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Only PCI Express M.2 drives can work, due to the available connectivity of the Pinebook Pro.  Consequently, SATA or USB M.2 cards will not work.
Only PCI Express M.2 drives can work, due to the available connectivity of the Pinebook Pro.  Consequently, SATA or USB M.2 cards will not work.


Please note that many users have reported issues with NVMe SSD drives, including random Linux lockups and crashes.  Some of these issues are related to the [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712fa1777207 RK3399's errata] that disables Gen2 (5 GT/s) speed for the PCI Express link used by the NVMe SSD, reducing it down to Gen1 speed (2.5 GT/s).  However, as of December 17, 2020, Linux distributions that use mainline Linux kernel still configure the PCI Express link to run at Gen2 speed, which requires [https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=11683 manual reconfiguration] to Gen1 speed in case system instability is experienced.  See also this [https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-rockchip/patch/20200423150510.6216-1-pgwipeout@gmail.com/ related discussion].
Please see [[Pinebook Pro Troubleshooting Guide#NVMe SSD issues|a separate section]] that describes reported issues with the NVMe drives in PineBook Pro.


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