Lifehack for Maschine plus. Do you want M.2 NVME SSD inside? I really wanted it, and I got it!

Alexios

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/195070#Comment_195070

Thanks for the advice, I also have an alloy of Wood and Rose.

myalteredsoul

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/195091#Comment_195091

This is correct. Even if you have a thumb drive inserted, it will only work as a controller and not pick up the thumb drive. So, it's not likely it will recognize the SSD.

D-One

@Alexios said:

it won't work without an adapter, chips down - it's not logical. 

Sorry, I have no ideia what you mean by that.

nvme physically won't fit in there, look where the jumper is.

What jumper? The notch key? AFAIK thats used to differentiate NVME from SATA SSD's but there are connectors compatible with both. Inspect the connector on the M+ with a flash light and see if there any notch blockers. Oddly, your "nvme" adapter actually has the SATA type of connector/notches according to this:

https://www.kingston.com/en/blog/pc-performance/two-types-m2-vs-ssd

If you're talking about physical size/length then NVME's have different sizes, thats why i said 2230

And I checked it first on a mini PC. The speed is 1500 for writing and reading. How did you check?

I didn't check, as I didn't do this mod. Speed can be bottlenecked by many things, like how many PCIe lanes the connector/cpu/board supports… On a regular computer (ATX) the first PCIe slot is ussually x16 lanes (for extreme things like GPU), then the 2nd is x8, then x4 for the tiny ones.

https://www.electronicshub.org/how-many-pcie-lanes-do-i-have/

But on that M+ board it's says "x1" and M. 2 NVMe SSDs require x4 PCIe lanes. That 1x could mean something else, but i doubt it. This would actually explain why WI-FI downloads on the M+ suck so bad…

If it is indeed x1 then SSD will run much slower on the M+ than it does on your mini PC.

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/195098#Comment_195098

Yes, but the "thumb drive" is external and accounted for by the software… While the SSD mod OP made is internal, connected to the exact same board place as the SD, and not accounted for, so it was worth a shot.

I'd try first formatting and naming it the same as an SD formated in the M+ (a volume named Maschine+), make sure to boot the M+ without an SD in case it might think the SSD is the SD based on volume name. If that fails theres cloning tricks to assign a volume the same UUID as the SD, but again… these are all longshots.

Alexios

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/195109#Comment_195109

Sorry google translator. If we assume PCIe 4.0 x1 version then almost 2GB/s.

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/195132#Comment_195132

No prob. Hahah I wish, nah… this is a low end embedded system, it has PCIe 2.0. It takes a while for even normal computers start adopting new PCIe generations.

The M+ CPU itself only has 6 total lanes.

https://www.congatec.com/us/products/qseven/conga-qa5/

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/96485/intel-atom-x5e3940-processor-2m-cache-up-to-1-80-ghz/specifications.html

Anyway, assuming theres no loss from the adapter, 500 MB/s is still super fast… But more SATA speed than NVME.

Alexios

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/195137#Comment_195137

Yes, 500mb/s suits me fine.