is dynamic write acceleration that takes advantage of an SLC buffer like many drives ...

When I stumbled on the Inland Professional SATA III SSD, it was the 5th best-selling SSD on Amazon. The drive comes in three sizes, and pricing starts at just $24.99 for the 120GB model.