Hi,I’m planning to install a Metis M.2 accelerator inside a Lenovo ThinkPad T480.The T480’s main M.2 storage connection is PCIe Gen3 x2, and I’m considering either the Embedded 110m or the 113m 8 GB.I mainly need to confirm:Do both the 110m and 113m work correctly on PCIe Gen3 x2? Can they be power-limited to around 7–8 W if necessary? If yes, which one would you recommend for a laptop setup focused on ROS2, robotics, computer vision, and some VLM/LLM inference? Is a custom heatsink + small fan enough for this kind of installation?The laptop runs Ubuntu on x86-64.Thanks!

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Metis M.2 on ThinkPad T480 - PCIe Gen3 x2 and power limits

Hi,

I’m planning to install a Metis M.2 accelerator inside a Lenovo ThinkPad T480.

The T480’s main M.2 storage connection is PCIe Gen3 x2, and I’m considering either the Embedded 110m or the 113m 8 GB.

I mainly need to confirm:

Do both the 110m and 113m work correctly on PCIe Gen3 x2?
Can they be power-limited to around 7–8 W if necessary?
If yes, which one would you recommend for a laptop setup focused on ROS2, robotics, computer vision, and some VLM/LLM inference?
Is a custom heatsink + small fan enough for this kind of installation?

The laptop runs Ubuntu on x86-64.

Thanks!