Customer Reviews for StarTech x4 PCI Express to M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter, Red (PEX4M2E1)
Item # : IM14E8646
Model # : PEX4M2E1
- Bus type: PCI Express
- Compatible drive types (Type and Rate): M.2 (NGFF, M-Key, PCIe x4)
Price is $35.21
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8 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Sep 24, 2020
Works exactly as advertised.
I bought this card about six months ago to the SATA SSD in a Dell Precision 5810 workstation using a 1 terabyte Samsung 970 Evo Plus as the boot drive. It was easy to setup and the performance has been great. I work in technology for a living and have been buying parts like this from StarTech for 10 plus years and I've never been disappointed with their products or thei...
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VS
Most helpful critical review
Posted Jun 4, 2019
dell wont boot from this
dell i7 990 will not see it in the bois and will not boot winodow 10. no drivers from Startech
NotMyRealName
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Posted Sep 24, 2020
Works exactly as advertised.
I bought this card about six months ago to the SATA SSD in a Dell Precision 5810 workstation using a 1 terabyte Samsung 970 Evo Plus as the boot drive. It was easy to setup and the performance has been great. I work in technology for a living and have been buying parts like this from StarTech for 10 plus years and I've never been disappointed with their products or thei...
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tsotso
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Posted Jan 11, 2020
Works perfectly.
Works perfectly, and gives 100% speeds on Kingston KC2000 drive. Simple plug & play on Windows 10, no drivers, no hassle.
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shawtamim
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Posted Jun 4, 2019
dell wont boot from this
dell i7 990 will not see it in the bois and will not boot winodow 10. no drivers from Startech
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Response from Staples :
We’re sorry to hear our PEX4M2E1 is not working properly in your setup. This card is a pass-through adapter that allows an NVMe SSD to connect directly to the PCI Express bus of a computer which is why there are no drivers needed for the card. To boot to an SSD connected to this adapter you would need to make sure your computer can support booting to NVMe SSDs. If you require assistance we would be happy to help look into this for you. Please contact us at www.startech.com/support where our Technical Advisors are available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week to provide support.
Matt, June 6, 2019
Nick_185
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Posted Dec 27, 2018
Fast, and easy to use
Install is simple, and the box included the necessary screws. Used a Samsung 850 EVO m.2.
Win10 picked it up right away. This thing is plenty fast on the older ASUS motherboard I am using (son's computer). He is plenty happy at the speed difference over his old SATA drive, and even over the old SATA SSD we had in there. Though I can't say that I had time to do a...
Win10 picked it up right away. This thing is plenty fast on the older ASUS motherboard I am using (son's computer). He is plenty happy at the speed difference over his old SATA drive, and even over the old SATA SSD we had in there. Though I can't say that I had time to do a...
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AAK70
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Posted Oct 14, 2018
Undetected
Windows SBS2011 and Server 2012 unable to see NVMe as a secondary drive with this controller. Provided steps are useless and complicated. Both controllers are going back. Startech should put more effort to assist customers with this product instead of suggesting to follow 20 steps to get it working.
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Response from Staples :
Thank you for your feedback on PEX4M2E1. We apologize that is hasn't worked for you yet. Since NVMe drives are natively supported by Windows Server 2012, however, SBS 2011 may require a driver to be installed to enable support since it is based on Server 2008 R2 and lacks native support.
Please remember that we have Technical Advisors available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week to provide support. You can reach one by going to www.startech.com/support. We'd be happy to help with any troubleshooting needed to get our products in working order.
Sam, October 16, 2018
Belala
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Posted Aug 19, 2018
A great adapter
I bought this adapter couple of months ago and my experience with this: easy to use in Windows 7 x64 with an 6 years old mainboard. Thanks to this I have a great performance SSD now in my system.
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Max Holmes
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Posted Aug 17, 2018
Doesn't work with windows 7
Even though this claims it has native os support it would not install my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 box. With no drivers listed on the website or a disc in the box it came in to try and install it manually this is a waste of my time and money. Normally Startech makes good products. if you're using Windows 7 best that you pass this one up.
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Response from Staples :
Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7 and has stopped hosting the hotfix. To align with them, we have decided to remove the FAQ and hyperlink as well. Instead of using the hotfix, we recommend our customers upgrade to an operating system with native support for PCIe SSDs (NVMe). We have created a note in our Technical Specifications of PEX4M2E1 to reflect this.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
Stacey, December 7, 2020