Transcend 512GB M.2 2242 SATA III SSD with Dram Cache, Up to 560MB/s, Compatible w/Ultrabook/Laptop/PC/Desktop, 3D TLC NAND Flash Internal Solid State Drive, LDPC Error Correction, SLC Cache, B+M Key

EXCELLENT product.

Roll back the "Intel SATA Controller AHCI Driver" on Device Manager if you installed ALL updates through Lenovo Vantage.1) Press "Windows" + "X"2) Select "Device Manager"3) Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"4) Click on probably some "Intel SATA Controller AHCI Driver". You want this to read "Standard SATA AHCI Controller"5) Right click on driver and click on Preferences6) Go to "Driver" tab7) Click on "Roll Back Driver"8) Restart machine9) Check that Device Manager now reads "Standard SATA AHCI Controller" on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"Done! Now restarting should stop forgetting the M.2 SATA SSD on restart!Lenovo Vantage suggested to update to "Intel SATA Controller AHCI Driver". Ignore it or roll back driver since installing it makes the M.2 SATA SSD disappear on restart unless shutting down the machine and powering it on again. The default Windows SATA AHCI controller driver works with no update required! You WANT this to read "Standard SATA AHCI Controller".I own a Thinkpad S3 Yoga 14 (20DM) and wanted this SSD as my boot drive. I spent a whole week wrestling with this issue and almost gave up but taking a longer route and restarting after installing one update at a time worked for me. Using a Windows 10 Installation Media USB to do a clean install, this is what I did (for good measure):01) Shut down and open back plate02) Unplug main battery from motherboard03) Unplug any other hard drive/SSD. You only want the M.2 SATA SSD installed if this will be your boot drive.04) Unplug CMOS battery from motherboard05) Press and hold power button for 10 seconds06) Plug in CMOS battery and main battery to motherboard07) Closed back plate08) Plug in Windows 10 Installation Media USB (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10)09) Boot to BIOS (check method for your specific model. For Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 14 press ENTER then F12 to boot to temporary media USB)10) Click on "Install Now"11) Click on "Custom: Intall Windows only (advanced)"12) On "Where do you want to install Windows?", select and delete all partitions on M.2 SATA SSD13) Finish installing Windows 10 on M.2 SATA SSD.14) Restart twice for good measure. M.2 SATA SSD should not be disappearing now.15) On Windows 10, search for "Check for Updates" and install all updates.16) Go to Microsoft Store and download "Lenovo Vantage"17) Check for updates18) IGNORE "Intel SATA Controller AHCI Driver" update.19) Install all other updates.If you accidentally installed "Intel SATA Controller AHCI Driver" again, use my first list to roll back to "Standard SATA AHCI Controller". Now you may turn off your machine, unplug USB, and reinstall HDDs/SSDs.

Works great in a netgate 5100. Drive was recognized right away in the bios, and no problems. Chose this over the Kingston.

It works. I install it onto my T450 m2 slot. And the Saya with another ssd. Perfect.

I got this for my Hackintosh (HP Elitebook 840 G2). The Hack already had a Crucial SSD (500GB) that I was using for the boot drive, which is fast and works well, but I was using less than half of the drive's capacity.I added the Transcend and cloned my Mac partition to it using SuperDuper!, and then manually copied the EFI partition over. I pulled the SSD and booted up to see if it would work. Worked on the first try. I reinstalled the SSD, then added 2 more partitions to the SSD, one which will eventually contain a copy of my iTunes library, and the other which will be used for auxiliary storage. I now back up the Transcend to the SSD, which is very convenient, plus I can boot up from the SSD if anything happens to the Transcend.The Transcend boots about as fast as the SSD does. I thought it would have booted a lot faster, but that may be because I need to reconfigure something. It's still WAY faster than even a 7200 RPM traditional hard drive.The most difficult part of the process was getting the computer to recognize the Transcend drive. While I was researching what type of M2 drive to get, I found a very old post on the HP web site that explained how to do it. Can't remember the exact details, but it involved going into the BIOS and enabling RAID (go figure...), rebooting and getting a BSOD, rebooting into the BIOS and putting things back they were before the the RAID thing, and then letting the system come up normally. THEN the computer could see the drive.In my research I saw some posts about people not being able to use an M2 in this computer as a Windows boot drive. I don't use Windows, so I can't speak to that subject.Recommended.

Purchased for use in a MiniPC. This is 2242 size so 22mm wide and 42mm long. Make sure you confirm slot or "key" type. Fit my system perfectly. It was recognized instantly and is plenty fast. No issues so far, but can't speak to longevity. Definite improvement from stock. (Asus CN60 Windows 10 conversion)

I bought this as an upgrade to my Chuwi Lapbook 14.1 laptop. The Lapbook 14.1 only comes with a built in flash based SanDisk 64GB drive but it has an m.2 expansion port that only supports SATA based SSDs. No NVME PCIE support here!Trying to find high quality, name brand SATA SSDs in this m.2 form factor is becoming hard because it's pretty much a dead standard. Nearly all new systems for many years now will accept m.2 NVME PCIE based drives and you definitely would want to use one of those if your system supports them rather than this drive.If you know this is the only/best format of drive your system can support, this is one of the best, most affordable options available at this time from my research.Take a look at my screenshot showing CrystalDiskMark 8.0.1 scores comparing this new Transcend MTS430S SSD in comparison to my systems built in storage.Note - these results are from a clean install of Windows 10 Home with this Transcend SSD being used for the main OS disk.If you're in need of a drive in this form factor and type I think this is one of the best available options at this time, January, 2021!Also take note that I don't know how the reliability/longevity of this drive will be since I've only had it a couple of weeks but I expect it to be great and the packaging states that it has a 5 year warranty.