Expansion Card-related FAQ

Many of our products include a small screw for mounting M.2 modules.
This screw has a notch that fixes the M.2 module at the correct distance.

Note: This screw consists of one part and cannot be disassembled!

Here's a short video to demonstrate the assembly process:

		PCIe Slots		Mini Slots (M.2/Mini-PCIe/mSATA)
Category	Product	Graphics slot	2nd Slot	for SSD	e.g. for Wi-Fi (accessory)	Does the M.2 slot support NVMe?	Does the M.2 slot support Intel Optane?
XPC cube
	SH55J2	PCIe x16 2.0	PCI 32-bit	✘	✘	✘	✘
	SH61R4	PCIe x16 2.0	PCIe x1 2.0	✘	✘	✘	✘
	SH67H3/H7	PCIe x16 2.0	PCIe x1 2.0	✘	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SZ68R5	PCIe x16 2.0	PCIe x4 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SZ77R5	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SH81R4	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x1 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SH87R6	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x1 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SZ87R6	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x1 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe ( WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SH97R6	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 2.0	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	SH110R4	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x1 2.0	M.2-2280¹⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✘
	SH170R6(Plus)	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280²⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✔	✘
	SZ170R8	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280³⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✔	✘
	SZ170R8V2	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280⁴⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✘
	SZ270R8	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280⁵⁾⁶⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✔
	SZ270R9	PCIe x16 3.0	PCIe x4 3.0	M.2-2280⁷⁾⁸⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✔
XPC all-in-one
	X50	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	X50V2 (Plus)	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	X50V3(L)	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	X50V4	✘	✘	mSATA ⁹⁾	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	X50V5	✘	✘	M.2-2280 ¹⁰⁾¹¹⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
	X50V6	✘	✘	M.2-2280 ¹²⁾¹³⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
	P20U	✘	✘	M.2-2280 ¹⁴⁾¹⁵⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
XPC slim (3L)
	XG41	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	XH61	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
	XH61V	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-C/P)	✘	✘
	XH81(V)	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	XH97V	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	XH110(V)	✘	✘	M.2-2280¹⁶⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✘
	XH110G	PCIe x16 3.0	✘	M.2-2280 ¹⁷⁾¹⁸⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✘
	XH170V	✘	✘	M.2-2280¹⁹⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	XH270	✘	✘	M.2-2280²⁰⁾²¹⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✔
XPC slim (Atom)
	XS35(GT)	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35xxV2	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35xxV3	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS36V	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35xxV3L	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS36VL	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35V4	✘	✘	✘ ²²⁾	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS35V5Pro	✘	✘	✘ ²³⁾	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS36V4	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	XS36V5	✘	✘	✘	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
XPC slim (1L/LGA)
	DS61	✘	✘	mSATA	✘	✘	✘
	DS81(L)	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	DS87	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	DH110	✘	✘	M.2-2260²⁴⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✘	✘
	DH110SE	✘	✘	M.2-2260 ²⁵⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✘	✘
	DH170	✘	✘	M.2-2260 ²⁶⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	DQ170	✘	✘	M.2-2260 ²⁷⁾	Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P)	✘	✘
	DH270	✘	✘	M.2-2280²⁸⁾²⁹⁾	M.2-2230 (WLN-M)	✔	✔
XPC slim (1L/BGA)
	DS47	✘	✘		Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	DS437	✘	✘		Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	DS437T	✘	✘		Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	DS57Ux	✘	✘	mSATA	Mini-PCIe - supplied	✘	✘
	DS67Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2242³⁰⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✘	✘
	DS68Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2280³¹⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
	DS77Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2280³²⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
XPC nano (<1L)
	NC01Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2242³³⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✘	✘
	NC02Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2280³⁴⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘
	NC03Ux	✘	✘	M.2-2280³⁵⁾	M.2-2230 - supplied	✔	✘

Category	Model	M.2 Slot(s)	Key	Supports NVMe³⁶⁾
XPC slim	DH110	M.2-2260	B+M	✘
	DH110	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	DH110SE	M.2-2260	M	✘
	DH110SE	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	DH170	M.2-2260	B+M	✘
	DH270	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	DH270	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	DQ170	M.2-2260	B+M	✘
	DS67U, DS67U3, DS67U5, DS67U7	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	DS68U	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	DS77U, DS77U3, DS77U5, DS77U7	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	DX30	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XC60J	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XC60J	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	XH170V	M.2-2280	B+M	✘
	XH110	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XH110	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	XH110G	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XH110G	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	XH110V	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XH110V	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	XH270	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	XH270	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
XPC cube	SH110R4	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SH110R4	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	SH170R6	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SH170R6 Plus	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SZ170R8	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SZ170R8V2	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SZ170R8V2	M.2-2230	A+E	✘
	SZ270R8	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	SZ270R8	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
XPC nano	NC01U, NC01U3, NC01U5, NC01U7	M.2-2242	B+M	✘
	NC02U, NC02U3, NC02U5, NC02U7	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	NC03U, NC03U3, NC03U5, NC03U7	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
XPC all-in-one	X50V5	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	X50V6	M.2-2280	B+M	✔
	P20U	M.2-2280	B+M	✔

Modern M.2 SSDs (such as Samsung's 970 series) use the PCIe lanes of the M.2 slot. This is why they won't be detected as “SATA DEVICES” in BIOS. Please note that the NVMe driver needs to run in UEFI mode.

Please check the below settings in BIOS and change accordingly.

Setting 1
1. Go to Advanced tab
2. Enter OnBoard Device Configuration
3. Change M.2 PCIE/SATA Select from SATA to → PCIe

Setting 2
1. Go to Boot tab
2. Change Boot Mode Select from LEGACY to → UEFI

When both settings were changed, please install the OS from DVD or USB device.
When the OS is installed, the NVMe drive will be shown in the BOOT list of the BIOS. Under Windows 10 it is named [WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER]. The name may vary depending on the OS installed.

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besides AHCI, it also supports the NVMe protocol [for M.2-SSDs with PCIe x4 interface]

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supports Intel Optane technology

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internal USB 2.0 Type A connector

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SATA interface only [no PCIe interface available]

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Length 80 mm, PCIe Interface

Expansion Card-related FAQ

How to mount an M.2 module with the supplied mounting screw?

PCIe/M.2 support overview

NVMe SSD support and M.2 slot overview

My NVMe SSD is not detected in BIOS/OS installation. What can I do?

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