“I just purchased your Nvme base with 512GB SSD
I have had tried many times to get Pi Os on the drive, originally crashed around 40% and attempts after that it only got to 2% before crashing
I have now managed to get the Os on the SSD (verified)
however it wont boot from the SSD drive only the SD drive
looking on the web i see others had issues with the 5V supply (different SSD drives) however it was simple for me to add wires to get 5V on the Nvme base card (I dont have the SM connectors so it is not easy to remove)
This seems to have solved my problem!
I would recommend that Pimoroni fit this power connector as standard and supply a cable to stop the huge amount of time that i have wasted on this issue
I purchased bothe the card and SSD drive from Pimoroni, assuming that it would be a tried and tested solution (I was wrong!)”
“The NVMe Base was really easy to install, had it up and running in less than 30 min. That includes copying the SD Card to the NVMe. The Raspberry Pi runs so much faster with the NVMe.
Getting ready to order a 2nd one for my other Pi 5.”
“The NVMe Base comes with all the necessary screws and accessories. Everything fits perfectly and is quickly mounted on the Raspi.
One suggestion would be to add a longer ribbon cable, which would also make it possible to mount the base under a case.
After a brief setup in the operating system, the base and SSD run smoothly and with high performance.”
“My PIM700, NVMe Base + 500GB SSD, came with a Netac NV2000. With the Gen 3 setting on my RPi5, the pibenchmarks.com score was 53,008. I used a Vilros Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler Compatible Case to build an open-sided stack: short screw - Vilros bottom - 6mm M-F standoff - Pimoroni Base - 1mm washer - 6mm M-F standoff - RPi5 + active cooler - 17mm M-M standoff - Vilros top - short screw.”
