I want to know if my laptop has a GEN 3 NVME SLOT Or a G

I believe both slots are generation 3 because chapter 1 of the manual indicates that HP only offered Gen 3 NVMe SSD's in the model series and

Yes, PCIe is backwards compatible as long as the item fits it The main issue is the slot is slower than the so it won't be as fast as

m24 slot slot) In fact I've even successfully used a x4 adapter advertised as PCIe to run a Gen 4 drive at full speed in a PCIe slot: WD

m2 sata vs nvme slot The card physically has an X4 interface, so it could be plugged into an X4, X8, or X16 slot It can still physically only access 4 lanes (else