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Review on ๐Ÿ“ง Mailiya M.2 to PCIe Adapter - High-Speed Nvme PCIe to PCIe 3.0x4/x8/x16 Adapter with Heatsink Solution - Supports M.2 PCIe (M Key) 2280, 2260, 2242, 2230 (E601) by Josh Zuvers

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Did exactly what I needed, no hassles, worked in Ubuntu with no additional drivers

This thing has come to my rescue. I had a Lenovo Y700 with a Samsung PM951 PCIe NVMe 256GB drive that suddenly turned off without warning and never turned on again. I had backups of all my data, but I had confidential information that I didn't want to send to anyone. knows who is at the Lenovo Repair Center. I had no other way to access the hard drive, so I ordered this card. I found an unused Dell desktop in the office that nobody was using, plugged this card into the graphics card expansion slot and immediately saw the drive without having to install a driver. I erased my drive and put it back in the laptop to send to Lenovo for my new motherboard (presumably). I didn't need to use it so I didn't try it, but the computer suggested booting from the SSD I had installed on this card since it saw the boot partition on my SSD card (I don't need that , but I thought I'd mention it in case it will be useful to someone else).

Pros
  • Includes both low profile and full profile slot mounts for flexible system case installation and fits in a mini computer case. No driver installation required.
Cons
  • Not bad