Aluminum Donkey Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Greetings everyone, Just here to whine about the problem mentioned in the thread title... Anyone had any experience with this? My Asus Z170-P motherboard has one M.2 socket, for the 'fast type' of M.2 drive: 4x PCIe 3.0 NVMe. So, I bought a Samsung 960 250GB M.2 drive of the same description. My motherboard adamantly refuses to detect the drive. I have the latest BIOS; but the new SSD won't show up regardless of UEFI/BIOS settings. Of course, it doesn't show up in Windows 7 either. Any ideas? I'm at my wit's end, I'd rather not buy a new Z270 motherboard since my current Z170 one obviously has the socket for the NVMe drive, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it!! Thanks so much, AD Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Gigabyte RTX 3070 Windforce 8GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Flying is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David OC Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Hi Aluminum Donkey, I think you might need someone like Bitmaster that knows his stuff, don't tell him I said that lol. From memory you will not see this drive in the BOIS, under drives, you will in the boot menu. Watch this below (Different board) still ASUS and possibly is your problem? BOIS --> Advanced on-board device config Same video at 6:00 (Windows disk management, allocate the drive) Are you planning on cloning windows over? OR just use it as a spare drive for DCS etc. i7-7700K OC @ 5Ghz | ASUS IX Hero MB | ASUS GTX 1080 Ti STRIX | 32GB Corsair 3000Mhz | Corsair H100i V2 Radiator | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 500G SSD | Samsung 850 EVO 500G SSD | Corsair HX850i Platinum 850W | Oculus Rift | ASUS PG278Q 27-inch, 2560 x 1440, G-SYNC, 144Hz, 1ms | VKB Gunfighter Pro Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Download PDF Tutorial guides to help get up to speed with aircraft quickly and also great for taking a good look at the aircraft available for DCS before purchasing. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 * warning; 1 coffee only, too early, keep spelling errorz :) ! Asus had a lil glitch afaik, make sure u run the latest Bios, run the latest firmware for nvme, latest nvme samsung driver ( 2.3 iirc ) and try again. grab the manual:: make sure you dont double-use some4 PCIe Lanes. You cannot use all Sata + 2nd nvme. Make sure you run a valid setup Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aluminum Donkey Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 * warning; 1 coffee only, too early, keep spelling errorz :) ! Asus had a lil glitch afaik, make sure u run the latest Bios, run the latest firmware for nvme, latest nvme samsung driver ( 2.3 iirc ) and try again. grab the manual:: make sure you dont double-use some4 PCIe Lanes. You cannot use all Sata + 2nd nvme. Make sure you run a valid setup Thanks for the tech and/or moral support everyone! I actually got it going late last night (i.e. early this morning!!) It turned out to be the lack of Windows 7 native NVMe support, so once I got the hotfix installed (KB2990941) it fired right up :) I had Windows Updates turned off, and for some reason the hotfix wouldn't install without it even though I had already downloaded it. So, that's what the problem was. It popped right up in Disk Manager, I installed the Samsung driver (2.3), initiated, and formatted, and now I have a nice new M.2 drive ready to rock. It's insanely fast, and runs insanely hot :) Peace and happy warfare AD Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Gigabyte RTX 3070 Windforce 8GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Flying is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 yeah, 7...OK that needs a kick in the buttsky to accept nvme-ssd Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 yeah, 7...OK that needs a kick in the buttsky to accept ssd I haven't run Win 7 in so long that it would have been the last thing to occur to me. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Greetings everyone, Just here to whine about the problem mentioned in the thread title... Anyone had any experience with this? My Asus Z170-P motherboard has one M.2 socket, for the 'fast type' of M.2 drive: 4x PCIe 3.0 NVMe. So, I bought a Samsung 960 250GB M.2 drive of the same description. My motherboard adamantly refuses to detect the drive. I have the latest BIOS; but the new SSD won't show up regardless of UEFI/BIOS settings. Of course, it doesn't show up in Windows 7 either. Any ideas? I'm at my wit's end, I'd rather not buy a new Z270 motherboard since my current Z170 one obviously has the socket for the NVMe drive, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it!! Thanks so much, AD My ASUS Z170 Premium shares the m.2 slot with SATA ports ( I’m on the road, so I can’t look up the actual info ), so when I first tried to install my 960EVO it wasn’t recognized. I moved my existing 840 SATA drive to one of the non conflicting ports, the 960evo was recognized. I’m thinking if you have a SATA drive plugged into those specific ports, you need to move it to remove the conflict with your new m.2 drive. Could that be the problem for you? 6700K@4.6 48Gb - 1080Ti Hybrid - Warthog - RIFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 My ASUS Z170 Premium shares the m.2 slot with SATA ports ( I’m on the road, so I can’t look up the actual info ), so when I first tried to install my 960EVO it wasn’t recognized. I moved my existing 840 SATA drive to one of the non conflicting ports, the 960evo was recognized. I’m thinking if you have a SATA drive plugged into those specific ports, you need to move it to remove the conflict with your new m.2 drive. Could that be the problem for you? That would have been the most likely cause, had the OP not already solved the problem (which was a Win 7 issue). :) ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 That would have been the most likely cause, had the OP not already solved the problem (which was a Win 7 issue). :) Haha, oops. That’s what I get for not doing a thorough instrument, I mean thread, scan. 6700K@4.6 48Gb - 1080Ti Hybrid - Warthog - RIFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aluminum Donkey Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Haha, oops. That’s what I get for not doing a thorough instrument, I mean thread, scan. Hehehehe no sweat dudes, my system is now working just fine with the uber-fast NVMe M.2 drive, and all four SATA ports plugged full of stuff :) Load times are better, but unfortunately 2.5 STILL stutters a lot :( Oh well... Peace and thanx AD Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Gigabyte RTX 3070 Windforce 8GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Flying is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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