If you have an Xbox Series S, TRY THIS!!

What a waste of time that I'll never get back.

It does still work I have been using a CF to CH SN530 adapter and an official series s 512GB SSD and it been working for over 6 months now

Lol quite a bit of time and effort to save $90

So you just basically wastes 6.5 minutes of everybody’s life, who was unfortunate enough to watch this ? People like you make the world such a magical place…

Life saver I was going to go through this option 👍

@benrowlands would this work if you took out the ssd that comes with the Xbox and then tried using that as an expansion assuming that the firmware is good, and if you had two Xbox’s?

Well i try this method and it doesnt work but then i use the ssd adapter converter with my ssd external and works 1tb but can't put x/s games that are not event get optimized

So a encrypted signature file and device whitelist preventing 3rd party nvme drives. Got it!

Can't I just bypass the earlier steps and just plug the nvme ssd and enclosure straight into the Xbox Series S/X usb port?

Seagate emplosion

why fucking bother with this xP

hello there bro, where can i find this converter (usb) dongle you plug the ssd to format ? does it come with any of the purchased itens ? (enclosure or ssd) ?

When I first insert it into PC, it doesn't automatically detect it. I followed the SSD enclosure instructions. In Disk Management the only format options are ExFat and NTFS, not GPT.

Yeah w the drop in price on the still overpriced Bullshit proprietary hard drive, you can get it for $149 for 1TB or $89 for 512GB.

Did you try a 4.0 m.2 ssd with faster speeds?

Dude you are to smart😮🎉

I was able to get a 6 year old sabrent ssd that is pcie to USB 3.1 to run games marked x/s on a Xbox series s. Just some fancy partitioning and a few tricks. When I plugged in the hard drive to the Xbox using the rear USB ports it even tried to name it sabrent expansion card. I now have 2.3tb of storage. Currently I'm moving Forza horizon 5 to the external to see if a game that resource hungry will work.

The adapter or xbox update is not the problem!!!!
The ssd used is pci 3.0 (PC SN530) and is not compatible with ultra speed expansion. For this it needs to be a 4.0 ssd (CH SN530). The error is in the details, you used the PC version and the correct one is CH.

You can buy an external HDD with 2 tb for 70$

can i use a usb(pen drive) for storage?

There is a controller that uses a token on the xbox card.

Before I had a job, this would have been a great deal. Now it's too many steps.

So maybe change the title to expansion card hack fail?

Just asking, could you use this with a 2280 drive(I know it will fit) as long as its' got a solid heatsink on it? This could allow a 2tb drive for under $150... and that would be a smoking deal.

waiting for the class action lawsuit for microsoft about lying about the storage space in the marketing for the sale of the series s 512gb it says on the box what a bunch of liars

It was just seen that western digital (the makers of the internal NVMe SSD) are making a expansion card at a significantly lower price, but what I am wondering is if it would be possible to use a cloner device to clone the official drive and its exact software (If that is indeed the cause of the issues with it not working.) over to the homemade one and if that could fix the issues.

You're doing it wrong.

Microsoft be like : Microsoft needs your location

plays with fanatec gear and whatever but doesnt wanna pay for a memory card wtf :D

In my country xbox is not popular , so they had to get rid of the expansion cards, so I got mine for only 73,65 US$

Hopefully we see a more reliable “official” off brand expansion. It’s ridiculous because the expansion is almost the same price as the entire series s console. Even with a Samsung SSD I’m still running out of room every time I install anything from gamepass. I have to either transfer a non exclusive title or just delete something. The architecture is just too fast for anything USB, I guess.

By the way now there is an adapter that allows any 2280 SSDs to be used on the XSX/XSS consoles.

Would you be interested in making a video about it and also where you can purchase?

You shouldn't format in the first place, that's what you did wrong. I've been using mine more than a year and no problems or whatsoever.


I mean, my SSD was brand new, the requirement to format only applies to used ssds, not brand new from the factory.

Will this work for desktop ?

you pc sn530 need ch sn 530

Jesus Christ loves you

If ur mobo has two nvme slots just use that instead of that convertwr he mentioned

Is it still working ?

I really don’t want to fork over another 200$ really sucks

buy ps5

Can you continue to use it in the usb slot?

Should try to take the ssd from the motherboard of series x clone it to the new one you bought and then try it

Yea I rather just buy the Seagate for $170

Weird that you click bait with “try this!” As if it actually works. Bummer

I would like to see him download a series x game and try to play it when it is being plugged into the front

Is that still working? Will it work for series x? The biggest problem with official extension card is, when the next gen came around I would be able only to throw it away, because i would not be able to connect it to pc or anything else

More storage, more game sells. No storage, no sells, its simple microsoft!