Author: parsec
Subject: The Toshiba OCZ RD400
Posted: 25 Jul 2016 at 2:07am
I know what you mean, I just got one myself.
That screw IS tight as can be. I had to use a larger screwdriver, since the small one that you think should be used is not the right tool for the job.
I did get that screw off, and put it in my board's top M.2 slot. Works just fine there, as it should.
This SSD does run warm. The top M.2 slot on my board is the worst case situation for an M.2 drive, trapped between a video card below it, and the CPU cooler above it.
All M.2 SSDs tend to run warmer than standard 2.5" SATA SSDs, since they don't have a nice metal case to act as a heat sink.
I would suggest that first time users of this SSD use the adapter card, if possible. The adapter card has a heat pad that contacts the underside of the SSD, and pulls some heat away from it, into the card.
My RD400 in an M.2 slot, with poor air circulation in the area, is idling at 40C. That is not terrible, and the SSD is rated for use up to 70C. Again, all M.2 SSDs run warmer than a SSD in a metal case. The Samsung 950 Pro will have similar temperatures in an M.2 slot.
Did you try the OCZ SSD Utility? It seems to require the SATA mode be set to AHCI, mine is on RAID. This SSD is not SATA, it is NVMe, but I haven't tried it yet.
Subject: The Toshiba OCZ RD400
Posted: 25 Jul 2016 at 2:07am
 Nunyerbusiness wrote:no fishing, it SHOULD work IF the screw on the AIC wasn't basically welded to the retainer I went the PCIe route to avoid delaying my build, aside from Win10 corruption of the SSD all is well with the new board. |
I know what you mean, I just got one myself.
That screw IS tight as can be. I had to use a larger screwdriver, since the small one that you think should be used is not the right tool for the job.
I did get that screw off, and put it in my board's top M.2 slot. Works just fine there, as it should.
This SSD does run warm. The top M.2 slot on my board is the worst case situation for an M.2 drive, trapped between a video card below it, and the CPU cooler above it.
All M.2 SSDs tend to run warmer than standard 2.5" SATA SSDs, since they don't have a nice metal case to act as a heat sink.
I would suggest that first time users of this SSD use the adapter card, if possible. The adapter card has a heat pad that contacts the underside of the SSD, and pulls some heat away from it, into the card.
My RD400 in an M.2 slot, with poor air circulation in the area, is idling at 40C. That is not terrible, and the SSD is rated for use up to 70C. Again, all M.2 SSDs run warmer than a SSD in a metal case. The Samsung 950 Pro will have similar temperatures in an M.2 slot.
Did you try the OCZ SSD Utility? It seems to require the SATA mode be set to AHCI, mine is on RAID. This SSD is not SATA, it is NVMe, but I haven't tried it yet.