The difference between mSATA and mini PCI-E

Failure phenomenon:

User indicates that one machine with wireless card, the consultation can remove the wireless card, the solid state drive

Solution:

To say mSATA and mini pci-e is not a new interface, but most of the previous integration in the system products, rarely contact. And recently with the advent of wireless and solid-state hard drives, causing concern.

Mini PCI-E Interface

One machine, such as with wireless, will be equipped with this interface, because the wireless card has become a standard machine. , it is based on PCI-E bus, can expand peripheral equipment for one machine, such as Bluetooth module, 3G module, wireless network card module Mini PCI-E interface solid-state drive. However, the mini PCI-E interface bandwidth is not high, more suitable for some of the data throughput requirements are not very high peripheral equipment use. Part of the motherboard has more than one mini PCI-E interface, in addition to the built-in wireless network card, will be reserved at least one to 3G modules (and embedded with an antenna). Although the interface is common, but it is "half high card" and "Full high card", the difference between the purchase module to pay attention.

mSATA interface

Function: Connect Solid State Drive

mSATA interface in the standard solid-state hard disk with a machine, its shape and the mini Pci-e interface is exactly the same, are 54Pin pins, so it is very easy to confuse, but mSATA interface installed are all high card, and some models will be in the vicinity of the interface labeled words, we should pay attention to distinguish.

Because the mSATA interface is based on the SATA bus, the transmission speed is much higher than the mini PCI-E interface, there is no commonality between them, such as the mini PCI-E interface of solid-state hard disk can not be used on the mSATA interface.