Whoa, okay, so here’s the scoop. There’s this whole thing where some gaming wizard (seriously, who thinks of this stuff?) is cooking up an adapter that lets you slap an M.2 NVMe SSD onto a Nintendo Switch 2 using its MicroSD Express port. It’s called the SDEX2M2 Adapter – yeah, not exactly poetical, but let’s roll with it. The best part? It’s open-source, so anyone can dig through the code or whatever magic stuff they’ve posted on NVNTLabs’ GitHub.
Honestly, Nintendo’s always been the kind of company that hugs its tech tight. Like, really tight. So, catching this project so soon after the Switch 2’s drop is kind of a win for all those modders and hackers out there. Tech rebels unite! Or something like that.
Why’s this possible? Well, the Switch 2’s MicroSD Express slot plays nice with the SD Express 7.1 standard. In Geek Speak, that means there’s some PCIe Gen3 x1 action happening, and the NVMe protocol does all the talking for you. And since the hardware just links some wires from the Switch slot to a regular M.2 SSD, there’s zero translation needed. It’s like tech telepathy.
Oh! Hint for all you potential mischief-makers: You might save a chunk of change on storage. The M.2 NVMe SSDs? Way cheaper than those teeny-tiny microSD cards. I mean, you’re getting double the space for the price. But — and here’s the kicker — you better watch out with those power-hungry SSDs unless you want to fry your Switch 2. Only low-power NVMe drives, that’s the advice from the smarties at NVNTLabs.
And there I was, thinking about other possible shenanigans. Wondering if you could hook up an eGPU – like a graphics card on steroids. I mean, the PCIe slot’s there, right? But, ha! That Gen3 x1 channel? Kinda like trying to sip a milkshake through a cocktail straw when everyone else has those boba tea straws. You get me?
So, don’t get too hyped about turning your Switch 2 into a super gaming rig just yet. But hey, hats off to anyone brave enough to try. It’d be like seeing a unicorn.
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