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Expansion Card-related FAQs
PCIe/M.2 support overview
PCIe Slots | Mini Slots (M.2/Mini-PCIe/mSATA) | ||||||
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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 | ✔ | ✘ | |
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.2-228014) | M.2-2230 (WLN-M) | ✔ | ✘ | |
XH110G | PCIe x16 3.0 | ✘ | M.2-2280 15)16) | M.2-2230 (WLN-M) | ✔ | ✘ | |
XH170V | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-228017) | Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P) | ✘ | ✘ | |
XH270 | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-228018)19) | 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 | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ 20) | Mini-PCIe - supplied | ✘ | ✘ | |
XS35V5Pro | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ 21) | 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.2-226022) | M.2-2230 (WLN-M) | ✘ | ✘ | |
DH110SE | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-2260 23) | M.2-2230 (WLN-M) | ✘ | ✘ | |
DH170 | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-2260 24) | Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P) | ✘ | ✘ | |
DQ170 | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-2260 25) | Mini-PCIe (WLN-S/P) | ✘ | ✘ | |
DH270 | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-228026)27) | 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.2-224228) | M.2-2230 - supplied | ✘ | ✘ | |
DS68Ux | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-228029) | M.2-2230 - supplied | ✔ | ✘ | |
DS77Ux | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-228030) | M.2-2230 - supplied | ✔ | ✘ | |
XPC nano (<1L) | |||||||
NC01Ux | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-224231) | M.2-2230 - supplied | ✘ | ✘ | |
NC02Ux | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-228032) | M.2-2230 - supplied | ✔ | ✘ | |
NC03Ux | ✘ | ✘ | M.2-228033) | M.2-2230 - supplied | ✔ | ✘ |
NVMe SSD support and M.2 slot overview
Category | Model | M.2 Slot(s) | Key | Supports NVMe34) |
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XPC slim | DH110 | M.2-2260 | B+M | ✘ |
M.2-2230 | A+E | ✘ | ||
DH110SE | M.2-2260 | M | ✘ | |
M.2-2230 | A+E | ✘ | ||
DH170 | M.2-2260 | B+M | ✘ | |
DH270 | M.2-2280 | B+M | ✔ | |
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 | ✔ | |
M.2-2230 | A+E | ✘ | ||
XH170V | M.2-2280 | B+M | ✘ | |
XH110 | M.2-2280 | B+M | ✔ | |
M.2-2230 | A+E | ✘ | ||
XH110G | M.2-2280 | B+M | ✔ | |
M.2-2230 | A+E | ✘ | ||
XH110V | M.2-2280 | B+M | ✔ | |
M.2-2230 | A+E | ✘ | ||
XH270 | M.2-2280 | B+M | ✔ | |
M.2-2230 | A+E | ✘ | ||
XPC cube | SH110R4 | M.2-2280 | B+M | ✔ |
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 | ✔ | |
M.2-2230 | A+E | ✘ | ||
SZ270R8 | M.2-2280 | B+M | ✔ | |
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 | ✔ |
My NVMe SSD is not detected in BIOS/OS installation
Modern M.2 SSDs (such as a Samsung 970 series) are using the PCIe lanes of the M.2 slot. Therefore they won't be detected as “SATA DEVICES” in BIOS. In addition, the NVMe driver needs to operate in UEFI mode.
Please check the BIOS for two settings which are shown in the pictures below and change them accordingly.
- Setting 1
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Enter OnBoard Device Configuration
- Change M.2 PCIE/SATA Select from
SATA
to →PCIe
- Setting 2
- Go to the Boot tab
- Change Boot Mode Select from
LEGACY
to →UEFI
- After both settings were changed, please install the OS from DVD or USB device.
- Once the OS is installed, the NVMe disk will be shown in the
BOOT
list of the BIOS. For Windows 10 it will be named[WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER]
. The name may vary, depending on the OS installed.