NVMe SSD -

Okay, that board supports NVMe drives in all three slots If I were you, I'd diagnose further by trying the 3rd slot, or swapping into

NVMe SSDs are much more performance driven compared to SATA SSDs By leveraging the PCIe bus, NVMe SSDs have theoretical transfer speeds of up to

nvme m2 slot laptop PCI slots can accommodate NVMe cards Never been an issue for me

nvme and m2 slot difference You need a PCI-E X4 lane adapter with a motherboard with a corresponding PCI-E 4 lane slot You can buy these on Amazon or eBay with sata chips