How To Install an M.2 SSD: Installation Tutorial with Samsung 960 Pro M2 SSD Drive

M.2 solid state drives (SSD) are replacing SATA Gen 3 drives with their insane performance. Learn how to install an M2 drive with this how to / tutorial video!

To install an M.2 Drive do the following. Turn off your PC. Unscrew the small phillips head screw from the proper M.2 slot on your motherboard, make sure you remove the correct screw to accommodate the length of your M2 drive. Insert the M2 drive gently at a 30 degree angle and slowly slide it in until it stops. Then push the drive down flat on the mobo, reinsert the phillips screw, and tighten it down with light force. Then open up your BIOS and ensure the drive is enabled and being read. That's it! Installing an M.2 SSD is easy and can be done in about 5 minutes.

**NOTE: If your motherboard or SSD comes with an M.2 spacer/standoff you should install it into the motherboard under the screw. Mine was already installed in this video. The drive should be parallel with the motherboard once installed**

High end M.2 SSD drives are over 6 times faster than the world's fastest SATA drives! These drives are awesome and I highly recommend them for Windows boot drives, video editing, or any very fast read / write performance applications.
The drive being installed is a Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 SSD drive into my MSI M7 Gaming Desktop motherboard. Links to the 960 pro and the lower cost, but still very fast Samsung 960 Evo are below.

If you need to learn the best way to setup your drive in windows or configure it in the BIOS, see the video tutorials below:
● How to Setup A Hard Drive in the BIOS: youtu.be/yD5w6HU6ahQ
● How to Format and Partition a Hard Drive in Windows: youtu.be/WrSrYvEws6w

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