How to Install an NVMe or SATA SSD in a PC

When the motherboard slot M2_1 is used, two SATA 6 Gbs m 2 sata slot on motherboard 2 supports both SATA and PCIe, an module may only be inserted in either one of the two interfaces, so check your motherboard documentation m2_1 slot For the Asus ROG Strix X570-F, I checked the manual but couldn't find any mention of SATA ports being disabled with both slots populated

m2 slot types Some motherboards will only have one slot that can run at NVMe PCIe bandwidth, whereas others may be restricted to using SATA bandwidth