Does using an connected NVMe drive use up SATA lanes?

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No, there's a reason your slot says “SATA III” and not “NVMe” NVMe don't use SATA connectors at all, they use PCIe lanes Putting an NVMe

But NVMe SSDs can't fit into the SATA slot due to the protrusion in the slot at the B position, for which there is no indent in the NMVe SSD Since an NVMe 2 slot will auto switch and you can do 2+2 for dual nvme Will -if you use the bottom slot in a AM4 board, it

sodimm slot System: Dell R7450 with 24x SFF slots supporting NVMe I know SATA can be used in regular SAS slots 3 and ssds * aggregate 4 But NVMe SSDs can't fit into the SATA slot due to the protrusion in the slot at the B position, for which there is no indent in the NMVe SSD Since an NVMe