Installation of NVMe SSD

[DareDevilE12]

Hello community,

I have bought a PCIe Gen3x4 NVMe SSD and am wondering if there is any way to install it at my workstation.

Regards

[Ruben_S]

Hi,

Workstation has following slots :

Expansion Slots 

PCIe Gen3 x16 slot 1

PCIe Gen3 x1 slot /x1 connector

PCIe Gen3 x1 slot /x1 connector

PCIe Gen3 x4 slot /x16 connector

You can install SSD.

"I work for HP."
Regards,
Ruben
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[DareDevilE12]

Firstly, thanks for your reply Ruben.

But can you help me little bit more, i attach you a photo of the ssd in order to tell me if i have similar slot to attach this.

Regards

[DGroves]

workstation related questions should be posted in the workstation forum where they stamd a better chanch of a usefull reply

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Workstations-and-Point-of-Sale-Systems/bd-p/Business-PC-W...

 the z230 supports SATA (not nvme) SSD's and i you can buy a pci-e card carrier that supports a M.2  4x pci-e  card

or use the pricy HP Z Turbo Drive which is a PCI-e card + a SATA SSD

the SSD you have is a NVME drive and will not boot in the z230, but can be used as a data (non booting) drive

note that the HP Z Turbo Z Gen2, is the same card but has a nvme ssd instead of a SATA SSD

http://www.dectrader.com/pdf/quickspecs/14630_na/14630_na.html

[DareDevilE12]

Hi DGroves,

The issue is that I cannot find pci-e card carrier compatible with available slots of Z230, if you can help on this it will be helpful.
I also hope in a adapter as a solution even as pci-e or as a sata converter.

Because I am new in our community, how I can move this post to the workstations?

Thank you also for the support

[DGroves]

i must assume that you have the z230 tower version and not the SFF (small form factor model)

i see no problems,... you have one  full16x slot for the video card, and the other 16x slot is actually a 4x slot

so where is the issue? ebay is chock full of pci-e M,2 carrier boards for SATA based drives like the SM951 (sata not nvme)

you can also just install a 2.5 sata SSD in a drive bay using a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter

[DareDevilE12]

Yes DGroves it is full tower,

My issue is that i have already buy 2 adapters and the card dosent fit properly.

The following you think is compatible?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Adapter-Card-to-PCI-E-x4-for-M-2-NGFF-SSD-XP941-SM951-PM951-M6E-950-PRO-SSD...

Regards

[DGroves · Accepted solution]

you have to buy a SATA compatable SSD,.. your current one is nvme and will not boot in a z230

again, use the nvme drive and carrier as a data drive (non bootable)

you also need a SATA compatable M.2 carrier not a nvme compatable carrier

https://www.ebay.com/itm/M-2-NGFF-SATA-SSD-to-2-5in-SATA-Adapter-Card-7mm-Thickness-Enclosure-with-C...

[DareDevilE12]

DGroves, thank you for the support