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  1. J

    Question Can I use an M.2 Key A+E 2-port SATA adapter in a CNVio M.2 Key E slot

    One of the boards on my list for an Unraid build is the ASRock N100M as a low-power option. https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/N100M/#Specification Now, it doesn't have a lot of SATA ports, but you can expand it with various controller cards and M.2 adapters. One of the M.2 slots is a Key E at...
  2. rv.

    Question PC freezes at ROG splash screen with WD Blue 500GB M.2 SSD plugged in ?

    Run Down Of My Specs CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 CPU cooler: NZXT Kraken 240mm Motherboard: ASUS ROX STRIX BF-450 Ram: Corsair Vengance 32x4 SSD/HDD: Samsung SSD and Kingston HDD GPU: NVIDIA 1660 Super OC PSU: Corsair RM850 Chassis: Corsair Crystal 680x OS: Windows 11 Monitor: OMEN 25F 240Hz Hey so a...
  3. F

    Question M.2 SSD weird crash issue

    So I have a NV2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 1TB drive from kingston. I was using this as my daily ssd in my laptop, Acer swift X sfx14. Everything was working fine for a couple months, until when I turned it on in the morning and the laptop was stuck with various errors. Including blue screen with erros...
  4. D

    Question Does a Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 fit on a Gigabyte Z370P D3

    Hello Was wondering can i fit a Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M2 to a Gigabyte z370p d3 motherboard? I already have Samsung's 970 plus 500gb but i want to upgrade. Thanks in advance.
  5. F

    Question PC not booting after new M.2 SSD install ?

    Hi all, I just got a 1 TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 SSD to use as my new boot drive instead of my current 250gb SSD. However, when I install the M.2 SSD, my PC won't boot from my current SSD and only shows a blinking cursor on a black screen. I'd like to avoid doing a fresh install and just want to...
  6. B

    Question M.2 Issue. Hard drive limit?

    I have 2 M.2 slots on my MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C79) and for whatever reason, whenever I use the bottom slot, a drive disappears and I've never understood why. I decided to get some new M.2s cuz I needed an upgrade desperately, The second I put one of the new ones into the second...
  7. pekodam

    Question M.2 SSD not recognized anymore ?

    Hey, I just booted up my PC for the first time today and it just restarted and gave me a BSOD WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, then would post with a message saying to choose a boot option. I go into the BIOS to check the boot priorities to see my cloned Sabrent SSD no longer being recognized. Any...
  8. Hat_JK

    Question My SSD doesn't show in diskpart and my Windows rarely starts ?

    I decided to turn on my PC, but Windows didn't want to boot, it kept loading until I restarted and then "Reboot and select proper boot device..." appeared, then i tried turning it off and on, it loaded again but it still wouldn't boot. I did this over and over until it finally booted and I used...
  9. E

    Question Disconnecting/Reconnecting issue with two brand new M.2 SSDs on new Lenovo LOQ16 ?

    Hi there! I've been trying to extend my laptop's storage and bought a Kingston KC3000 2TB M2 SSD as well as a Lexar NM790 4TB. So, after booting it for the first time everything installed properly etc, the devices were recognized and I was able to format them to NTFS. Then, I conducted a...
  10. AGGR.

    Question Gen 5 SSD

    Can someone tell if i can put a Gen5 SSD for example the Crucial T700 on my Z690 AORUS ELITE AX ? From what i know supports Gen4 And if i do, will i get the full speed of the T700 ?
  11. G

    Question Best practice for setting up a new M.2 SSD ?

    So I just bought a new Kingston KC3000 2TB SSD. I'll be using it for gaming, but also want to have Windows running from it as well. I've heard a number of times over the years where people swear you shouldn't have games installed on the same drive that the OS is installed. If so, I can just...
  12. S

    Question New build, new problems ?

    Went from Gigabyte H310M S2H with i3-8100 CPU an optical drive, a 4TB traditional HD, and a NVME drive as boot. to ASUS PRIME B760M-A D4, Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz CL16 Intel XMP 2.0 iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMK16GX4M2E3200C16), Intel Core i7-12700KF Gaming...
  13. C

    Question M.2 SSD size ?

    Hey everyone! :) I don't know if I am just doing something wrong, but I'm really confused as I couldn't find anything on google. So I bought a Crucial P3 1TB M.2 NVME. When it arrived and I wanted to install, I saw that the NVMe is the dimensions for the slot 8 and not 10. I have an B450 Aorus...
  14. ccoo84

    M.2 DVD Caddy for Samsung series 5

    Hello, I was looking to buy a Caddy to replace the Blue Ray player in a old laptop, & I came across a M.2 Caddy, Will you actually get those speeds in a Sata Jack? Thank you
  15. T

    Question Is there anything I can do with this M.2 SSD?

    So my PC was built around July 2020, and it had this same Adata XPG Gammix S5 1TB M.2 SSD since then. I don't remember when the problems started appearing at first, but I do know that it started with Windows not booting (the M.2 SSD was not detected by UEFI as a boot device). Usually I could fix...
  16. J

    Question yet another NVMe M.2 SSD's RAID 0 query...

    So I'm about to get a 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade NVMe M.2 HD that advertises as having 7300 MB/s Read and 7000 Mb/s Write speeds... Since they're on sale, I was thinking about getting a couple, and setting up a RAID 0 array on a ASRock B650M PG Riptide motherboard (all new components). Be...
  17. C

    Question ASRock X399 motherboard - - - plugging in a third SSD has turned off one of the other two ?

    Hello, I originally had an m.2 SSD in slots m2_1 and m2_2. Today I picked up a third ssd and put it in the empty m2_3 slot. It turned off one of the other two slots (not sure which. I can determine if that matters). Now one of the original two works and m2_3 works. When I removed m2_3 the other...
  18. G

    Question Gigabyte AORUS B550M Pro-P doesn't recognize WD M.2 SSD ?

    I purchased a used Gigabyte AORUS B550M PRO and a new 2TB WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe M.2 (CPU: Ryzen 7 5700x). The 1TB and 4TB SN850X are listed in the list of supported NVMes by Gigabyte (https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Document/mb_m.2_support_230414_n.pdf?v=5e4dc0ada71e447a48b292a1a947e373)...
  19. A

    Question cant get pcie 3 to work on new nvme ssd

    I recently bought a new nvme ssd. before i bought it, i went to make sure that its compatible. the ssd is pcie 4 but it says its backward compatible on pcie 3 motherboards. I put it in and installed windows on it. I installed crystaldiskinfo and it said the m.2 was using pcie 2, as shown in the...
  20. ldsnamek

    Question WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD shows in BIOS, Device Manager and Storage Spaces but not in Disk Management ?

    Specs: MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI (MS-7D91) - - BIOS VER: E7D91IMS.H60 13th Gen Intel(R) Core i9-13900K 3.00 GHz NVIDIA RTX 2080 Super 32 GB DDR5 RAM I just recently bought this motherboard, installed it and wanted to add a WD_BLACK SN850X 1000GB to it, so I installed it and cant access or really...
  21. unitrondude

    Question M.2 Drive unable to install windows?

    Hello, I put together a new build today but it seems that my M.2 drive is not being recognized correctly in the BIOS and cannot be used to instal windows. I am using a UEFI Windows USB to install, but the M.2 drive is no where to be found in the installer. The BIOS is listing the M.2 Drive under...
  22. spaceguy15

    Question New PC has broken my spirit. Bad MOBO?

    Built a new pc few days ago, here is the build: i7-13700k Asus ROG Strix B760-I Gaming Mini ATX Mobo EVGA 3080 GPU 2TB Samsung 990 Pro m.2 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM Case: Cooler Master NRP200MAX (Built in AIO/PSU) Let me start by saying I've had a hell of time with this build mainly...
  23. ELEPEpth

    Question My M.2 SSD Stop working after putting a GPU

    (First I would like to apologize for my bad English and this is also my 2nd month doing and learning about pc stuffs) So I have this 5600g pc that I decided to finally add a cheap GPU that I can afford, its an rx580 2048sp. The problem is whenever I plug it, my SSD does'nt turn on. I say that...
  24. S

    Question M.2 not showing in disk management

    I built a PC couple months ago, I decided to try an M.2 ( never used one before) I installed the Samsung 970 evo plus in the M.2 slot above my graphics card. It shows in bios & device manager but not in disk management, someone suggested enabling it in bios, which it seems to be. I've read some...
  25. L

    [SOLVED] 990Pro No Longer Appearing BIOS

    I have a 960Pro 512GB that I cloned to the 990Pro 1TB. I am running on an ASRock Z370 Extreme4. My 990Pro was undetected the first three times I loaded my pc. My ASRock has 2 M.2 slots that work simultaneously and I have no other drives installed. Fourth time I tried reseating the 990Pro, it...
  26. J

    Question New M.2 Drive No Boot Option

    Hey there! So I just bought and installed a new M.2 drive, cloned my old drive to this new one, but I can't seem to boot from it (triple checked the OS DID copy over). The new drive shows up in disk management, Speccy, Windows explorer, and I can use it like normal, but it does not show up in...
  27. bitsibx

    Question not detected ssd on ( m2p_cpu ) slot

    hi guys I want to add a ssd ( ADATA pcie gen3 x4 m.2 2280) to nvme slot with name ((( m2p_cpu ))) but it dose not detected this is my system info intel core i9 10gen z490 gaming x MB ssd msi spatium m371 on (m2m_sb) slot ssd msi spatium m460 on (m2a_sb) slot so what should i do ?
  28. airwickk

    Question Could I swap out the boot drive from one computer with another’s?

    To make a long story short, I have two desktops in my home, and one of them currently doesn’t work. Both PCs only use a single M.2 SSD, therefore both have Windows 11 installed onto them, and both are the boot drives for their respective desktops. Each system also has an Intel processor, so...
  29. M

    Question Best & Fastest 4TB SSD that's compatible with DDR5 RAM and motherboard?

    Perhaps it needs to be M.2 NVMe to be the fastest one? Fastest 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD compatible with DDR5 RAM and motherboard "Kingston FURY Renegade 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD" Is this the fastest and best one right now?
  30. Miller12

    [SOLVED] M.2 making other drives not show up.

    So I got a new M.2 ssd and when I plug it into my PC 2 other drives on my PC are not detected. Once I unplug the m.2 the other drives are shown in the BIOS does anyone know what's wrong? I got a new motherboard and it's exhibiting the same behavior.
  31. Tibbbs

    Question m.2 nvme not showing in bios but bootable if sata drive is connected

    Hi I recently brought a m.2 nvme drive "Crucial P3 Plus" I plugged it in installed windows 11 and everything works. I looked in the bios to select my new drive as the primary boot device but its not listed in my bios which I thought was odd but whatever, when I turn on my pc I have the option...
  32. Galog

    Question M.2 nvme ssd wont show up anywhere at all

    Posting again in hopes someone will help (Its been around a week and i still havent found a solution) So i recently got my first M.2 ssd which is a kingston NV2 PCIe4 1TB NVME M.2 ssd, tried installing it on my Gigabyte b450m ds3h v2 but with no success, drive doesnt show up neither in bios or...
  33. Komakon

    Question M.2 Drive Issues.

    Issue: My D drive will work for a little bit then disconnect, it won't show back up till I remove the M.2 and place it back in. Then it will work for a little bit and disconnect again. I have moved it from one socket to another and it's still the same. My C drive works just fine, it's in socket...
  34. Nonthrot

    Question Asus Maximus VII Hero LGA1150 & m.2 slot

    Hello. I recently ran out of space on my SSD with my OS on it, so I figured I’d buy a larger one. Bought a Samsung m.2 card on amazon and plugged it into the m.2 slot on my Asus Maximus VII Hero LGA1150 Motherboard. The card was receiving power but not being recognized in disk manager. That is...
  35. Sparxz

    Question Bought 1st NVMe PCIe 4.0 m.2 storage. But enclosures for sata ?

    I bought my first NVMe type device: Kingston NV2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD 250G M.2 2280 - SNV2S/250G https://amzn.eu/d/eKTjEcK With intention to use in on older sata laptop, using an enclosure. I thought this was an m-key connector when I look it up. But all state "5 pins" identifier. Strangely...
  36. T

    Question New Hyte Revolt 3 ITX build - crashes randomly after boot w/ black screen and fans blasting?

    This is my second PC build here, which is an ITX build using the new Hyte Revolt 3 case with included power supply. Unlike my last ATX build back in 2014, I am encountering numerous issues with this one. Most of which I have been able to overcome with a little bit of ingenuity and a lot of...
  37. username_greg

    Question Upgrading laptop SSD, need advice please

    Just bought a new Dell XPS 15 (9520) with the specs indicated below. I deliberately didn't spring for the upgraded hard drive as Dell wanted close to $300 to get to a 2tb drive and so I'm going to buy one and upgrade myself - very comfortable with opening laptops etc. My question is about which...
  38. L

    Question M.2 extension lead?

    Hi, My Gigabyte B550M DS3H has two M.2 slots, one of which is fiendishly placed just under the graphics card, so despite having slapped in a side fan, it still tends to run hot (in the low 40ºC when not doing very much). (The other sensibly placed M.2 slot is also in use by the system drive...
  39. LightningsalesUK

    Question NVMe M.2 SSD showing as "unknown device" after removing it from PCIe/M.2 adapter card ?

    I am having trouble where my NVMe M.2 SSD's which I was using in a Dell OEM M.2 PCIe x16 adapter. The adapter holds 4 NVMe M.2 Drives and were setup with bifurcation however were only pooled and not raided in a Dell system. Was working perfect however I wanted to put all of the drives in another...
  40. Pessut

    Question Installing PCIe 4.0 NVMe on PCIe 3.0 x4 motherboard?!

    Hello everyone! My motherboard uses PCIe 3.0 x4. I'm thinking of getting an NVMe with a maximum read speed of 3500MB/s. Is there any difference between choosing a PCIE 4.0 NVMe that has 3500MB/s or PCIE 3.0 NVMe that ALSO has 3500MB/s. What would perform better?