r/toughbook • u/RogErddit • 11d ago

Mods It actually works! PCIE ExpressCard to M.2 NVMe SSD Adapter

I have a CF-31 Mk2 which has a PCI-e ExpressCard slot. But what to put in it?

"PCIE ExpressCard to M.2 NVMe SSD Adapter Card" was the listing on a popular online store. Allegedly supports single-sided 2230 and 2242 M.2 NVMe SSD solid-state drives.

I was pretty dubious about this whole thing, so I bought a (very) cheap "Intel Optane Memory M10 SSD M.2 2242 16GB" just to try it out. And that worked!

Then I bought a Kingston NVMe 2230 in 2 TB. And that works too!

Just wanted to share my success with the community. There are worse ways to spend a couple bucks.

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u/UTLforlife 11d ago

Man you beat me to it! Im working on a write up for a mk 5 that this works on too, it's a great shared drive between my windows 7 32 and 64 bit OSs as well at my windows 10 and linux mint! Note for folks, it is not Bootable but if you need more storage it's great.