Recent content by stryfestryfe

Thanks all for your help. I tried all these suggestions (except the pci-e adapator) and no luck. Turns out either the disk itself was faulty or not compatible with my mobo I bought an xpg sx8200 1tb (also nvmd) and my bios recognized it right away! Installing windows on it now. What a wild...

Hi Calvin, thanks I actually was using your guide quite a bit before I decided to post this. I've disabled CSM, removed all other SATA connections, set to Secure Boot and cleared all the keys. My problem is Windows installer doesn't even recognize the drive to begin creating the UEFI...

Thanks for your time. I've tried those steps but unfortunately no luck. Booting via usb stick (shows its UEFI) into the windows installer. This is a fresh windows install btw. CSM is disabled. Tried installing the Intel RST file mentioned in that link also :( Sorry, this is such a...

Thanks for your reply. I tried to reseat (makes it a 3rd time) and the drive still does not show up during Win10 installation (or bios). This is so strange.. Faulty m.2 drive perhaps? I think I may just need to stick with regular sata ssd

I've read countless posts and I am having such troubles with this. The drive isn't recognized in either Bios or Win10 install. mobo: gigabyte z97x-ud3h ssd: crucial p1 m.2 1tb (nvme) win10 via RUFUS bootable usb updated bios to latest firmware (f8) removed all sata connections. Only the m.2...