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  1. D

    Question NVMe SSD showing up in BIOs but not by Windows

    I recently bought a custom PC and wanted to expand the storage with an M.2 SSD. (WD_BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD) I can see the NVMe in BIOs but its not recognized by Windows, I have made sure i am booting in UFEI and my SATA Mode is set to AHCI. I'm very new to PC's and just don't know next steps in...
  2. Raeggo

    Question Is my new M2 NVMe SSD overheating?

    My primary drive was an intel nvme ssd that I’ve had for almost 5 years, but it started disappearing from my BIOS every now and again, so I decided to buy a new primary driver, the WD sn850x 2TB which has a heat sink. I got a repair shop to clone the old one and everything was going fine until...
  3. W

    Question Booting windows from M.2 NVMe on MSI MB

    Hello everyone, Yesterday I started trying to clone my Windows 11 to a new M.2 NVMe that I bought (you can see the Reddit post here) but was not able to get anywhere with this so I decided to just do a clean install. I have pretty much tried everything I could find here and on other forums but...
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    Question NVME SSD - Sometimes disappears/doesn't get detected after a reboot

    Hey guys, Sorry if this question has already been asked before, but I'm unsure of how to proceed. I recently bought a WD-Black SN850x (2TB) SSD and installed it. The problem is it sometimes isn't detected ater I reboot. Specs: Motherboard: AMD 450 Max Tomahawk CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600x 16gb RAM...
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    Question Windows cannot find my drives when moving to new rig.

    I just upgraded my old rig with a new MB and CPU. MB is TUF b760m plus d4 and CPU is a 14600kf. I just transferred my old storage devices to the new mobo. I thought maybe I could just swap MB and CPU and just boot into windows 11 that was already installed from before on my storage devices, that...
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    Question Hard Drive doesn't show up on Disk Management

    Recently I had a problem with my old SSD setup (and I do mean quite old), so I bought a new one for my computer as soon as I had the money for it So when I got it, I did all the installation process, went all just fine, except that my Hard Drive doesn't show up anywhere on the new windows...
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    Question Which 2 TB NVMe SSD should I get for an older motherboard for gaming in 2023 ?

    I live in Australia - prices and availability aren't great. - Motherboard is ASUS ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming - Motherboard only supports Gen 3 NVMe SSD. - PC is used for gaming Are there any good reasons to go for the Samsung 970 EVO for gaming or should I just get the cheapest 2 TB NVMe SSD...
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    Question WD_Black NVMe stopped working randomly

    Hello, My WD_Black SN770 1TB NVMe randomly stopped working this morning, last night it was working fine. I've checked disk management to see if it randomly unallocated itself, but it's not even showing up there or in File Explorer. I've also unplugged it and plugged it back into a different slot...
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    Question What is wrong with my Kingston PCIe 4.0 NVMe M2 SSD?

    Issue: A few seconds after using the Kingston PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD (copying files to it or installing a game or app) it stops working and the ssd is not recognized any longer. History: - I received the SSD a couple of days ago, since the first PCIe 4.0 port was partially covered by the cooler...
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    Question New Computer & Transferring All Files

    I want to preface this by stating that I only have experience building new computers, and I have never explored the realm of switching from one computer to another. My current PC only contains a single 1TB M.2 NVMe drive that I use as my only storage source. It contains all of my game downloads...
  11. E

    [SOLVED] Shrinking, Cloning, and Restoring Partition Sizes with Macrium Reflect ?

    First off, Happy New Year's Day to everyone here. :giggle: A few days before Christmas, I had to clone my NVMe to a SSD because I needed to factory reset my PC to prepare it for a RMA (bluetooth was faulty). The problem I'm concerned about is that I had to allow Macrium Reflect to shrink my...
  12. G

    Question Are NVME Slot sensitive to movement?

    My SSD suddenly didn't get detected in my Motherboard. then it gets detected again after I give a gentle push and tap?
  13. ShuDog

    Question Asrock Z370 Tai Chi M.2 port issues

    Hi, In regard to my Asrock Z370 Tai Chi Motherboard, I have 2 identical m.2 drives, the only port that will recongnise them is m.2_3, neither of the other 2 will show them in the bios or windows drive manager I have tried both drives in all ports and both only work in m.2_3 I have unplugged...
  14. Xiarte

    Question My NVMe won't show up in BIOS

    I recently bought a new rig and this week decided to upgrade with a NVMe (SILICON POWER UD80 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe/PCIe) on a TUF GAMING B450M-PLUS II motherboard. I mounted and remounted the drive many times, changed every available setting there was in the BIOS (I don't have PCH Configuration)...
  15. vryy

    Question Kioxia NVMe M2 SSD not detected

    My mainboard (MSI Pro B660M-A) does not detect this SSD from Kioxia: https://personal.kioxia.com/de-de/ssd/exceria-nvme-ssd.html Does anyone have an idea to fix this?
  16. Soloplayer90

    Question Help me pick an nvme

    Hello guys iam building a budget pc with ryzen 5 5600g and b550m ds3h mobo I was going to buy a 250 gb nvme (adata sword fish ) and a 1 tb hard drive than i checked the prices and its loke 50 dollars more to go for a 1tb ssd Here is the local store than iam going to buy for My budget is a...
  17. B

    Question It’s Dead. What Could They Get?

    Ok here’s my question… I have a 2 1/2 year old Samsung 970 Pro NVMe drive as my primary with OS on it. It died. I replaced with a clone on a SSD. my question is this… if I return it to Samsung to take advantage of the warranty, how much of my activity/ desktop could they possible take from it...
  18. ylmzsn

    Question Do I have enough PCIe lanes for another M.2 drive?

    Hello everybody, Here's my system. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/yilmazsen/saved/R9y7hM I have an intel 7820x processor (Link) with 28 PCIe lanes. My cpu's PCIe lanes are used by X2 nvidia 3090 gpu's and a single nvme ssd. I want to add another nvme ssd to my system. Do you think I will have...
  19. B

    [SOLVED] Laptop won't start after installing new SSD ?

    Hi! I have Asus f510ua and I bought a new Kingston NV1 250GB NVMe PCIe SSD. I installed the SSD but the laptop won't start at all. When I disconnect it the PC boots normally. What can be the reason?
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    [SOLVED] DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION plaguing my Windows 10 NVME drive

    Hey all. I got a Crucial NVME drive to move my Windows 10 install to about a year ago, but I kept getting BSODs with no dump available, so I moved it back to my SATA ssd and just used the NVME as a game drive. Well I've taken another crack at installing Windows on the NVME, and I keep getting...
  21. Logick

    [SOLVED] My Samsung 970 Evo Plus is no longer recognized in the bios but still boots up.

    This seems to be a continuation of my previous issue. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/samsung-950-pro-resizable-bar-causing-ocassional-bsods.3715946/ Overview of setup CPU: i9-9900k MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master (updated to latest bios) RAM: 32GB (4x8) Corsair Vengeance LPX c15...
  22. C

    [SOLVED] NVMe SSD COVER ?

    Ive never installed an Nvme ssd. What is this black cover that came with the motherboard? Do i install it over the top of the ssd? The ssd is a 970 Evo. Thanks https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/5859/1tQrT4.jpg
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    Question Is my M.2 Nvme broken?

    So I bought myself parts to build a new pc. The parts are: i5-11600K Asus Prime B560-Plus Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB 3200Mhz (2x16gb) Samsung Evo 970 500Gb Seagate Barracuda Compute 1TB My problem is with the M.2 drive, sometimes it shows up in BIOS and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it...
  24. J

    [SOLVED] Can Disabling RAID Kill a Hard Drive?

    I just built a new computer for a user at work and after building it all the components showed up properly in the BIOS. I set up RAID 1 between two samsung 1TB NVMe SSDs which worked fine but when I tried booting to the Windows 10 install USB it just kept booting to the BIOS. I was trying...
  25. DrLight1491

    Question Need help now with Nvme data not reading

    I have been using my computer now for about 8 months and got a new case, after moving everything to the new case I got to boot it up and it now says "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key" I have tried reseatting the drive and...
  26. B

    [SOLVED] Why is my new PNY XLR8 CS3030 not showing speed as advertised?

    Ad says up to 3500 read and write up to 3100 (https://www.pny.com/CS3030-M-2-NVMe-SSD?sku=M280CS3030-500-RB) I just bought one (500GB) and received it today. installed it in my MSI GP63 Leopard 8re laptop. Cloned it successfully without any issues. but I get way far less than that when I...
  27. B

    [SOLVED] Hi, question about m.2 drives.

    I recently built a new PC. This is my third build, so I'm not terribly experienced, but I know what I doing for the most part. Got all of the components installed, if you're interested they are: Ryzen 5600x, Corsair Vengeance 32gb DDR4, GB Auros Elite m-atx MB, Gamemax VP-600 PSU, WD SN550...
  28. Walsounet

    [SOLVED] Does my Motherboard/bios support NVMe ( PCIe) boot?

    I got an old computer that i want to upgrade and gain some speed starting up and improve the general usage(work and low specs gaming). to achieve what i want i was thinking about a new ssd. i got two options in mind : SSD 2.5" Samsung 870 EVO 250GB MLC V-NAND SATA or SSD M.2 2280 Western...
  29. G

    [SOLVED] How do I transfer Windows OS from one m.2 NVMe to another

    Hey everyone, I just got a new samsung 980 PRO and want to use that as my boot os. Currently I have a 970 EVO as my boot OS but I want to transfer that to my 980 PRO while keeping my 970 as storage. I have seen people talk about ssd to m.2 or smaller m.2 to a larger one, but I haven't seen...
  30. W

    [SOLVED] Crucial vs Intel vs WD

    Crucial P1 500GB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD vs Intel SSD 660p 512GB vs WD Blue PCIe NVMe SSD 500GB vs Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2 2280 Nvme Which one should I pick? Crucial, WD blue, Kingston almost same price. Intel is priced little higher here. Are These four are QLC memory?
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    [SOLVED] NVMe SSD not showing its full capcity.

    I just installed a Samsung 970 EVO, and when I looked in file manger I didn't notice it there I look and in disk manger and found it in there Unallocated but with only 465.76. Where did the other space go or is that just how it is out of box?
  32. Danifantom

    [SOLVED] Cloned NvMe Windows 10 BSOD "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE"

    Hello my friends, I've spent the last 7 days trying to clone my SATA SSD to my new NvMe SSD in the hours after work. So my problem is: My cloned NvMe won't boot, it throws BSOD "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE". A fresh install works, but I really need it to be cloned for various reasons. Now, the...
  33. EridanusSV

    [SOLVED] How to not kill NVMe M.2?

    Hello, Back in high school when I had a gaming laptop, I got myself a 970 EVO NVMe M.2 drive. After a few months, it died on me. It was RMA'd but the problem persists. I assume it's the heat so I shunned NVMe's and never looked at them ever again. Now I want to get back into having...
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    [SOLVED] Why isn't my NVMe SSD showing it's full capacity

    I've just recently got a new laptop yesterday from Best Buy, and the advertised space for this NVMe SSD is 512 GB, And in the BIOS, it does say that the max capacity of my NVMe SSD is 512 GB, but when I open file explorer or disk management, It says that my NVMe SSD only has 476 GB I Even tried...
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    [SOLVED] Issue about buying this NVMe

    Hey so I am looking to get an SSD in my pc as my HDD is too slow. I would like to make it the boot drive for my windows 10. This is my current build but I dont have the SSD in the build yet, its just there for testing purposes. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/nsVn7T on the compatibility...
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    [SOLVED] I can`t install win 10 on my m.2 SSD. Need help!

    When try to install windows 10 on to my M.2 SSD the windows installation cuts off rigth before the installation is complete, its at the one second remaning mark and then pc restarts for some reason. I feel like i have tryed out everything at this point and have given up on this SSD
  37. FaithOnHuman

    [SOLVED] My Nvme runs like Sata III SSD

    Hey, I bought a nvme 970EVO PLUS 500GB to replace my SATA III 860evo. I installed the windows to my nvme but it feels like my old SATA iii SSD... when I run the samsung magician benchmark the score is outstanding 3513 read 2376 write but... when I launch apps like photoshop the waiting time is...
  38. K

    Question Z390 storage port configuration

    Hi everyone, I have a new pc with an MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC motherboard (2 x M.2 ports and 6 SATA ports) currently using one M.2 slot for a 970 EVO nvme drive. I also am using a latger SATA 860 evo ssd connected to the sata ports. However, I'm wishing I had gotten more storage and am either...
  39. A

    Question Issue with HDD to NVMe cloning

    Hi, I recently buy a 1Tb M.2 from XPG : https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07K1J3C23/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 So I downloaded Macrium Reflect to clone my current RAID 0 HDDs to my freshly mount SSD, but got a issue telling me that : The target disk has a incompatible...
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    Question Why is 960 a lot more expensive than 970?

    It seems the SSD ("960" version) that I bought last time actually became even more expensive: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LY3Y9PH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Why is it $1599? But strangely, I found that "970" version is a lot cheaper ($472)...