The Toshiba OCZ RD400
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Topic: The Toshiba OCZ RD400
Posted By: Nunyerbusiness
Subject: The Toshiba OCZ RD400
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2016 at 3:08am
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Hi guys, anybody have this booting on a Z170M? I have it on a PCIe card, but I want to go naked, is it possible?? Please chime in if it's OK for the m.2 slot or not! Thanks!!!! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G3HLQ4M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2016 at 11:40am
You're not making this easy... you said you have an ASRock "Z170M" board. There are five ASRock boards with "Z170M" as part of their name. None of those boards are called simply, Z170M. The OCZ RD400A is an M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD that is sold with a PCIe slot adapter card. This SSD is also sold without the adapter card. The PCIe slot adapter card is sold as a convenience for use with boards that do not have M.2 slots. Of course the RD400 can be used in an M.2 slot. The M.2 slot should be an Ultra M.2 slot, with an x4 interface, or an RD400 won't provide all its potential performance. One of the five "Z170M" boards does not have an Ultra M.2 slot. All ASRock Z170 boards will support NVMe SSDs as boot drives, including the RD400. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
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Nunyerbusiness wrote:Posted By: Nunyerbusiness
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2016 at 7:02pm
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extreme4, FWIW... I doubt it's going to work, so at least I got it on a card. |
Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2016 at 10:11pm
Ok, the Z170M Extreme4 board. Has the Ultra M.2 slot, and supports NVMe SSDs as boot disks, stated in the specifications. Why do you doubt it will work? You're just fishing me here man...  At one point, my Z170 Extreme7+ board (with three Ultra M.2 slots) only had M.2 SSDs in it, three of them. There are many other people that post in this forum that use the M.2 slots, and don't have any problems. The Intel Skylake platform is different than all previous Intel platforms, in that the chipset provides the IO resources to the M.2 slots. All the others use the PCIe 3.0 lanes provided by the CPU for the M.2 slots. Skylake boards leave all the PCIe 3.0 lanes for use with video cards, the others don't. The tradeoff in Skylake boards is the M.2 slot shares resources with the SATA III ports. So be careful you aren't using the SATA III ports that will be disabled if the M.2 slot is in use. You can use the adapter card in a PCIe slot on your board, but that will leave eight lanes for video cards, instead of 16. Again, the adapter card is a convenience for use with boards that do not have an M.2 slot, or do not have an M.2 slot that supports PCIe SSDs (there are SATA M.2 SSDs), or the M.2 slot is not PCIe 3.0/DMI3 x4. Installing Windows on any NVMe SSD is a little different than SATA drives. That is not related to using an M.2 slot or adapter card in a PCIe slot. The requirements are the same regardless of the physical interface, M.2 slot or PCIe slot. What OS will you be using? Windows 7 does not have an inbox NVMe driver, so without loading an NVMe driver during the installation, it will fail. OCZ provides an NVMe driver for the RD400, including a version that is used during a Windows installation. Windows 8 - 10 have an inbox NVMe driver, but it is best to install the OCZ NVMe driver. You should read over my guide on installing Windows on PCIe type SSDs: http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1236&title=how-to-install-windows-on-a-pcie-ssd" rel="nofollow - http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1236&title=how-to-install-windows-on-a-pcie-ssd ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Nunyerbusiness
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2016 at 11:43pm
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no fishing, it SHOULD work IF the screw on the AIC wasn't basically welded to the retainer I went the PCIe route to avoid delaying my build, aside from Win10 corruption of the SSD all is well with the new board. |
Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2016 at 2:07am
I know what you mean, I just got one myself. That screw IS tight as can be. I had to use a larger screwdriver, since the small one that you think should be used is not the right tool for the job. I did get that screw off, and put it in my board's top M.2 slot. Works just fine there, as it should. This SSD does run warm. The top M.2 slot on my board is the worst case situation for an M.2 drive, trapped between a video card below it, and the CPU cooler above it. All M.2 SSDs tend to run warmer than standard 2.5" SATA SSDs, since they don't have a nice metal case to act as a heat sink. I would suggest that first time users of this SSD use the adapter card, if possible. The adapter card has a heat pad that contacts the underside of the SSD, and pulls some heat away from it, into the card. My RD400 in an M.2 slot, with poor air circulation in the area, is idling at 40C. That is not terrible, and the SSD is rated for use up to 70C. Again, all M.2 SSDs run warmer than a SSD in a metal case. The Samsung 950 Pro will have similar temperatures in an M.2 slot. Did you try the OCZ SSD Utility? It seems to require the SATA mode be set to AHCI, mine is on RAID. This SSD is not SATA, it is NVMe, but I haven't tried it yet. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow">
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