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z490 aqua and PCIe 4.0 with 11th gen Inel cpu

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Topic: z490 aqua and PCIe 4.0 with 11th gen Inel cpu

Posted By: dlblumberg
Subject: z490 aqua and PCIe 4.0 with 11th gen Inel cpu
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2021 at 2:12pm

Hi there,

I have a z490 aqua MB with Samsung 980 pro nvme boot drive which is PCIe 4.0 capable. This MB is supposed to be PCIe 4.0 hardware ready with an upgrade to 11th gen cpu.

At least one of the three M.2 slots is supposed to be PCIe 4.0 capable with the cpu upgrade. The web site says it is a "hyper M.2 slot with PCIe 4.0 hardware". The problem is nowhere in the user guide does it explain which of the M.2 slots has this capability. I can't find the information anywhere except on the product page promoting its capabilities.

Does anyone know which slot/s will be 4.0 ready?

Thanks so much!

David

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David L Blumberg