Aros/Platforms/Storage support

Introduction AROS supports hard disks and optical drives attached to several interfaces: #NVMe M.2 SSD (M key) on the pci-e bus #SATA aka Serial ATA or AHCI (IDE compatibility mode used in most cases) #PATA IDE (also known as ATA or Parallel ATA) USB #SCSI PCI-e NVMe M.2 SSD (M key) Controller and firmware DRAM better having if heavy workloads but not necessary for gaming Cache like SLC HMB techniques NAND (Main storage area with MLC, TLC or QLC versions of varying life expectancy) SSDs, USB flash drive, SD and Micro SD Cards have a limited amount of write cycles, therefore guaranteed to fail randomly and suddenly at any time. All SSDs are prone to corrupt firmware due to poor quality NAND where both the data and the firmware resides. The drive tends to go read only when too many errors occur before complete failure. That is up to 10 years for things like memory cards and USB sticks. In general, unless there is a firmware design issue, cheap materials used, stress like bending or overheating causing cold solder joints, an SSD can last a long time if minimal writing activity takes place but eventually if flash isn't written to, it degrades. Catch 22. Dram and cache are not the same thing. Dram stores the ssds indexes and metadata for faster data retrieval and wear leveling. The cache keeps part of the nand memory as SLC storage which can be written to faster. Basically all ssds will have a dynamic SLC cache where it will decrease as the drive fills up. Cache controller designs that are DRAM less use the internal SRAM cache in the controller to cache the NAND mapping table. It just requires a different mapping table design since SRAM caches are much smaller than DRAM. Ultimately the mapping table is still stored in NAND. General rule of thumb: the cheaper an SSD, the higher the likelihood it uses lower quality flash chips so sudden failing NAND, problematic controller chips (e.g. SandForce), outsourced firmware. Generic brand like old SP, Corsair or Crucial may be recoverable whilst major brands Samsung, Intel and Western Digital are impossible due to firmware encryption and customizations. Recommend sticking with older Silicon Motion or Phison controllers if possible. A ssd isn't good because it has dram or bad because it doesn't. Other things should be taken into account like sustained writes so check the TPU write intensive usage See here for more information BrandModelWorks MSDos/PC BiosWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution Unnamed 2020 to - SM2259XT2 SM2263XT MAS0902 MAP1202 YS9082HP RM1135 RTS5765 PS3111 Unnamed OEMs 2022 to date - Realtek RTS5765/66 controller + Micron 96L (B27A) Acer Predator GM7 2023 Acer drives built by Biwin, that also supplies HP, Maxio MAP1602A no DRAM so HMB, YMTC 128L TLC, ADATA M.2 NVME IM2P33F8, IM2S3168 SSD IM2P33F8-512GD 2018 - industrial 12L 3D TLC NAND flash Supports LDPC ECC, RAID Engine, and SLC Cache End-to-End (E2E) Data Path Protection with Host Memory Buffer (HMB) i.e. DRAMless ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 nvme ASX8200PNP1TTC 2020 NVM Express 1.3 SN2262G later SN2262EN chipset - ADATA 256GB GEN4 x4 NVMe PCIe M2 2230 SSD SM2P41C3-256GC2 DP/N 0KM1Y6 2022 consumer ADATA XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 2022 controller Silicon Motion SM2267XT dramless ADATA XPG ATOM 50 2022 controller Innogrit RainierQX IG5220 Adata Legend 710 2024 ADATA Legend 900 2024 variants with different NAND flash and/or controller like MAP1602A (F1C F2C uses NVMe 1.4, F3C U uses NVMe 2.0) and 232-layer TLC NAND flash, no dram BiWin PCIe Gen3 2022 Innogrit IG5216 controller, no DRAM so HMB which appears to be the standard - BiWin NV7200 PCIe 4.0 2023 SM2263XT Biwin NV7400 2024 multiple variants with different NAND flash and/or controller like MAP1602A (F1C F2C uses NVMe 1.4, F3C U uses NVMe 2.0) and 232-layer TLC NAND flash, no dram Corsair Force LE 2016 Corsair Force Series MP500 MP510 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSD 2017 PS5012-E12-27 from Phison, 64-layer TLC Toshiba BiCS flash, may have dram cache - beware win update kb5063878 kb5062660 preview - Corsair Force MP400 2020 Phison E16 on DRAM DDR4 with Micron 96L QLC - beware win update kb5063878 kb5062660 preview - Corsair Force MP Corsair Force MP 2022 Corsair MP600 Elite 2023 Phison E16 and Bics DDR4 DRAM buffer and TLC-based with SLC-mode cache - beware win update kb5063878 kb5062660 preview - Corsair MP600 Pro XT, PRO LPX, PRO NH PCIe4 CSSD-F1000GBMP600ECS Elite, 2023 DRAMless SSD controller Phison PS5026-E26, BiCS6 162L QLC NAND Corsair MP600 Core XT 2023 Phison and Bics QLC-based with SLC-mode cache - Corsair MP700 Pro PCIe 5.0 CSSD-F1000GBMP700PNH 2024 Crucial P1 2018 QLC NAND but a controller with a DRAM cache - Crucial P2 M.2 2280 Gen3 x4 NVM-express CT1000P2SSD8 2020 dram-less Phison PS5013-E13-31 on 96-layer QLC NAND - Crucial P3 Plus M.2 2280 CT1000P3PSSD8 CT2000P3PSSD801 2022 Phison E21T with Host Memory Buffer HMB tech to use a small bit of system RAM as DRAM cache and Micron 176-layer QLC NAND - Crucial P3 M.2 nvme SSD CT2000P3SSD8 2022 Phison E21T with no DRAM so HMB and 176-Layer Micron QLC (N48R) - Crucial P5 m.2 nvme PCIe 4 2022 runs hot - Crucial NVMe with DRAM LPDDR4 and Micron 96L TLC Crucial P5 Plus 2022 some have DRAM cache Crucial T500 Gen4.0 nvme 2.0 CT1000T500SSD8, CT2000T500SSD8 2023 Phison PS5025-E25 with micron B58R 232-layer 3D TLC NAND and Micron LPDDR4 DRAM cache - beware win update kb5063878 kb5062660 preview - Crucial T700 Gen5 SSD CT1000T700SSD3, CT2000T700SSD3 2024 SSD controller Phison PS5026-E26, Micron 232-layer NAND with no dram as standard - Crucial P310 M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD CT2000P310SSD801 (2Tb), 2025 DRAM-less Phison E27T Micron 232-layer NAND - Crucial T705 2025 dramless Phison SSD controller Crucial T710 2025 SMI SM2508 SSD controller dram Ediloca EN605 PCIe Gen3 x4 interface, NVMe 1.3 support 2024 Ediloca EN660 PRO Ediloca EN760 PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 NVMe 1.4 interface 2024 gets hot Ediloca EN870 2024 no dram Maxio MAP1602 + YMTC 232L Ediloca EN855 2024 dram Maxio MAP1602 + YMTC 232L Ediloca Ediloca Fanxiang S500 pro PCIe Gen3 2022 MaxioTech MAP1202A-F1C with YMTC 128L and pseudo-SLC cache Fanxiang S660 Fanxiang S880/R 2024 variants with different NAND flash and/or controller like MAP1602A (F1C F2C uses NVMe 1.4, F3C U uses NVMe 2.0) and 232-layer TLC NAND flash, no dram Fanxiang S770 2024 dram 202 202 Fikwot Fikwot founded in 2018 Fikwot FX550 m.2 nvme 2023 Fikwot FN501 Pro m.2 nvme 2023 FIKWOT FN950 FN955 2024 MAP1602 (at 1600 MT/s) flash YMTC TLC no dram Fikwot FX991 m.2 nvme FW-FX991-2TB 2024 Fikwot FN960 2025 Maxio MAP1602 + YMTC 232L Fikwot FN970 m.2 nvme pcie 2025 Maxio MAP1602 + YMTC 232L 202 202 Geil ZEN ITH m.2 nvme S3-240GB 202 Gigabyte Aorus Gen4 m.2 nvme 2020 Phison E16 and Toshiba 96-layer TLC (triple-level cell) BiCS4 NAND flash - DDR4 DRAM buffer and TLC-based with SLC-mode cache - Gigabyte Aorus 10000 PCIe 5.0 2023 Phison E26 on DRAM LPDDR4 with 232-Layer Micron TLC 202 HP EX950 m.2 nvme HP FX900 m.2 nvme 2022 dram less HP 202 Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Integral M2 Series NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3x4 INSSD500GM280NM2 Integral Inland Professional TLC E12S 2021 Phison E18 Inland Gaming performance Plus m.2 nvme 2022 Phison E16 controller and TLC flash Inland TD510 2023 Phison E26 on DRAM DDR4 with 232-Layer Micron TLC Intel 2017 intel SSD Pro 7600p Series M.2 80mm 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4, 3D TLC SSDPEKKF512GB, SSDPEKKF256G8L, 2017 Intel 660p m.2 nvme ssdpeknw010tb 2017 SMI SM2263 controller with 1GB DRAM cache and 1TB of Intel QLC NAND similar to crucial P1 Solidigm formerly Intel 670p SSDPEKNU010TZ, SSDPEKNU512GZH, 2020 256 MB DDR3L cache and 12-140 GB SLC-Cache QLC NAND Intel P4511 m.2 nvme PCIe3.1 x4 22110 110mm SSDPELKX020T8 2021 very long Kingston A1000 NVME PCIE M2 2280 SSD SA1000M8/480G 2017 Kingston A2000 NVME PCIE M2 2280 SSD SA2000M8/250G 2018 Kingston KC3000 2021 Phison’s Firmware Rev. EIFK31.7 (07-08-2024) update for PS5018-E18 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe controller and Micron’s 176L TLC NAND flash - Kingston NV1 m.2 nvme pcie SNV1 2021 entry-level consumer DRAMless Phison E13T or Silicon Motion 4-channel SM2263XT - one brand TLC up to 1Tb and QLC after - Kingston NV2 SNV2 2022 entry-level, first SMI SM2267XT or Phison E19T and later SMI SM2269XT or Phison E21T with various flash memory Kingston FURY Renegade m.2 nvme 2023 Firmware Rev. EIFK31.7 (07-08-2024) update for Phison E18 controller, Micron 176L nand and ddr4 dram - Kingston NV3 SNV3S/500G, SNV3S/1000G, SNV3S/2000G, SNV3S/4000G 2024 entry-level, SMI SM2268XT2 or Phison E27T controller with BiCS6 TLC or QLC flash - dramless so hmb - Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Kioxia (Toshiba) XG4? M2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD THNSF5512GPUK, THNSN51T02DUK, 2016 Phison has done custom controller work for Kioxia, and Kioxia has also worked with SMI and InnoGrit (the latter more recently). Kioxia label their controllers as their own but these are largely rebadged. Kioxia (Toshiba) XG5 for Data Centres KXG5 KXG50ZNV1T02 2017 nanya ddr3 dram? with 64-layer BiCS 3D flash memory Kioxia XG6 OEM m.2 nvme KXG60ZNV512G, KXG60ZNV1T02, 2018 TC58NCP090GSD with DRAM NANYA LPDDR3 and Toshiba BiCS FLASH 96-layer 3D TLC - Kioxia (Toshiba) BG4 m.2 nvme KBG40ZNS128G, KBG40ZNS256G, KBG40ZNS512G, KBG40ZNS1T02 KBG40ZNT256G, KBG40ZNV1T02 2019 - no dram but NVMe's Host Memory Buffer (HMB) i.e. portion of the system's RAM for caching - Toshiba's 96-Layer BiCS FLASH - seems Windows UASP driver and the JMS583 chipset interacts badly with the Kioxia BG4 - early firmware upgrade to prevent overheating hot - Kioxia XG7 KXG70ZNV1T0G 2021 - might need firmware update on early 2tb 4tb versions - controller with sk hynix dram and tlc nand KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G2 SSD series PCIe 3.0 2022 Phison PS5012-E12S-32 aka TC58NC1201GST 4-channel controller along with KIOXIA proprietary 96-layer 3D TLC and "MG2h" version has BiCS4.5 which is faster than launch BiCS4 - - Kioxia XG8 OEM m.2 nvme 2022 TC58NC0L1XGSD with DRAM LPDDR4 and 112-Layer Kioxia BiCS5 TLC - Kioxia (Toshiba) BG5 KGB50ZNV256G 2022 HMB buffer Kioxia (Toshiba) BG6 m.2 nvme 2023 dramless KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G3 SSD series PCIe 4.0 2024 has hmb, like most dram-less nvmes KIOXIA Lexar 1TB SSD M.2 NVME 1.4 Gen3x4 M.2 2280 NM610Pro 2022 Lexar NM620 IG5216 (worse?) not great original 96L MAP1202 YMTC up to 232L, or 176L Micron, TLC for the 1TB 2023 a few versions all DRAM-less, Lexar NM790 SSD M.2 PCIe Gen4 2023 Maxio MAP1602 no DRAM so HMB with 232-Layer YMTC TLC Lexar m.2 nvme EQ790 2024 Maxio MAP1602, no DRAM so HMB, Flash Memory 232-Layer YMTC TLC, Lexar 2025 Liteon M.2 NVME 512GB SSD 2280 CAZ-51282512-Q11 DP/N 0K64PG 2019 Micron Micron 2018 SMI controller Micron 2200S m.2 nvme 2200 series MTFDHBA256TCK, MTFDHBA512TCK 2019 for a time, Micron controller with 64L TLC 3D Nand BSOD occurred as CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED before self applied firmware apparently it is related to the power management that disconnects the Micron SSD Micron 2300 m.2 nvme Gen 3 x4 MTFDHBA256TDV P/N M02626-001, 2021 Micron 3400 M.2 NVME SSD Gen4 MTFDKBA512TFH 2022 - no cache Micron 2450 2022 E19T Micron 2600 m.2 nvme 2025 Phison's PS5029-E29T SSD controller with Micron 276-layer G9 QLC NAND in a DRAMless - Adaptive Write Technology (AWT) using various NAND modes (SLC, TLC, and QLC) as a dynamic cache MSI Spatium S270 MSI Spatium M450 m.2 nvme 2021 Phison’s E19T controller Netac NV2000 Netac NV5000 Netac NV7000 m.2 nvme Orico J10 J-10 m.2 nvme 2021 Orico D10 m.2 nvme 2022 Orico e3500 2023 Orico O7000 m.2 nvme 2024 Patriot P300 m.2 nvme pcie 3.0 2022 Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite M.2 nvme 2024 multiple variants with different NAND flash and/or controller like MAP1602A (F1C F2C uses NVMe 1.4, F3C U uses NVMe 2.0) and 232-layer TLC NAND flash, no dram PNY CS2230 Gen3 x4 2022 PNY CS2140 CS2342 Gen4 2025 Raydisk 1T 2280 m.2 nvme 2023 no dram, Memory QLC Intel 144 layer. Chip Realtek Raydisk Sabrent Rocket Nano 2242 m.2 nvme Sabrent Rocket 4.0 m.2 nvme SB-2130-512, SB-2280-1TB, SB-Rocket-NVME4-HTSK-2TB, 2022 Phison E16 controller and TLC flash - Sabrent Rocket 4.0 PLUS m.2 nvme SB-RKT4P-1TB 2022 Phison E1? controller and TLC flash - Sabrent Rocket 5 2024 Phison E25 Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Samsung PM951 m.2 nvme MZVLV1T 2016 Samsung 950 PRO PM961 M.2 2280 NVMe 1.3 PCI-Express 3.0 x4 MZ-VKW5120 MZ-VLW2560 MZVLW256HEHP-000L7, MZ-VLW5120, MZ-SLW1T00 2016 - possibly 512M LPDDR3 Samsung K4E4E324EE-ECCF cache - Polaris (S4LP077X01-8030) unit with Samsung 48-layer TLC V-NAND V3 flash Samsung K90MGY8S7M-CCK0 - Samsung 960 Pro SM961 M.2 PCi-e NVMe SSD 2280 MZ-V6P1T0 2017 Polaris (S4LP077X01-8030) controller Samsung 48-layer multi-level cell (MLC) V-NAND, pseudo-SLC cache or LPDDR3-1866 Samsung K4E8E304EE-EGCF Samsung PM981 2280 PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Rev 0 MZ-VLB256A, MZ-VLB512A, MZ-VLB1T0A, Rev 0 MZ-VLB2560, MZ-VLB5120 P/N MZVLB512HAJQ, MZ-VLB1T00, Rev ? MZ-VLB256B, MZ-VLB512B, MZ-VLB1T0B, 2019 - tlc flash with SSD controller Samsung Phoenix (S4LR020) - pseudo-SLC cache hybrid SLC Samsung’s TurboWrite - Samsung PM981a 2280 PCI-Express 3.0 x4 MZ-VLB5120 P/N MZVLB512HBJQ-000L7, 2020 - tlc flash with SSD controller Samsung Phoenix (S4LR020) - pseudo-SLC cache SAMSUNG PM991 NVMe M.2 SSD 2242 2280 MZ-VLQ2560 MZVLQ256HBJD-000H1, 2021 SAMSUNG PM991a NVMe M.2 SSD 2242 2280 MZ-VLQ256B MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1, MZ-9LQ256C, MZ-VLQ512B MZVLQ512HBLU, 2021 Samsung 970 EVO Plus m.2 nvme 2020 Samsung Phoenix on Samsung LPDDR4 dram and 2 Samsung 9x-layer V-NAND TLC Samsung 980 EVO Plus 2022 Samsung 980 Pro m.2 nvme MZ-V8P1T0BW, 2022 originally made in Korea (2tb firmware issues with versions starting with 3) and year later Vietnam - DRAM Samsung 990 EVO m.2 nvme MZ-V9E2T0BW, MZ-V9E1T0BW 2024 Samsung Piccolo no DRAM so HMB Samsung 133-Layer TLC (V6P) and Samsung 133-Layer TLC (V6P) - SAMSUNG PM9A1 SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVME Gen4x4 MZ-VL25120 MZVL2512HCJQ, MZVL21T00 MZVL21T0HCLR-00BL2, 2022 might be OEM variant of the 980 Pro Samsung PM9B1 SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVME Gen4x4 2023 MZ9L4256HCJQ-00BD1 MZ-9L4256A, , 2025 MZ-VL42560, MZ-VL45120, MZ-VL421T, 2023 SSD controller is Marvell 88SS1322 Whistler Plus, no DRAM cache and Samsung 128-layer TLC NAND flash Samsung 990 EVO Plus m.2 nvme2.0 MZ-V9S2T0BW, MZ-V9S1T0BW 2024 Samsung Piccolo with no DRAM so HMB and Samsung 236-Layer (V8) TLC - Samsung 990 Pro m.2 nvme MZ-V9P2T0BW, MZ-V9P1T0BW 2024 2tb early firmware issue - Samsung Pascal with DRAM LPDDR4 and 176-Layer V-NAND TLC - has had firmware design issues, causing premature failure - Samsung 9100 PRO PCIe Gen5 m.2 nvme 2025 Samsung 202 Samsung 202 Samsung 202 Seagate Firecuda 510 G3 x4 nvme ZP1000GM30001, ZP500GM30021 P/N 2NT308-300, 2020 bad early batch - Phison E12 STXYP0160031 on SK Hynix DRAM DDR4 with Kioxia BiCS3 64L TLC Seagate Firecuda Q5 ZP500CV30001,ZP250CV30001,ZP1000CV30001 P/N 2ZK307-881,ZP2000CV30001 2021 PS5013-E13-31 from Phison, no DRAM cache and QLC nand Seagate Firecuda 515 ZP500GV30001,ZP250GV30001,ZP1000GV30001,ZP2000GV30001 2021 no dram and qlc nand Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD M.2 PCIe Gen4 ×4 NVMe 1.4 ZP2000GM30002, ZP1000GM30002, ZP500GM30002 2021 Phison E16 and Toshiba 96-layer TLC (triple-level cell) BiCS4 NAND flash DDR4 DRAM buffer and TLC-based with SLC-mode cache - Seagate Firecuda 520N m.2 nvme ZP2000GV3A012, ZP1000GV3A012 and ZP500GV3A012 2022 dramless Seagate Firecuda 530 m.2 nvme ZP500GM3A013, 2022 Phison PS5018-E18 on DRAM DDR4 with Micron 176L TLC Seagate ZP1000CV3A002, 2022 dramless Seagate Firecuda 540 2023 Phison E26 on DRAM LPDDR4 with 232-Layer Micron TLC Seagate Firecuda 530R 2024 Silicon Power UD85 m.2 nvme PCIe 3.0 2020 firmware tools Silicon Power UD90 PCIe 4.0 nvme SP250GBP44UD9005, SP500GBP44UD9005, SP01KGBP44UD9005, SP02KGBP44UD9005, 2022 Phison E21T with no DRAM so HMB and 176-Layer Micron TLC (B47R) but later no name QLC nand instead - Silicon Power A60 A80 2022 various originally an E12 drive with 64L Toshiba NAND, then had variations with E12S and SM2262EN as well as random 64L/96L, now it comes with a MAP1001A controller by Maxio and some YMTC NAND - Silicon Power US75 m.2 nvme 2024 multiple variants with different NAND flash and/or controller like MAP1602A (F1C F2C uses NVMe 1.4, F3C U uses NVMe 2.0) and 232-layer TLC NAND flash, no dram Silicon Power m.2 nvme Silicon Power m.2 nvme SK Hynix BC501 M.2 m.2 NVMe PCIe Gen3 SSD Rev0 HFM256GDHTNG-8510B SSS0L24764, HFM256GDJTNG-8310A, Rev1 HFM256GDHTNG-8310A SSS0Q68673, 2018 bad batch early - SK Hynix BC511 512GB NVMe PCIe M2 2230 SSD HFM256GDJTNI-82A0A HFM512GDGTNI-82A0A D P/N 0TG8T0 2017 no dram cache SK hynix BC711 PCIe Gen3 x4 HFM001TD3JX013N, HFM512GD3JX013N, HFM256GD3JX013N 2017 okay but no dram cache SK hynix PC711 m.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x4 HFS001TDE9X073N, HFS512GDE9X073N, HFS256GDE9X073N HFS001TDE9X080N, HFS512GDE9X080N, HFS256GDE9X081N 2017 SK Hynix SC210 m.2 nvme 2018 SK Hynix PC601 PCIe 3.0 x4 2019 - Cepheus Plus YCN34PTA0FR Controller and 48L TLC Flash, pseudo-SLC cache and LPDDR4-3733 SK Hynix H9HCNNN8KUMLHR-NME dram - SK Hynix PC401 3rd gen PCIe 2020 bad batch early - SK hynix Gold P31 m.2 nvme 2020 SK hynix’s proprietary Cepheus controller Sk Hynix SK500 Gen 4 (x4) 2021 SK hynix Platinum P41 m.2 nvme 2022 Aries SSD controller with 176-Layer TLC flash - SK hynix LPDDR4 dram - Sk Hynix PC801 PCIe Gen4 x4 m.2 nvme HFS001TEJ9X101N, HFS512GEJ9X101N, HFS256GEJ9X101N, HFS002TEJ9X101N 2022 SK Hynix BC901 m.2 nvme PCIe Gen4 2230 2024 Silicon Motion SM2269XT with no DRAM so HMB buffer cache - SK Hynix 176-layer TLC NAND flash 1TB only - Team TM8PS7512G 2018 TeamGroup MP34 MP34 256GB, MP34 512GB, MP34 1TB, 2019 good Phison E12 with DRAM NANYA DDR3L and Toshiba BiCS 3 64L TLC - Team Group T-Force Cardea A440 PCIe Gen4 2021 Phison PS5018-E18 NVMe 1.4 controller and Micron’s 96L TLC with SK hynix 8Gb DDR4 chips but not OPAL-compliant AES 256-bit Team Group TForce Cardea A440 Lite PCIe Gen4 2021 dram-less E27T controller and 162L TLC but not OPAL-compliant AES 256-bit teamgroup Team Z44L m.2 nvme pcie 2021 Phison’s E19T controller teamgroup Team MP44L m.2 nvme pcie 2021 Phison E21T no DRAM so HMB with 176-Layer Micron TLC Team MP33Q 2023 - dramless maxio MAP1202 with TLC (MP33) or QLC (MP33Q) - Team Group QX GE Pro m.2 nvme PCIe5 2024 innogit IG5666 with QLC 3D 232L nand with DRAM - Team Group T-Force G70 Pro 2025 InnoGrit IG5236 (Rainier) with DRAM and NAND YMTC TLC - Team Group T-Force Cardea Z540 m.2 nvme PCIe 5.0 2025 Phison E26 controller and 232L TLC and DRAM - Transcend MTE110S PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 2280 TS128GMTE110S 2020 3D TLC NAND Transcend MTE220S PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 2280 TS2TMTE220S 2020 3D TLC NAND with DRAM Cache Transcend MTE300 2020 Transcend MTE300S PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 2230 TS256GMTE300S TS512GMTE300S 2020 3D TLC NAND, 1G and 2G get hot Transcend Transcend MTE400S 2020 mlc nand TWSC TWSC Union Memory (Shenzhen) AM6672 2018 union memory AM6A0 Gen4 x4 2020 Verbatim V15000 2024 Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under WD Blue SN500 Western digital SN720 M.2 2280 NVME PCIE for Data Centers SDAQNTW-512G-1001 2018 to 2021 WDC SN520 2230 Gen3 x2 2018 to 2020 Western digital ix sn530 M.2 NVME PCIE 2020 industrial sandisk controller and firmware, as well as 96-layer 3D TLC NAND memory that can work in TLC or SLC mode - Western digital SN730 Gen3 x4 M.2 2280 M.2 NVME SDBPNTY-1T00, SDBPNTY-512G-1012, 2019 to 2021 DRAM Cache DDR4-2666 CL18 Micron MT40A512M16LY-075:E (D9WFH) with Controller WD 20-82-00705-A2 Triton MP28 and NAND Flash Toshiba BiCS4 60082 512G (Rebranded by SanDisk) TLC 96-layer WD Black SN750 2019 64-layer 3D stacked NAND with 3 bits per cell TLC (Triple Level Cell) with 256MB of skhynix DRAM cache for every 250GB WD Black SN850 m.2 nvme Gen4 PHY WDS100T1X0E, 2021 Sandisk G2 controller with Micron DDR4 cache - new nCache 4.0 slc cache total dynamic capacity spans one-third (300GB on 1TB) with a small static SLC cache (12GB on 1TB) from the Kioxia BiCS4 96L TLC 96-layer NAND flash - Western digital SN550 Blue M.2 NVME PCIE 2022 - various controllers and NANDs Western Digital SN810 NVMe SSD 2280 Gen4 x4 2022 slc cache - laptop oem only no retail version - WD SN850X WDS100T2X0E, WDS200T2X0E, WDS400T2X0E, WDS800T2X0E, 2024 issues with early ssd firmware and AMD Zen 3 X570 and X670E chipsets - Sandisk A101000291-82 controller with 112-layer TLC and DDR4 DRAM cache WD_Blue SN570 single-sided M.2 2280 (80mm) PCIe 3.0 2022 dramless - WD/SanDisk SSD controller with BiCS 5 3D NAND TLC 112-layer NAND flash memory - WD_Black SN770 m.2 nvme WDS100T3X0E, 2022 dramless cache with TLC WD Green SN350 m.2 NVMe SSD WDS100T3G0C, 2022 DRAM-less cache with SanDisk controller and QLC (quad-level cell) NAND WD_BLACK SN750 SE 2022 controller Phison E19T, dramless WD SN740 M.2 (2230) PCIe 4.0 x4 2280 SDDQTQD-1T00, SDDPNQD-, SDDPNQD-256G-2006, 2022 dramless with SSD controller WD Sandisk 20-82-10081-A1 Polaris MP16+ with Toshiba BiCS5 112-layer TLC NAND flash WD_Blue SN580 2023 dramless SanDisk controller with (HMB) and 112-Layer Kioxia TLC (BiCS5) WD Blue SN5000 WD Black SN8100 / Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 8100 Sandisk Optimus GX 5100 7100 2026 Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850X 2026 Sandisk Sandisk Sandisk Zhitai (Yangtze Memory) Mini SSD BrandModelWorks MSDos/PC BiosWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution 2025 Biwin PCIe 4×2 NVMe 1.3 2025 GPDwin5 and Oneplayer Superx hybrid - 3D TLC - LGA packaging - V1 slide tray mechanism - 2025 2025 2025 SATA Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), a programming interface for SATA host controllers. Platforms supporting AHCI may take advantage of performance features such as no master/slave designation for SATA devices — each device is treated as a master — and hardware-assisted native command queuing. AHCI may but not often also provides usability enhancements such as Hot-Plug (Desktop and Mobile Only). AHCI requires appropriate software support (e.g., an AHCI driver) AHCI, the underlying protocol for SATA, only supports one queue with 32 commands. The issue with AHCI is that it's going to take a pile of test hardware just to figure out all the different bugs in all the motherboard chipsets and add-on PCI cards that 'kinda' implement AHCI. Not to mention Silicon Image, which took a very different approach from Intel's AHCI in their SATA controllers. SATA 7mm 2.5inch SSD BrandModelWorks MSDos/PC BiosWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution ADATA 240GB Ultimate SU630 2.5" ASU630SS-240GQ-R 2016 ADATA Ultimate Su650 2.5in ASU650SS240GTR 2017 ADATA Ultimate Su800 2.5in ASU800 2018 SMI SM2258 controller with Micron 3D TLC NAND but low performance when data fills the SLC cache - slow write speed - ADATA Ultimate Su680 2.5in ASU680SS240GTR 2019 Apacer AS340 Panther Apacer AS350 Crucial M500 120Gb to 960Gb CT250M500SSD1, CT500M500SSD1, 2013 dram cache Crucial M550 120G to 1T CT250M550SSD1, CT500M550SSD1, 2014 dram cache Crucial (Micron) BX100 CT500BX100SSD1, CT1000BX100SSD1 2015 - no dram - Silicon Motion SM2246EN and ATA version ACS-2 - Crucial (Micron) MX100 2015 dram cache Micron controller and nand - Crucial MX200 2016 MLC NAND Crucial (Micron) BX300 2.5in 2017 dramless cache - Micron ex Tidal controller and TLC nand - Crucial (Micron) MX300 2017 dram cache Crucial (Micron) bx500 2.5inch CT240BX500SSD1, CT480BX500SSD1, CT960BX500SSD1, CT1000BX500SSD1, CT2000BX500SSD1, 2018 SM2258XT 4channel later SM2259XT paired with Micron’s latest 64-Layer 3D TLC flash but dramless SLC cache (part of the tlc flash) - Crucial (Micron) MX500 CT250MX500SSD1, CT500MX500SSD1, CT1000MX500SSD1, CT2000MX500SSD1, 2018 - dram cache from 256M to 2G - discontinued end of 2024 Fanxiang S101 2.5inch 2022 - no dram cache, Hynix memory 3dv7-176l 176 layer QLC (one chip), either raymx rm1135, SM2259XT controller or Realtek rts5735dlq Fanxiang ranxiana S102 PRO 2023 - no dram - Fanxiang S101Q 2.5inch 2024 Fanxiang Fikwot Fikwot founded in 2018 Fikwot FX815 Standard 2.5inch sata 2024 Fikwot FS810 Ultra 2.5inch sata 2024 Goodram CL100 SM2259XT controller) Hypertec FirestormLite 2.5inch S240GHS3-M or SDSSD240GB Hypertech Integral V2 Plus 2.5inch Integral Intel SSD 520 Series 2.5 inch SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" SSD Solid State Drive SSDSC2CW240A3, SSDSC2CW480A3, 2014 LSI SandForce SF2281, Flash Memory Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC - Intel Pro Series 1500 SSDSC2BF180A4L SSD0E38417, 2015 Intel S3610 Series 2.5" 400GB 6GBPS SATA SSD SSDSC2BX400G4R 2015 data center Intel SSD Pro 5400s 512 GB SSDSC2KF512H6 2016 Intel SSD DC S3510 Series MLC 2.5" SSDS2BB400G6, SSDSC2BB480G6R, 2016 Intel SSD DC S3520 Series MLC 2.5" SSDSC2BB800G7, 2017 Intel SSD DC S3710 Series 800GB 2.5" SSDSC2BA800G4P, 2017 server Intel SSD 545S Series 256GB 512GB SSDSC2KW256G8X1, SSDSC2KW512G8 2017 Solidigm formerly Intel SSD DC S4500 240GB 2.5inch - HP Enterprise SSDSC2KB240G7P 2018 Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Kingspec P3-512 P3-1T0 P3-2TO 2024 Kingston HyperX SH103S3/120G 3K Kingston SSDNow 300 SV300S37A/240G, SV300S37A/120G, SV300S37A/60G 2014 dramless - lsi sandforce SF2281 or JMicron JMF662 controller with Toshiba MLC or Intel MLC Kingston A400 120G to 960Gb 2.5inch SA400S37/240G SBFK61K1, SA400S37/480G, SA400S37/960G 2015 half case sized ssd 4 x FH64B08UCT1-60 64G - t6 security torx into metal case - dram less - poor write speeds - Kingston UV500 2018 - Marvell 88SS1074 controller, a DRAM cache chip is possible, Toshiba 64-layer TLC NAND flash - pseudo-SLC cache - Kioxia formerly Toshiba HG6 2.5in 9.5mm THNSNJ512GBSU, THNSNJ256GBSU, THNSNJ128GBSU 7mm THNSNJ512GCSU THNSNJ512GCSY, THNSNJ256GCSU THNSNJ256GCSY, THNSNJ128GCSU THNSNJ128GCSY 2018 - no dram Lexar NS100 2.5 inch sata LNS100-1TRB 2018 - Marvell 88NV1120 Artemis, a DRAM cache is not available and pseudo-SLC. Micron 64-layer TLC NAND flash 4 chips @ 512 Gbit TS7512G181 (Rebranded by Lexar) (256G) - 4 nand flash chips Lexar/TST22T181/ B1924 and one controller: Lexar DM918/NOD43 1907 (512G) - Lexar NQ100 2018 - DM928 controller which operates without a DRAM buffer. Two 128GB Micron NAND flash chips Lite-On IT Corp 2.5" Sata2 LCS-128L9S-HP, LCS-128M6S-HP, 2015 no dram - from HP machines LiteOn 2.5in SATA CV3-CE256-11 2016 Matrix 256Gb 512GB SATA 2.5in SSD MIS512GSDS, MIS256GSDS UP TO 550MB/S UP TO 500MB/S Micron 1100 MTFDDAK2T0TBN-1AR1ZA Micron 1300 2TB 1300 2.5" MTFDDAK2T0TDL-1AW1ZABHA 2010 - old sdd - TLC nand - Micron RealSSD C400 2.5inch MTFDDAK256MAM-1K12 2014 - Mushkin Reactor MLC flash Netac SA500 OCZ Deneva 2 C D2CSTK251M21-0240, OCZ Deneva 2 R D2RSTK251E19-0100, OCZ Vertex 3 128GB 2.5" SATA III SSD VTX3-25SAT3-240G OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA III SSD VTX4-25SAT3-128G Orico Y-20 Y20 2.5 inch sata SHENZHEN ORICO TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD 2023 flash nand - Orico S500-Pro s500pro 2024 Orico 202 Origin Storage Inception TLC830 Pro Series 2.5in SATA III SSD 3D tlc flash nand - OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 2010 flash nand - Patriot P210 2.5 inch sata qlc flash nand - Patriot P220 P220S2TB25 flash nand - flash nand - PC SPECIALIST 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive SSD G535S P/N NTS3ABYUO0AG flash nand - Plextor M6V flash nand - PNY CS900 2.5 in sata SSD SSD7CS900-480-PB 2018 PNY CS2311, CS3030 and Pro Elite SSDs 2019 Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Samsung PM830 SATA 6.0Gbps 2.5" SATA MZ7PC256HAFU 2011 - Samsung 3-core MCX controller, 2x nm Toggle MLC NAND, 256MB SDRAM cache and firmware - OEM drive - Samsung SM PM PM871a or PM871b? SM/PM = 2-bit or 3-bit MLC. PM = 3-bit MLC = TLC. 8 = generation = 8xx, 7 = model = 850 EVO (in this case), 1 = usage (e.g. 3 = datacenter). a/b = revision or type of flash, the 850 EVO had multiple revisions including at least three types of flash (32L, 48L, 64L) so a = 32/48L, b = 64L. At lower capacities it might use different flash, for example the 256GB SM951 utilizies 2D/planar while the higher capacities use 3D. OEM drives tend to have different, optimized firmware, so performance will not be the same Samsung 840 PRO 2012 Samsung 840 EVO MZ-7TE120 2013 Samsung PM851 2.5in sata MZ-7TE5120 P/N MZ7TE512HMHP, 2014 Samsung 850 EVO MZ-75E120, MZ-75E500 (P/N MZ7LN500) to MZ-75E4T0 2015 Samsung MGX controller (S4LN062X01) up to 500GB capacities whilst Samsung MEX controller (3-core) beyond - Samsung TLC 3D V‐NAND 48 and later 64 layers and possibility of 256MB, 512MB or 1GB LPDDR2-1066 DRAM chip - Samsung 850 PRO MZ-7KE1T0 2015 Samsung PM871a 2.5 inch sata MZ-7LN512A P/N MZ7LN512HMJP, 2017 used 64-layer QLC V-NAND - Samsung MJX Maru (S4LR030) contoller with no dram as standard - Samsung PM883 1.92TB MZ-7LH1T90 2018 - - Samsung MJX Maru (S4LR030) - 1gb LPDDR4-1866 dram - Samsung 860 EVO MZ-76E1T0 2018 used 64-layer QLC V-NAND - Samsung MJX Maru (S4LR030) contoller with no dram as standard - Samsung 860 EVO PRO 2018 used 64-layer QLC V-NAND Samsung 860 QVO MZ-76Q1T0 2018 used 64-layer QLC V-NAND Samsung 870 QVO 2.5in 2020 uses 9x layer 3D QLC V-NAND (or V-NAND 4-bit MLC Samsung), may have no DRAM cache - MKX 8-channel controller Samsung 870 EVO MZ-7LN56F, MZ-77E1T0 P/N MZ7L31TOHBLB, 2021 beware of bad batch early death - uses 9x layer 3D QLC V-NAND (or V-NAND 4-bit MLC Samsung), may have no DRAM cache - Samsung MKX 8-channel controller Samsung PM871b MZ7LN256HCHP-000H1 2021 uses 9x layer 3D QLC V-NAND (or V-NAND 4-bit MLC Samsung), may have no DRAM cache - Samsung MKX 8-channel controller Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Sandisk Extreme Pro 2012 SandForce SF-2281 dram Sandisk X110 SD6SB1M-256G-1006 2013 marvell mlc nand Sandisk Ultra Plus SDSSDHP-256G 2013 Marvell SS889175 processor with SanDisk's 19nm NAND and 128MB Samsung DDR2 DRAM chip Sandisk Z300s 2014 - Marvell 88SS9188 Marvell 88SS9187 with SanDisk 64Gbit 19nm MLC - Sandisk x300 SATA 2.5" SD7SB7S-512G-1001, 2014-6 - Marvell 88SS1074 from 88SS91xx series) and SanDisk/Toshiba 1Ynm X3 TLC NAND - SLC cache - Made in Malaysia - Sandisk x300s 2015 SanDisk 1Ynm MLC NAND - self encrypting with on-board 256bit AES hardware encryption - Sandisk Plus SDSSDA-240G 2015 pseudo SLC cache dramless Sandisk Z400s SD8SBAT-128G-1122, 2016 - Silicon Motion SM2246XT DRAM-less - budget end of market - Sandisk x400 2.5in sata SD8SB8U-256G-1012, SD8SB8U-128G, 2016 - 4 NAND packages and marvell controller 88ss1074 on blue pcb - 512MB DDR3L-1600 Micron DRAM - Sandisk X600 SD9SB8W-128G-1006 2017 Sandisk Ultra 3D SDSSDH3-500G, 2019 controller with slc cache Seagate BarraCuda Q1 SSD ZA240CV10001 2019 Silicon Power A55 2.5in sata 2017 dramless A55 started with the Phison S10 but later the S11 i.e. Phison PS3111-S11-13 controller and 96-layer TLC NAND flash memory with a pseudo-SLC cache - Silicon Power Ace A55 2.5in 2017 - no dram - sk hynix 2012 sandforce controller - sk Hynix SH910A 2014 - Link_A_Media (LAMD) controller with eight 256Gbit H27QEGDVEBLR NAND 20nm hynix MLC - SK hynix H5PS1G83JFA DRAM - sk Hynix SC300 HFS256G32MND-3210A, HFS256G32MND-3312A, 2015 - red strip around edges - 8-channel controller SK hynix LM87810AA-A0 with DDR2 buffer chip and four pieces of 16nm hynix MLC NAND - Sk Hynix Canvas SL300 series 2.5in SSD 3110A SL301STD 3210A 3300A 3310A HFS500G32TND, HFS256G32TNE, HFS128G32TNF 2016 TLC - consumer line red in corners - SK hynix LM878100AA (HFS256G32MND-3312A) later SH87820BB and NAND 16nm hynix TLC - 256mb dram Sk Hynix Canvas SC3 series 2.5in SSD N1A0A , , N1A1A N1A2A SC308STD, N2A0A , , SC311STD HFS512G32TNF-N2A0A, 2017 - red in corners - no dram and no SLC cache - Hynix ex Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD) SH87820BB 2c but poor mixed workload ability MLC - Team EX2 GX2 Elite QX 2023 TEAMGROUP AX2 2.5 Inch SATA III Solid State Drive SSD T253A3512G0C101, T253A3001T0C101, T253A3002T0C101, 2024 3D NAND TLC TeamGroup TF Vulcan Z 2.5in sata 2024 dramless smi2259xt 128L tlc nand - TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan ZQLC 2024 dram-less smi2259xt qlc 144L nand - Topesel Toshiba Q300 7mm SSD HDTS896EZSTA, HDTS848EZSTA, HDTS824EZSTA, HDTS812EZSTA 2016 Toshiba TC58NC1000 controller with 3-bit-per-cell A15nm NAND Flash and SLC Write Cache - Toshiba Q300 Pro 7mm SSD HDTS824 Transcend SSD370S 250GB 2.5" SATA SSD TS256GSSD370S Transcend 220S 2.5in TS120GSSD220S 2016 3D TLC without dram Transcend SSD230S 2.5in TS256GSSD230S TS512GSSD230S TS1TSSD230S TS2TSSD230S 2017 3D TLC NAND with DRAM Cache Viathan S001T3V 2024 WD Red SA500 NAS 2018 WD Blue SA510 250Gb to 4Tb WDS400T3B0A WDS200T3B0A WDS100T3B0A WDS500G3B0A WDS250G3B0A 2018 - Western Digital WD Green SSD 2.5" WDS240G1G0A WD Green 200Gb to 2Tb WDS200T2G0A WDS100T3G0A WDS480G2G0A WDS240G2G0A WDS120G2G0A 2018 - cheap and slow ssd - WD SA530 SDASB8Y-256G SD9SB8W, 2022 xraydisk 2.5 inch from the manufacturer only - Phsion/SMI(2258XT)/Realtek/Yeestor Xum hx256gssdsata3 2022 Yottamaster Y3000 PCie 3.0 Yottamaster Y7000 PCIe 4.0 SATA 9mm 2.5inch SSD BrandModelWorks MSDos/PC BiosWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution Corsair F120 Crucial M225 SSD 2.5inch 2009 sata2 3gbp/s sandforce controler and MLC nand - Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC256MAG, 2010 sata3 6gbps - Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 controller with a 128MB Micron 0AD12-D9LGQ RAM buffer with Micron 9wb11 MLC NAND - fast on 6Gbps SATA3 - Crucial M4 2011 Marvell 88SS9174-BKK2 processor, 25nm MLC NAND flash and 128MB dram cache Intel X25--M 2010 OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX60G, 2009 Indilinx Barefoot controller - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD32VTX90G, 2010 Sandforce SF 1200 controller - OCZTechnology Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-240G, AGT3-25SAT3-120G, AGT3-25SAT3-60G 2011 sandforce sf-2281 controller - SATA M.2 (M and B key) BrandModelWorks MSDos/PC BiosWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution ADATA M.2 2280 Sata AXNS381E-128GM-B Fanxiang S201 m.2 sata 2280 S201 Fikwot FN203 m.2 sata (oldtan, twipps, teexin aka Shenzhen Pingfan "Ordinary" Road Technology Co., Ltd) 2022 lifespan not long Maxio MAP + YMTC 128L Foresee (Shenzhen Longsys) YSM80CD-128G YSDE128G 2016 - 88nv1120-bt22 T3WU030 Integral 2242 120G INSSD120GM242 tlc nand Integral M.2 2280 INSSD256GM.26M2280 tlc nand Integral 256GB/512GB/1TB/2TB INSSD1TM280 2022 netac rebrand - no dram cache - Intel Pro ‎545S 2280 SSDSCKKF256G8H no dram, TLC nand Intel SSDSC2KF Intenso M.2 internalSSD SATA III 1 TB Top Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Kingston A400 m.2 SA400M8/240G 2015 entry level ssd 4 x FH64B08UCT1-60 64G - Kingston RBU-SNS8350DES3128GP Kingston V300 SV300S3505AG Nightly Build 2014-09-18 LITEON SATA 128GB CV3-8D128-11 LITEON CV1-8B256-HP Lite-On L8H-256V2G-HP L8H-128V2G-HP 2015 2016 nanya nt5c864m16fp-dh LSI 2014 SF37000 controller Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Micron M550 2013 Marvell 88SS9189 SATA controller Micron M600 enterprise m.2 sata up to 512GB MTFDDAV256MBF 2014 Marvell 88SS9189 SATA controller, DRAM chip 256MB 533MHz LPDDR2, NAND for the 256GB drive MT29F1T08CQCCBG2-10:C 16nm MLC NAND each 128GB package MICRON 1100 M.2 SATA 6Gb/s 2280 MTFDDAV256TBN HP P/N 903109-001, 2015 Orico Y20M-2242 Y20M 2024 Orico 202 Orico 202 PNY Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Samsung PM841 M.2 sata3 2280 MZ-NTD2560/0L9 MZNTD256HAGL-000L9 2015 TLC Samsung CM871 Rev 0 MZNLF128HCHP-000H1 MZ-NLF1280 2016 Samsung PM871a m.2 Sata MZNLN256HMHQ, NLN512A P/N MZNLN512HMJP-000H1, 2016 TLC SAMSUNG PM871b MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1, MZNLN256HAJQ MZ-NLN256F MZ-NLN256C, 2016 Samsung PM881 MZ-NLH1280 MZNLH128HBHQ-000H1 2020 Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under SANDISK X110 DELL 6T4HK M.2 2260 SD6SP1M 2013 SanDisk X300 M.2 sata 2280 80mm SSD Solid State Drive SD7SN6S-256G-1006 2015 Sandisk X400 SSD M.2 sata 2280 SD8SN8U-128G-1006, SD8SN8U-256G-1006, SD8SN8U-512-1006, 2016 SSD controller Marvell 88SS1074 four channel supports variety of NAND and up to 512MB DDR3L-1600 Micron DRAM cache - SanDisk X600 M.2 SSD Solid State Drive SD9SN8W-128G-1006 SD9TN8W-256G-1006 2018 SK Hynix SC300 SC308M280S HFS128G39TND 2015 SH87820BB controller - No dram buffer - multi-level cell (MLC) NAND SK HYNIX SC311 HFS256G39TNF SK HYNIX SC401 HFS256G39TNH Silicon Power A55 M.2 sata 2280 A55 2017 - no dram - TEAMGROUP Team MS30 SSD M.2 Sata 2280 TM8PS7001T0C101 2024 Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Toshiba RC100 (retail version of BG3) KBG30ZMV256G, 2017 Toshiba HG6 m.2 THNSNJ512GDNU THNSNJ512G8NY, THNSNJ256GDNU THNSNJ256G8NY, THNSNJ128GDNU THNSNJ128G8NY, THNSNJ256GVNU THNSNJ128GVNU, 2018 TOSHIBA SSD M.2 2280 256GB KSG50ZMV256G 2019 Kioxia (Toshiba) BG6 KSG60ZMG256G, 2020 Transcend 400 Transcend M.2 SSD 2242 TS32GMTS400S TS64GMTS400S TS128GMTS400S 400S DDR3 dram cache and mlc nand Transcend M.2 SSD 600 (2260), M.2 SSD 800S (2280) mlc nand Transcend M.2 SSD 2242 TS120GMTS420S TS240GMTS420S TS480GMTS420S 420S can run hot slc cache Transcend M.2 SSD 2242 TS256GMTS430S TS512GMTS430S 430S dram cache - 3d tlc nand Transcend M.2 SSD 2280 TS120GMTS820S TS240GMTS820S TS960GMTS820S 820S 3D nand Transcend M.2 SSD 2280 TS256GMTS830S TS512GMTS830S TS1TMTS830S TS4TMTS830S 830S dram cache Western Digital WD Green SATA SSD m.2 2280 120GB to 480Gb WDS480G2G0B WDS240G2G0B WDS120G2G0B 2020 made in malaysia Western Digital WD Green SATA SSD m.2 2280 240Gb to WDS240G3G0B 2022 made in WD Blue SA510 M.2 SATA 250Gb to 2Tb WDS200T3B0B WDS100T3B0B WDS500G3B0B WDS250G3B0B WD Red 500GB 1TB 2TB SA500 union memory AM610 m.2 sata SSS0R27339, 2017 mSATA SSD BrandModelWorks MSDos/PC BiosWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution Fangxiang S301 Kingchuxing Integral INSSD256GMSA MO-300 tlc 3d nand Micron enterprise M600 Orico ZH-10 ZH10 2024 Samsung 840 EVO 1.8inch msata MZ-M 2015 Samsung 850 EVO 1.8in MZ-M5E120BW, MZ-M5E250BW, MZ-M5E500BW, 2016 Samsung PM851 1.8" msata MZ-MTE256D P/N MZ-MTMTE256HMHP, MZ-MTE1T00, 2016 Samsung 860 EVO 1.8inch msata MZ-MM6E250BW, MZ-M6E500BW, MZ-M6E1T0BW 2017 Transcend TS64GMSA370S MSA370S MLC nand Transcend TS64GMSA230S 230S 3d tlc nand SATA 2.5inch Laptop Hard Disks 7mm BrandModelWorks MSDos/PC BiosWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution Fujitsu CP628230-01 500Gb Fujitsu CP552605-01 250Gb Fujitsu CP693440-01 500Gb Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under HGST Travelstar HGST Hitachi Z5K320 Z5K500-500 Z5K100 series 2013 HTS545050A7E380 HTS 2015 HTS545050A7E680 HTS HTS 320GB 500Gb 1Tb 5400rpm HGST Hitachi Z7K320 Z7K500 series HTS725050A7E630 320Gb HTS725050A7E635 500Gb 7200rpm avoid if it does not have the DCM code HGST 1T 5400rpm HTS541010B7E610 2017 128m cache Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under Seagate Momentus Thin ST500LT012 ST320LT012. ST250LT012 500Gb 320gb 250gb 2014 5.4K rpm 2012 Seagate Thin SSHD 5400RPM Sata 2.5" ST500LM000 500GB, ST500LM001, ST500LM020 2013 up to 64M cache and with 8GB NAND Flash Seagate MomentusThin-B Video 2.5 HDD 2014 2015 2016 2017 ST500VT000 500GB, 2014 SEAGATE Baracuda 2.5 5400 ST2000LM015 (2Gb), ST1000LM049 (1Tb), ST500LM030 (500Gb) 5400rpm Seagate Barracuda Pro ST1000LM048 ST1000LM035 up to 128MB cache SEAGATE FireCuda Compute 2.5 ST500LX025 ST1000LX015 ST2000LX001 8GB NAND Commercial Multilevel Cell (cMLC), 128MB buffer and 5400-RPM spindle speed up to 140 MB/s Toshiba 2.5in MQ04ABF100 1TB 5400 RPM 2018 TOSHIBA MQ01ACF MQ01ACF050 500GB 7200rpm 2020 Brand Model Work MSDos Work GPT Tested Under western digital wd blue 500G 8meg cache 5400rpm 2014 Rev T0 2015 Rev T1 wd5000lpvx 2012-2015 sequential 2MB block transfers 110 MB/s reading and writing - Western Digital 2.5" WD Blue Slim WD10SPCX 1TB Nov 2016 hdd under partition table msdos/pc, boots on bios machines, will not on uefi machine untested hdd under gpt partition protocol scheme, not booting on uefi AROS One 1.8 USB Western Digital WD WD5000LUCX 500Gb 5400rpm 16mb cache Rev Y0 2017 Malaysia 9.5mm BrandModelWorksTested Distribution Fujitsu MHW2040BH 40gig Fujitsu MHY2080BH 80gig Fujitsu MHW2120B Icaros Desktop 1.4 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies HGST bought by WD mid-2012 5K1000-1000 HTS721010A9E630 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies HGST bought by WD mid-2012 5K1000-1000 HTS541010A9E662 type TS5SAF100 5400rpm Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B-320 HTS545025B9SA02 HTS545032B9A300 HTS545040B9A300 HTS545050B9A300 250Gb 320Gb 400Gb 500Gb 5400rpm Hitachi Global Storage Technologies HGST 1TB 7200rpm HTS721010A9E630 Samsung Samsung bought by Seagate late 2011 Samsung Spinpoint with Seagate HD REV A (Jan 2014) ST1000LM024 , Advanced Format (AF) Samsung Spinpoint with Seagate 9.5mm 2013 Rev A HN-M500MBB/I 2014 Rev B HN-M500MBB/SP4 2015 Rev B HN-M500MBB/P4C ST500LM012 (500M) , Advanced Format (AF) Seagate Momentus 5400.3 ST9160821AS 160gig Seagate SSHD 1t ST1000LM014, ST1000LM028, ST1000LM015 8g nand flash Seagate SSHD 1T ST1000LX001 32G nand flash Toshiba MK2555GSX HDD2H24 250g 5400rpm Toshiba MK5065GSX - 500GB 5400RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 2.5-Inch Toshiba MKxx59GSXP, eg Toshiba MK6459GSXP 640GB 2011 Icaros 2.2 with uses Advanced Format (AF) in 4,096 bytes per sector. Compatibility with legacy, 512 bytes through AF emulation techniques, called 512e Toshiba (2013 to 2016) MQ01ABD100 Toshiba (2015 to 2020) 2013 2014 2015 AA50/AX0D5A 2016 AA60/AX0E1A 2017 AGM AA01/AX002V 2018 AGS AA70/AX0G1A 2020 AA71/AX0G1A MQ01ABD050 500meg Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 5400 RPM 2013 TOSHIBA MQ04ABD200 2TB 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Western Digital WD WD7500BPVX 2013 WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB 2.5" SATA DRIVE 5400 rpm, 8MB cache WD10JPVX-80JC3T0 (OCT 2014) , uses Advanced Format (AF) WDC Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA 2.5" Hard Drive 5400 rpm, 8MB cache WD10JPVX-08JC3T6 (Jun 2017) Western Digital WD WD10JPCX 1Tb Western Digital 2019 WD10JUCT 1TB (1000GB) 2019 WD Western Digital Scorpio Black 2010 2014 WD5000BEKT, WD5000BPKX-22HPJT0, WD5000BPKT, 16m cache, 7200rpm thailand then malaysia WD Western Digital Black 2016 WD2500LPLX, WD3200LPLX, WD5000LPLX SMR: WD5000LPSX, WD10SPSX 32m cache , 7200rpm SATA-III malaysia SATA 2.5in NON-Laptop Hard Disks 11mm BrandModelWorksTested Distribution Fujitsu 160GB 250GB 300GB MHX2160BT, MHX2250BT, MHX2300BT TP00640GB 12.5mm BrandModelWorksTested Distribution 15mm BrandModelWorksTested Distribution Seagate 1TB IBM System X 15mm 2.5" SATA ST91000640NS 81Y9731 SATA Laptop Optical Drives Tested in usb port not hub with 13fd:0840 Initio Corporation INIC-1618L SATA BrandModelReadsWritesTested Distribution HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA T50L 2009 HL Data Storage GT10N 2008 5v 12.7mm HL Data Storage BD-Rom DVD Rewriter CT10N AFCK101 LGE-DMCT10A(B) 2009 5v 12.7mm fails early Hitachi LG GT20L 2009/2010 5v 1.3A 12.7mm HL Hitachi / LG GT30N GT32N GT30L 2010 12.7mm HL Data Storage GT40N 2011 5v 12.7mm HL Data Storage GT50N GT51N 2012 5v 12.7mm HL Data Storage GT90N 2013 5v 12.7mm HL GU70N (HP/Dell), 2014 5v 1.8A 9.5mm HL GUD0N 2015 5v 1.8A 9.5mm GTA0N HLDS Super Multi DVD Writer Rev 101 rev 102 2015 factory GH GUC0N (ALOK113) MSIP-REM-HLD-GUA0N 2015 9.5mm - flaky and dies quickly - HL Data GTC0N 2016 12.7mm 5V 1.8a - HLDS BU20N (S05JH) KCC-REM-HLD-BU10N 2016 9.5mm HLDS Super Multi DVD Writer GUD1N (S05JH) (S05NT) KCC-REM-HLD-GU90N 2017-2018 9.5mm 5v 1.8a - slow access - Panasonic Uj870a Uj880 UJ890 Panasonic UJ8A0 Panasonic MATSHITA 12.7mm SATA DVD UJ8B0 (Asus K53S), 2011 12.7mm 5v 1.5a Panasonic UJ8B1 2011 5v 1.5a Panasonic UJ8C0, UJ8C1, UJ8C2 9.5mm, 2012 2013 5v 1.6a Panasonic Precision Devices Co Ltd UJ8D0, UJ8D1 KCC-REM-PPD-UJ8D1 HP 657534-TC2, 2013 ok lifeline, Panasonic UJ8E2Q 2014 9.5mm Panasonic UJ8FB 2015 5v 1.5a 9.5mm Panasonic Blu-Ray DVD Writer Slimline UJ260 2015 12.7mm 9.5mm 9.5mm PLSD DC-8A2SH, 2010 12.7mm PLSD DU-8A3S PLSD DU-8A4SH Philips Lite-On DS-8A5LH 12.5mm Philips Lite-On DVD-ROM DS-8DBSH1148 2014 12.5mm Philips Lite-On DU-8A6SH (HP) 2015 5v 1.5A 9.5mm Philips and LiteOn DS-8A8SH118C KCC-REM-PLD-DS-8A8LH 2012 5v 1.5a 12.7mm PLSD DS-8A9SH DS8A9SH 12.7mm PLSD DS-8ABSH 12.7mm PLSD DVD/CD Rewritable Drive DU-8A5LH 2016 9.5mm 5v 1.5a - PLSD DU-8ACSH 9.5mm PLSD Philips da-8aesh11b, DA-8AESH-24B 2019 9.5mm 9.5mm 9.5mm Pioneer DVR-TD09TBG 12.7mm 9.5mm Sony AD-7580s, AD-7581s SOK-AD-7580S(B), AD-7583s, 2008-2010 5V 1.5A Sony Optiarc SATA DVD AD-7561S, AD-7560S 2009 12.7 MM Sony Optiarc AD-7585H 2009 12.7mm cleaning the laser lens inside the drive with a liquid lens cleaner. Also check the lens carrier slides freely from one extreme to the other inside the drive without sticking Sony AD7590s, AD-7591s, Sony AD-7700s, AD-7710h, AD-7701H, AD-7703S Sony Optiarc AD-7760H 2012 5v 1.5A 12.7mm Sony AD-7711H AD-7740H 12.5mm 12.7mm 9.5mm 9.5mm 9.5mm Toshiba Samsung SN-S208B Ver BB Rev 00 2009 12.7mm Toshiba TSSTCorp Samsung SN-S083C Ver C Rev 03 /BEBE 2010 5v 1.5a 12.7 mm Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp TS-L633 2010 5v 1.3A 12.7mm Toshiba Samsung SN-208FB/BEBE 2014 12.7mm 5v 1.3a - tracking issues, feels cheap and flaky in use - TSST Toshiba Samsung Corp. SU-208FB/TFJF KCC-REM-TSS-SU208 2013-2014 9.5mm 5v 1.3a - 9.5mm 9.5mm LG BU40N LG WP50NB40 LG BP50NB40 ASUS BW-16D1HT LG BU50N LG WH16NS40 LG WH14NS40 ASUS BW-16D1X-U ASUS SBW-06D5H-U Verbatim 43889 SATA Desktop 3.5inch Hard Disks Datasheets with the SMR (overlapped packing Shingled Magnetic Recording) and CMR (faster Conventional Magnetic Recording) parts WD: https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-hdd/product-brief-western-digital-wd-blue-pc-hdd.pdf Seagate: https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/seagate/migrated-assets/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/3-5-barracudaDS1900-14-2007US-en_US.pdf Toshiba: https://storage.toshiba.com/docs/support-docs/P300-SalesSheet_English_Web_r2.pdf BrandModelWorksTested Distribution HGST Travelstar Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812AS, ST3160212AS Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 - Capacity: 160 GB - Speed: 7200RPM - Cache: 8 MB - Interface: SATA2 Seagate Barracuda LP Green 5400rpm ST1000DL002 1TB Seagate SkyHawk Surveillance HDD ST4000VX000 Series ST4000VX013 Seagate Baracuda Compute ST500DM009 2F110A-500 / 02PKVY / 2PKVY (500m), - SATA III (6Gb/s) - Format 3.5" - 32MB Cache Seagate CMR ST1000DM010 ST500DM009 Seagate 2TB SMR ST2000DM008 Seagate SMR ST8000DM004 ST6000DM003 ST4000DM004 ST3000DM007 ST2000DM005 Toshiba 5400rpm HDWD220 Toshiba 7200rpm HDWD320 Toshiba P300 CMR HDWD130XZSTA HDWD130UZSVA, HDWD120XZSTA HDWD120UZSVA, HDWD110XZSTA HDWD110UZSVA Western Digital 2010 WD20EARS Green 2TB 5400rpm 64mb cache Western Digital WD WD20EFRX WD40EFRX 5400rpm Western Digital WD4002FFWD Western Digital CMR WD80EAAZ WD80EAZZ Western Digital CMR WD20EARZ Western Digital CMR WD40EZAZ, WD60EZAZ Western Digital SMR WD20EARZ, WD20EZAZ - 2TB Western Digital SMR WD40EZAX - 4TB, WD60EZAX - 6TB, WD80EZAX - 8TB SATA Desktop Optical Drives BrandModelReadsWritesTested Distribution PATA IDE Desktop Hard Disks BrandModelWorksTested Distribution Fujitsu M1624TAU Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 IBM DHEA-38451 Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Samsung SP40A2H Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Seagate ST3160215ACE Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Seagate ST32122A Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Western Digital WD102AA Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Western Digital WD200 Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 IDE Laptop Hard Disks BrandModelWorksTested Distribution Fujitsu MHV2040AH Icaros Desktop 1.4 HGST Hitachi Travelstar Samsung Seagate Toshiba MK2011GAP Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 IDE Desktop Optical Drives BrandModelReadsWritesTested Distribution Compaq CR-594-BCQ Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Compaq CRD-8322B(CP1) Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Compaq CRD-8484B(AM2A) Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Compaq LTN-485 Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Creative CD220E Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Hitachi-LG GDA-4120B Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 LG CRD-8400B Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Lite-On LTN486S Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Mitsumi CRMC-FX4830T Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 NEC CDR-1700B Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 NEC DV-5800A Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 NEC ND-2100A Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 NEC NR-7900A Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Philips DVD8631 Icaros Desktop 2.2 Samsung SC-148 Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Samsung SCR-2030 Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Samsung SM-348B Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Sony CDU601 Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Sony CDU611-25 Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 Toshiba SD-M1202 Icaros Desktop 1.5.2 IDE Laptop Optical Drives BrandModelReadsWritesTested Distribution H-L Hitachi LG GCC-4244N 2006 Hitachi-LG GCCT10N FryingPan WRITE seems to have no problem with data sections (track 1) - combos with audio sections (track 2) white screens aros eventually AspireOS Xenon with 25th Jan 2014 self update kernel Philips SDR089 Icaros Desktop 1.4 TSSTcorp TS-L462C TS-L462D 2005 Icaros Desktop 2.2 TSSTcorp TS-L632H Icaros Desktop 1.4 Sony DW-Q58A Icaros Desktop 2.2 Sony Optiarc AD-7540A Icaros Desktop 2.2 Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A IDE Sony AD-7590A 2008 12.7mm SCSI BrandModelWorks MSDos/PCWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution BrandModelWorks MSDos/PC BiosWorks GPT/UEFITested Distribution NVMe accepts up to 64,000 queues with up to 64,000 commands each.