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ASRock J5040-ITX Mini-ITX PCI-E M.2 boot |
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jcoelho 
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 Topic: ASRock J5040-ITX Mini-ITX PCI-E M.2 bootPosted: 29 Mar 2024 at 1:34am |
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I have been able to boot a Samsung NVME 250GB SSD from a 1x PCIe adapter which I purchased from amazon. this is how I am currently booting my Truenas box
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jcoelho
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Posted: 29 Mar 2024 at 1:32am |
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that is not true. I am currently running and booting a 250GB NVME Samsung 980 SSD from the 1x PCIE slot via a cheap Amazon adapter. The PCIe specs allows for you to run devices on less than the optimum number of PCIe lanes. There is of course a trade off since running a PCIe 4x device on a 1X lanes you lose 75% of your bandwidth. But for me the loss in performance is worth freeing up a sata port.
Also I have confirmed that adding a card to the M.2 Wifi A/E keyed slot will work with one of those 2 port Sata adapters. I have not confirmed if it will boot from those ports but it is readable. |
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threadzipper1957
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Posted: 12 Aug 2022 at 5:06pm |
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The PCIE slot on the board has only one PCI Express 2.0 lane, for an M.2, you must have at least 4 lanes, so it will not work.
The M.2 key E slot, is meant for Wifi cards, it cannot handle an M.2 |
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Xaltar
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Posted: 03 Aug 2022 at 11:40pm |
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I would send a support ticket to ASRock and ask:
https://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp They will know for certain and what steps you need to follow if it is possible. |
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Kernel32
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Posted: 02 Aug 2022 at 10:02pm |
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Hi everyone,
I can't boot from M.2 SSD connected to PCI-E via an adapter. Does this motherboard support boot from PCI-E slot? |
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