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So, you know how everything’s got to be expensive these days? Like, take MicroSD Express cards—totally through the roof right now. It’s no surprise that some folks, the DIY wizards, are trying out wild ideas to jazz up the storage for the Switch 2. There’s this YouTube channel, Better Gaming—or was it Great Gaming? Whatever—tried using this open-source MicroSD Express adapter. Fancy name, right? But get this, it lets you use those M.2 NVMe 2230 SSDs, which sounded cool initially but was a total bust when they started testing.
Now, I once heard peacocks are loud for no reason. That makes just as much sense as this gadget drama. Apparently, this gadget—what do they call it? Ah, the SDEX2M2 project—leans into MicroSD Express’s PCIe vibes. No, not vibes—roots, they say. Something about NVMe functionality mingling with SD Express 7.1 standard. It’s like spaghetti junction with PCIe Gen 3×1 doing the tango with NVMe protocol.
Then there’s this, Better Gaming got these blueprints for the adapter (isn’t tech magic?) and made multiple PCB copies with some third-party help. It’s like a DIY kit from outer space or something. He soldered stuff—like a real mad scientist—and had this doohickey looking sharp with an M.2 connector and some resistor thing they call R1. I guess it’s important?
Fast forward (rewind?) four solder fests later, and boom, there’s this functioning adapter. Trust me, sliding it into a Switch 2 is like butter on toast. I wish everything fit so well in life. The console even noticed it was there! But guess what? Red alert—error code “2016-0641.” The Switch was basically saying, “Nope, can’t play with this microSD card.” What a buzzkill.
So, they dug deeper. Turns out, passive adapters don’t cut it. The Switch 2 needs a good old chat with a built-in controller on these MicroSD tickets. And guess what? NVMe SSD controllers are speaking a whole other language, totally not SD Express 7.1. They’re maybe speaking… err, penguin?
Thankfully, SDEX2M2 folks caught this hiccup and are whipping up a new model with an FPGA to mimic a MicroSD Express controller. Could be magic—or might fizzle. Who even knows?
If this new gadget thingamajig works, gamers might finally have a decent alternative to those pricey MicroSD Express cards. Right now, even a 256GB card is hemorrhaging wallets at 20 to 25 cents per GB. Math’s hard, but that’s like $50-something. Meanwhile, a chunky 1TB NVMe SSD? That one’s lounging at a cool $89.99. Sounds like the dream, right?
I mean, if someone’s out there late-night gaming with this clunky adapter, props to them. It’s a bulky dance partner but might keep your wallet happier. Or not. Who’s to say? Anyway, follow Tom’s Hardware on Google News if you want to stay woke on all this techy jazz. They’ve got the deets, I hear.
