BSOD when using NVME SSD in PCIE GEN 4 mode

PCIe Gen 4 is backward compatible, so a PCIe Gen 4 device connected to a PCIe Gen 3 system will function normally at PCIe Gen 3 speeds That means if you

Silicon Power's XS70 Gen 4 x 4 drives are so affordable now, that it kind of makes sense to

nvme m2 slot laptop This is running off a chipset fed PCIe NVME slot on the X570 Aorus Xtreme, I understand it's not going to be as fast as a CPU provided NVME

nvme slot types slot) In fact I've even successfully used a x4 adapter advertised as PCIe to run a Gen 4 drive at full speed in a PCIe slot: WD