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You know, it’s kinda wild how expensive these MicroSD Express cards are right now, huh? It’s like—who’s got the cash for that? Not me, that’s for sure. Anyway, some clever DIY folks decided to snoop around for ways to boost the storage on the Switch 2 without burning a hole in their wallets. Better Gaming on YouTube, yep, that guy, tried out this open-source MicroSD Express adapter. It’s all about squeezing M.2 NVMe 2230 SSDs into the Switch 2. Cool idea, but guess what? It flopped. Yep, didn’t fly. Big ouch.
So, maybe you’ve heard of this SDEX2M2 doohickey. It’s this open-source adapter that’s supposed to hook up M.2 SSDs to the Switch 2 thanks to the magical world of PCIe and NVMe. Sounds complicated, right? Basically, it uses the SD Express 7.1 standard—PCIe Gen 3×1, if you’re into that kind of tech mumbo jumbo—to try and make it happen.
Oh man, there’s this video on YouTube, “Let’s Run an SSD on the Switch 2.” And believe it or not, Better Gaming actually managed to copy the blueprints for the SDEX2M2—it’s kind of like playing DIY IKEA but with PCBs. After some trial and error—lots of error—he soldered all the bits together, slapped on an M.2 connector and an R1 resistor, and boom, he had a working adapter. Or so it seemed.
Four soldering attempts later (seriously, four!) he got it to, well, physically fit into the Switch 2. But then, as life loves to do, things went south. Error code “2016-0641” popped up, basically laughing in his face saying, “Nice try, but nope.”
Digging deeper, it became clear that these passive adapters are missing some, uh, crucial chat features. Like, the Switch 2 expects to talk to a controller when a card or adapter’s plugged in. MicroSD Express cards have these neat little built-in controllers, but NVMe SSDs? Not so much. They’ve got their own brains, but they’re speaking a different language, not what the Switch 2 understands. Blame it on the SD Express 7.1 standard or whatever.
The folks behind the SDEX2M2 are aware—probably saw the smoke coming from our heads—and they’re trying to work up a patch. Maybe toss an FPGA in there to play middle-man. If they nail this, it could mean a big shift for gamers wanting more than the measly 256GB the Switch 2 offers.
But let’s not kid ourselves, MicroSD Express cards are pricey little devils—20 to 25 cents per GB! Compare that to 1TB NVMe SSDs, like the Corsair MP600 Mini, which you can snag for under $90? It’s like, no contest.
So keep an eye on Tom’s Hardware if you wanna stay in the loop. Click that Follow button. Or don’t. Whatever floats your boat.
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