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Wow, okay. So, ever gotten so frustrated with tech prices that you start thinking, “Hey, maybe I CAN build this myself”? That’s where folks are landing with these MicroSD Express cards. I mean, they’re costing an arm and a leg. So, DIYers are doing what they do best: getting creative—or maybe desperate—depending on how you look at it.
Take this YouTube channel, Better Gaming—love the name, by the way—they decided to try this wild open-source thingy. It’s an adapter for the Switch 2, letting you slap on a full-on M.2 NVMe SSD. Sounds fancy, right? But guess what? It didn’t work out as planned. Classic.
Now, imagine you’re neck-deep in PCBs and resistors. Better Gaming grabbed some blueprints for this… what was it called? Oh yeah, SDEX2M2 project. It’s supposed to harness the magic of MicroSD Express and all these techy protocols—PCIe something or other. I kinda zoned out there. Anyway, they went full DIY, cranking out some adapter boards, thinking they’d solved world hunger or something.
After gazillion soldering attempts, they got an adapter to actually work—sort of. The Switch 2 recognized it, so yay? But then, bam! Error 2016-0641 rears its ugly head. Basically, the Switch 2 couldn’t “talk” to the SSD. Gotta love tech, right?
Here’s the kicker—MicroSD Express cards have these special little controllers. They smooth talk the Switch 2 into accepting them. NVMe SSDs? They don’t speak the same language. Like, at all. The guys behind SDEX2M2 knew this was a pothole and are apparently cooking up an upgrade featuring an FPGA. Sounds out there, but that’s tech for ya.
Now, if this FPGA thing clicks, gamers might just have a cheaper way to get beyond that measly 256GB on their Switch 2. No joke—the price for storage is wild right now. Those MicroSD cards are somewhere between highway robbery and downright criminal. By comparison, a whole terabyte of NVMe SSD is kinda affordable (ish). That is, if a bulky adapter doesn’t cramp your handheld gaming style.
Anyway, whatever happens, it’s a crazy ride. Grab your popcorn—or soldering iron—and let’s see where this goes. Follow Tom’s Hardware for more twists and turns. Or not. Totally up to you.
