ICY DOCK M.2 PCIe 3.0/4.0 NVMe SSD to 2.5" U.2 SSD Converter / Mounting Adapter with Heatsink | EZConvert MB705M2P-B

Super easy to use since it is tool-free, and with the design being able to handle 2230-2280 sized drives, it's been great; even appears to be keeping the NVMe nice and cool with the included thermal pads for the controller

Excellent device, highly recommended: works well with M.2 SSDs and Avago/Broadcom 9400 series HBAs.The HBA did not work with many similar M.2 U.2 adapters, so I'm so happy to found this item which really WORKS.By that, we can check disk status (Health, temperature and other details, as allowed by this tri-mode HBA) in Hard Disk Sentinel software too.

I can finally boot off of NVMe M.2 drives on my old workstation. I'm running Windows 10 on a SuperMicro X9DAi dual Xeon motherboard with no M.2 or U.2 slots. I've installed a Broadcom/LSI 9400-16i 16-port controller, two LSI Logic Cable P/N 05-50065-00 cables which support four x4 NVMe drives. I'm using these fantastic ICY DOCK Tool-Less M.2 to U.2 Adapters to mount four Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe Series 2TB M.2 PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Solid State Drives. I've currently testing using the SilverStone TP02-M2 Heatsink for M.2 SSDs. The old BIOS is set for UEFI boot mode and will detect the controller and NVMe drives. Windows 10 will boot from them out of the box using the stock driver without issues and no speed issues at all. I couldn't be happier with the combo. I just can't see upgrading my motherboard and Xeon CPUs until Intel moves to PCIe 4.0 and has a die shrink on their Xeons to 7nms. And no I'm not swapping to AMD and their no ECC junk. I'll wait for Intel and move to a 7nm Gold-something Xeon with PCIe 4.0 and full ECC support when the time comes! This bring new life to my old system running dated Intel SATA SSDs off an LSI 9200 series SAS controller. This is the best best upgrade I've done since install the nVidia 2080 TI card. I would highly recommend the combo to my geek friends!

Bought this for an urgent project and never got it to work. Installed my NVMe in the slot and attempted my first connection to a controller with no success. Then I tried a totally different SATA controller and same thing, doesn't see the NVMe disk. I don't know if people are using something other than NVMe but I have built hundreds of PC's and can't get this to display the disk at all.

I put this in a Syba 2.5" U2 mobile rack using a 3.5 to 5.25 converter. I used the DiLinKer M.2 to U.2 cable to connect to the M.2 slot on my motherboard. Now we have a easily removable M2 2280. Worth noting is that the mobile rack requires the SATA power for the M2 to work, for me this was a bonus as I can then use my KingWin 6 port SATA power switch to turn it on or off. With the help of Y power cables, I am going to put one set of drives on a single switch and other sets on different switches, thus making it easy to switch OS and configuration - Love It. I have not done an official test of the speed, but it seems very fast, just as fast as when the M.2 was on the motherboard.My only con for this solution is the pricing of the U2 backplanes and mobile carriers is high. I used this hardward solution as I do not like using software based multi-boot.

If you are purchasing an adapter for use in a Dell PowerEdge server, I recommend you look elsewhere (there is another brand on Amazon that works perfectly, but I feel it is in bad taste to name it directly on this product's page).If you insist that you must use this one:You can brute force fitment by disassembling them and taking a flat file to the plastic on the top side of the connector. I would estimate you need to remove 1/16" of plastic to make the gap between the pins and the plastic sheath taller.Note: this does not always work–I ordered many of these, and I found one that refused to insert into the bay no matter how much plastic I removed. On this particular adapter, the connector was simply not in the correct alignment/orientation.Your mileage may vary.

With the fast approaching era of total solid state drives being the norm, this adapter provides an owner of a M.2 NVMe "stick of gum" SSD to achieve full use of that SSD in a conventional 2.5 hard drive bay. Although the SSD will only communicate at SATA II speeds (since it's not attached to an direct PCIe interface), it will, nevertheless, be a very speedy little devil, and never add any latency to the SATA II interface. This is a very good use for an earlier model M.2 SSD that you might have laying around, and is helpful to reuse that storage potential. Try it, you'll like it! Enjoy

I purchased this adapter so I can install M.2 drives into the NVMe drive trays in a Dell workstation. The adapter worked perfectly - I didn't have any issues with the firmware or OS recognizing the drive. As shown in the attached photo, the adapter accommodates the full throughput capability of the M.2 drive (i.e., at least for the Intel 256 GByte 760p shown in the screenshot).Furthermore, the adapter is easy to use. Tools are not required to break apart the shell and install the M.2 SSD. Everything fit as it should and appears to be durable. The top shell is aluminum and a thermal pad is included to contact the SSD. I've installed several M.2 drives into the adapter and the thermal pad is holding up well (this was one of my concerns with the adapter). The bottom shell is plastic and vented - I suspect this will help with air cooling.If I need more adapters - I will purchase these.