Can't see the drive

[bobd]

I just finished a new build. My problem is I want to have a sata ssd drive for internal storage, but doesn't show, even in disk management. There my C drive & CD-ROM as present, but not the storage drive. I did a chat with MB tech, thought maybe something in the bios, but no help. I don't think the sata ports have any problem, because the CD-ROM shows. Can anyone think of what else it could be? TIA

[BitMaster]

Make a screenshot from your Sata Bios page. Rather make a few more than one too few. So we can hopefully see the misconfigured part.

IIRC the Z270 series Bios allows to make screenshots to a USB drive or even internal drive.

 

Does the drive work in another PC or ext. USB adapter ?

 

What drive model is it precisely ?

 

List all your drives with make and model

 

Make a screenshot of your Win-Disk Management page in fullscreen with BOTH parts, upper + lower, fully visible.

[bobd]

Thank you for taking a look. I had to trim them so they get below 2mb.

 

 

 

Does the drive work in another PC or ext. USB adapter ?

 

 

Yes

 

 

What drive model is it precisely ?

 

 

Samsung 850 500gbGB SSD

 

 

List all your drives with make and model

 

 

Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 1TB

LG CD-ROM

[Headwarp]

Which M2 socket did you use for your 970 EVO Plus?

 

The one above the video card should be the primary slot, it will disable sata port 1 if set to SATA mode but won't disable anything if in PCI-E mode,

 

if you used the slot closer to the front of the case, it will disable sata ports 5 and 6 to operate in PCI-E mode. If you used the bottom slot, just make sure the SSD you're trying to add is in port 1-4 and bare in mind that using this slot, two of your sata ports become disabled. If you can't tell which ports are what, there should be a diagram in the user manual, which you can download from Asus support.

Edited October 5, 2019 by Headwarp

[BitMaster]

Yeah, Headwarp might have hit the nail right on ! That would explain the issue pretty much.

 

Make sure your NVMe is NOT in the wrong 2nd slot while your 850 SSD is in Sata port 5 or 6.

 

Read the manual which is which, on my Asus board the LOWER one is NVME Slot #1 that also has a cooling plate from the PCH. The one above the PCIe ( GPU Slot ) is my secondary NVMe without an included cooler.

 

This is likely your issue.

[bobd]

Well it looks like I chose the wrong socket. I did this cus I read in the manual socket 1 was for both NVMe & sata, & 2 was just NVMe. I didn't see anything about sata ports being disabled. That's what I get for reading the manual. I should have thought myself that could be the problem, but things get by a going on 76 years old gamer. :noexpression: Anyhow all is well, thanks for catching that, & the help from you both. :thumbup:

Edited October 5, 2019 by bobd

[BitMaster]

:thumbup:

 

Stuff like that happens, regardless of ones age.

 

Respect for your age and endeavour in DCS.

[Headwarp]

Well it looks like I chose the wrong socket. I did this cus I read in the manual socket 1 was for both NVMe & sata, & 2 was just NVMe. I didn't see anything about sata ports being disabled. That's what I get for reading the manual. I should have thought myself that could be the problem, but things get by a going on 76 years old gamer. :noexpression: Anyhow all is well, thanks for catching that, & the help from you both. :thumbup:

 

Glad we were able to help. ;)

[Demon_]

but things get by a going on 76 years old gamer. :noexpression:

Your a 76 years old man? So what?:v:

Edited October 5, 2019 by Demon_

[bobd]

Your a 76 years old man? So what?:v:

 

 

Impressive, but can he do a build? :lol:

[Demon_]

Impressive, but can he do a build? :lol:

As we see, you can. Bravo for you new build.

Edited October 6, 2019 by Demon_