Description:
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express) is an interface standard for connecting high-speed components. Every desktop PC motherboard has a number of PCIe slots you can use to add GPUs, RAID cards, Wi-Fi cards, or SSD (solid-state drive) add-on cards.
This adapter is designed to covert the mini PCI-E WIFI card to NGFF(M.2) KEY A/E/A+E interface. should be mentioned that this adapter only supports KEY A or KEY AE devices, and others cannot be used.
The idle KEY AE interface network card replaced by the notebook is transferred to PCI-E, which becomes a PCI-E wireless network card so that the desktop can use WIFI. M.2, formerly known as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF), is a specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and associated connectors. M. 2 replaces the mSATA standard, which uses the PCI Express Mini Card physical card layout and connectors. An M. 2 card plugged into a PCIe adapter, is still PCIe connected, so virtually no difference. The advantage here is that you could potentially get a card that accepts multiple drives and plug it into an x16 slot. A direct PCIe SSD can go directly to the CPU or through the PCH depending on which PCIe slot you use. Many of these existed before NVMe was a standard, so they typically weren't capable as boot drives, but offered professionals extreme performance (at the time) compared to SATA SSDs and hard drives.
As to disabling ports, that is entirely up to your motherboard's configuration. They are all a little different, but disabling SATA ports (A typical set of two is given a single PCIe lane through the PCH) is pretty common. In other cases, you might have 3 1x PCIe slots and one 8x/16x slot. When you plug in a 4x card into the larger slot, the other three 1x slots may be disabled. Again, very board dependent.
Application:
Computer
Electronic
Features:
1. Support half-size 26.8mm and full size 50.95mm mSATA SSD
2. Support NGFF M.2 Key B SATA SSD
3. Support 4 sizes NGFF M.2 Socket SSD: type 2230/ 2242/ 2260/ 22x80
4. Transparent to the operating system and does not require any software drivers
5. LED indicates power status
6. PCB Dimension: 67x98mm(LxW)
7. Support Hi-Speed SATA3/ 6Gbps mass storage interface.