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Pros & Cons
Pros
Looks cherokee, but it works perfect. The device seems to work as advertised. Once booted, the smakn card seem to work perfectly.
Cons
Didn't work with a samsung 850 evo msata ssd drive. This adapter is listed as a pcie msata adapter. The ssd drive is a msata 6gbps (not pcie) samsung 850 evo.
Highlights
Quality
This works extremely well for what it is great price for a great product
I never actually used it but it seems like its quality
No noticeable performance drop through the conversion of form factor and there were no issues with the computer recognizing the device
I had installed latest version of ubuntu desktop on the msata and even with the dinky little quadcore 2 ghz processor the maxim... Read More
Price
Works great and the price is good
Packaging/appearance
I then moved the msata card to a usb enclosure and set the dg41an to boot from usb first
Screws were included to hold the msata drive in place on the card itself but unfortunately there are no holes or mount points t... Read More
Competitiveness
Using an msata ssd in it as a boot drive
I just used this in the process of migrating to a new msata ssd in my dell xps 12
It is small in size a bit bigger than msata itself and thats it
I ended up using a ziptie to keep it in place
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, good and fit. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 72 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 6 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I ran into two problems though one minor and one that unfortunately basically negates the reason why i bought it in the first place but doesnt appear to be the fault of the designers
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was using a halfheight card which is when i discovered that the while the top two holes are tapped to accommodate mounting screws the middle ones are not
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The second problem was more serious
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Unfortunately the dg41an refused to boot from this device
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It will post and then halt with a message to the effect that there is no bootable device
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This despite the fact that the msata card shows up in the bios and i specifically put the msata card at the top of the boot list
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I then moved the msata card to a usb enclosure and set the dg41an to boot from usb first
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So the problem seems to be isolated to the intel board not the smakn card
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