> On Jan 19, 2016, at 7:51, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > arrrggghhh ... never mind, spencer cheng asked the right question, as in > what interface it uses. the laptop has PCIe slots, but the SSD uses a > SATA III interface. can't believe i didn't notice that, but i'm also > irked with where i bought this because i bought both the laptop and the > SSD drive at the same time and *specifically* said i wanted to put > that drive in that laptop, and no one warned me off. grrrrrr ... Let me elaborate slightly. M.2 SSDs has 2 different interfaces: PCIe and SATA. The mechanical interface is the same (not sure about the electrical interface) but the SSD protocol/controllers are different. I was surprised that Robert’s laptop has PCIe SSDs as they are still fairly rare. Regards, Spencer