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    Question Why is 2 of the NVME slots on my motherboard bigger than the one in the middle?

    Here is my Z390 Godlike motherboard: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813144209 Why are the 2 outer NVME slots bigger than the one NVME slot in the middle? I recently ordered a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB NVME, am I ONLY able to install that storage drive in the middle NVME slot on the motherboard?
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    Question My PC suddenly stopped working with a "Reboot and select proper boot device" error ?

    My motherboard is Z390 Godlike. The PC was working normally and then all of a sudden, the PC could not reboot normally with this error message: https://ibb.co/5xCv096 I have already tried fixing it by checking the "Boot Priorities" and my Samsung 2TB NVME is there #1 as normal. My PC also...
  3. lamyprid

    Question Could this SSD be second-hand ?

    SSD model: TeamGroup MP44L Do you think this SSD I got might be second hand? I bought it brand new from the legit online shop, but when I checked it with CrystalDiskInfo it already has 200GB of writes but the power on hours is 0. What could that be, is that normal? s - Imgur
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    Question Gigabyte Aorus 15 BMF Laptop not detecting known working M.2 drive

    Hi, I just recently purchased a used gigabyte aorus laptop from facebook marketplace. It didn't come with a hard drive and I was okay with that because I was just gonna use the nvme from my other laptop and put windows on it. Unfortunately even though the drive works in my acer laptop, I plug it...
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    Question NVME drive suddenly stopped working

    Hi there. Im running a MSI z370 PC PRO and the drive in question is a crucial p3 plus 2tb. I have previously used the drive as storage on my #2 m.2 slot however about a week ago I had to reinstall windows on my main sata drive. Since then the nvme drive had been working fine till last night...
  6. C

    Question BOSS-N1 480GB RAID1 - - - performance not what I expected ?

    We just purchased a Dell PowerEdge R360 Server with a BOSS -N1. The performance is not quite what I expected, and I'm having a hard time finding reviews online to compare against. I am getting 1400MB/s READ and only 222MB/s WRITE. Can anyone confirm whether this is normal?
  7. ethan206

    Question Low Power Consumption Laptop SSD

    I've just bought a new laptop (2024 G14) and am planning to upgrade the internal SSD from 1TB to 4TB. Since I'm upgrading a SSD in a laptop, would power consumption/efficiency be a concern when looking for a SSD? And if so, are there any good low power Gen 4 (M.2) SSDs? I was looking at...
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    Question New NVME doesnt show up sometimes on boot

    hello, ive just recently upgraded to a legion 7 pro gaming laptop with a 4090 and having issues after installing my second (brand new) 2TB NVME in the second m.2 slot. i have only games and some game clips on it so far. So when i boot my pc and the drive isnt recognised then i cannot play the...
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    Question SSD not showing up in windows installation media?

    Hello all, I have an ASUS Z790-Plus Wifi D4 Tuf Gaming Motherboard with an Intel i9-13900KF Desktop Processor. I also have 4 M.2 slots, and I have my 1 2tb SP M.2 NVMe SSD plugged into one. The main problem is that I know the SSD is connected, because the BiOS shows it as a storage device, but...
  10. lamyprid

    Question Help me choosing which to buy

    Between the WD Blue SN580, Teamgroup Z44A5 and teamgroup mp44L, both 500GB, which one should I choose? I'll primarily use it for the OS drive, and they're also close in price. Do you have any previous experience with these drives, and would you recommend them? If, for example, I were to slightly...
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    Question M2 Nvme disk inserted in PCIe adapter does not show up

    Hello, i bought UGREEN Adapter PCIe 4.0 x16 do M.2 M-Key NVMe and Lexar 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe NM790, inserted this in one of slot in Dell T5810, updated BIOS to A33, and I tried most of the solutions from the internet and still the drive does not show up in “my computer". In the device manager...
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    Question If my Bios does not support bifurcation can I still access all 4 NVMe drives on x4/x4/x4/x4 PCIe card from an EFI system partition?

    Hi! This is my first message at Tom. :) I have an older rack server (Cisco UCS M200 M2) and I want to add 4 NVMe drives to it on a PCIe card. The common ones (at least the cheap ones) today seem to basically plug the drive to a 16x PCI under this so called x4/x4/x4/x4 configuration. I've read...
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    Question Crucial 2TB NVMe SSD acts strange or not?

    I got a new "Crucial P3 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Interne SSD, up to 3500MB/s - CT2000P3SSD801 (Acronis Edition)" And I am kinda skeptik about it. I unrared a big folder (113 gb) and was unrarring but every few minutes it hangs for 5 sec then continues. I took a screenshot of the performance, you...
  14. lamyprid

    Question TeamGroup MP33 Pro integrity errors ?

    What could have happened to my NVMe SSD? It's media integrity errors are at 20, but there are no bad sectors according to HD Sentinel. What could this mean? The error count increases when I play a specific game, and it auto-closes. However, this only happens with that particular game; other...
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    Question Which Lanes do I plug my nvme into?

    I was told it is nice to keep software and OS on a 500gb nvme m.2, and have a 2tb nvme m.2 for my game storage. I am about to build my first pc and am looking at the diagram of my mobo. I have a 5.0 pci m.2 slot/lane with my gpu and 4.0 pci nvme m.2 slot. Should I put the 500gb os drive in the...
  16. constantintovisi

    Question GIGABYTE B450M DS3H w/ Ryzen 5 3600 PCIe bifurcation

    I have the GIGABYTE B450M DS3H with a Ryzen 5 3600 processor and want to install an Asus Hyper 4x M.2 expansion card. Before buying the expansion card I went to Google and found the manual of my motherboard (page 16) which clearly states that PCIe bifurcation is supported, however, now that...
  17. gabespound

    [SOLVED] Win 10 & Win 11 installers not detecting either of my 2 NVMe SSDs individually, or a Raid-0 RST array comprised of them ?

    Long story short. I had Windows 11 installed on this very same system with 2 2TB NVME drives in Raid-0 Using VMD and intel RST. I decided to switch to arch linux, and disabled RST, and instead left the two drives in their default modes. I installed arch linux on an mdadm (software) raid-0 and...
  18. IknowGainz

    Question NVME unable to delete/format/do any changes on the SSD

    I have a M.2 NVME SSD and I can't make any changes to the drive. i tried deleting the partitions on the drive, creating new partitions with no success. I used fdisk /dev/sdd to delete the partitions. After rebooting I am unable to access the drive anymore. The drive is no longer present after...
  19. pictopye

    Question Could Bad CPU cause Drivers to not load or work properly, could it cause issues with Storage not being seen?

    Hi there, I've been trying to troubleshoot this problem on a new PC build running Win11 for a few months now. So any help or assistance would be fantastic - with a big thank you in advance. SO I have technically 3 problems, but I'm viewing them as 1 or 2 since they all seem related. #1 - My...
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    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 Installing new NVMe SSD and moving data from secondary NVMe SSD ?

    Hi all, I had a question, I currently have 2 NVME SSD's in my system; 1 - 1tb and 1 - 250GB. (2nd slot) I have just purchased a new 2tb NVME SSD as I need more storage and want to move over all the data from the 250gb to the 1tb SSD and then move the 1tb SSD to the 2nd slot, and finally make the...
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    Question 2nd SSD not showing up anywhere ?

    Hello. I just put a new SSD in and it doesn't show anywhere, not even in BIOS. I know that it's working because i took it out from a working PC. I have Gigabyte B760 gaming x ax motherboard.I have already installed NVMe SSD with Windows 11 and it's working.The new SSD i got is Sata SSD (B+M)...
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    Question Partitioning an M.2 NVMe SSD for different OS ?

    I have a new 1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD and a 500GB SATAIII 2.5" SSD. I'm using Windows only for gaming and was going to install it on the NVMe SSD to benefit from shorter loading times in games. But honestly I don't play that much. Most of the time I use Linux for office related stuff, programming and...
  24. Gundwane

    Question SSD causing BSODs and crashes?

    Hi everyone. I'm having some trouble with some crashes, and I think it might be the SSD, but I do not have much experience dealing with SSDs errors so... better ask the ones who knows. Everything started with a BSOD while playing a game on Windows (I think it was a CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED error)...
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    Question SSD Upgrade Advice

    Im currently using a KINGSTON SA1000M8240G PCI3 as a boot drive (1500 Mb/s Reads/800Mb/s Writes, 100000 iops). Ive recently upgraded to a pci4 platform and im wondering if i should upgrade. I dont have large bandwidth needs, im mostly seeking improved load times for programs/games, boot time...
  26. Trying to by 4070

    Question NVME ssd running extremely slow at only 100Kb/s ?

    YES, you heard that right, this is a WD black nvme ssd, with a speed up to around 7000mbs(image is in the link). It is currently running at 1mbs, never reached over 500mbs, the read speed is usually even lower. SSD itself is fine, pretty sure, bought it a week ago. Can someone help... I updated...
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    Question New NVMe SSD is detected in BIOS and Device Manager, but not Disk Management ?

    My WD BLACK SN850X 4TB NVMe SSD is detected in both the BIOS and Device Manager, but not in Disk Management. It also does not show up in Storage Spaces. Here are my specs: CPU - Intel i9-13900K MOBO - MSI Z790I Edge Wifi SSD - Sabrent Rocket Q4 2TB (in slot "M2_1") RAM - Corsair Dominator...
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    Question New PC getting extremely slow boot times with NVME

    Hey so i've just built a new PC and for the first time im using an NVME as my boot drive. i was pretty excited since for about 3 year ive been using an old Sandisk 256GB SSD which would boot in around 20-25 seconds. Now im using a Samsung 980 Evo and im seeing start up times of around 40...
  29. bildeng

    Question Does faster NVMe m.2 SSD help load and boot times?

    Comparing a Solidigm P44 Pro verses a Solidigm P41 Plus. The Pro is definitely faster. TLC instead of QLC, has dram for cache, benchmarks notably faster. It's also considerably more expensive. With your Linux or whatever OS and a game installed on Pro instead of Plus, might I be able to...
  30. Beefmallet

    Question PC froze, forced shutdown, now Windows won’t boot on my M.2 NVMe SSD ?

    Pre info: My PC locked up a couple months ago and I forced a shutdown and turned it back on. When I did, I was greeted with a black screen that said “press any key to boot from cd or dvd…” I found it weird and just turned my PC off and on again. Magically the issue went away and it booted...
  31. RyzenNoob

    Question MSI GS66 acting weird

    Last night, after I updated Windows 11, I don't know how it updated to that in the first place, considering the Health Check App was saying that I wasn't able to because of TPM problems, it stuck on 0% when restarting after the update. Bravely, but I had no alternative but to do this, because I...
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    Question Slow 4k Read/Write with Crucial P3 2TB SSD ?

    Hi Community! I've been experiencing some game stuttering recently and did some digging as to what could be the issue. I bought this P3 2TB SSD a few months ago and never had any issues until recently. I've run a few CrystalDiskMark tests, and the SEQ Read/Write numbers look fine, but my 4k...
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    [SOLVED] Recommendation for budget M2 ssd

    Hey everyone - I'm hoping to to get a new m2 slot SSD for my desktop and I'm not really sure how important a lot of these different stats are when I look at options. My desktop is mostly used for mid-range gaming and has a MAG B760 Tomahawk mobo...
  34. Wheel in the Sky

    Question Why won't my new NVMe SSD work in an external enclosure?

    I bought an Addlink Addgame A95 NVMe SSD, 4TB (https://www.amazon.com/addlink-Internal-Heatsink-Compatible-Solid-State/dp/B09HJVDW69?th=1). I also bought an external enclosure for it: MAIWO M.2 NVME SSD Enclosure Adapter (https://www.newegg.com/maiwo-k1689p-enclosure/p/0VN-00D8-00037). I hook...
  35. 1iNTOX

    Question NVMe SSD might be causing BSODs and other issues ?

    Hello all, following problems occur, which i suspect are caused by the NVMe SSD (i could be very wrong though): my PC usually crashes in the morning after booting it up the first time each day, happens after its been running around 10-15minutes and about 2-3 times, after that it mostly runs...
  36. Cosmin V

    Question Samsung 990 pro problem

    Guys so i bought a samsung 990 pro 4tb, installed it, installed win 11. Worked well for like 20 min then it crashed now it wont show anywhere, Not in bios, not in any device manager. It used to flash 2 times red then a pause then again 2 times red and so on, i updated bios and everything and...
  37. mossi

    Question Lexar NM790 M.2 NVMe SSD versus Lexar NQ790 - which one to go for ?

    Does anyone know if the Lexar NQ790 is any good? I've seen tons of good reviews for the NM790 but hardly anything for the NQ790 which I think is newer? I'm struggling to find any reviews or videos. I'm leaning towards the NM790 as it's far more well known. Or if you can recommend something...
  38. D

    Question Pressing "restart" in Windows leads me back to the BIOS where my drive isn't detected

    When I click "restart" on my PC, it restarts into my BIOS. There, my M2 SSD isn't even listed. For it to be listed, I have to fully shut off my computer by either clicking shut down, or holding down the power button. There, the drive will be listed and I can boot into it... but sometimes it will...
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    Question NVME no longer working

    I'm not very good with laptops/computers etc.. so I'm sorry if I'm not very good at explaining. I got a 2TB NVME m.2 for Christmas my partner installed it for me into my laptop, it worked fine, no issues. Fast forward a week or two he went on the laptop the NVME is no longer showing up, not on...
  40. K

    Question Which Adaptors for this setup: (M.2 B+M SSD, M.2 NMVe, + Old Laptop)

    Hello there, This is my first post here, so please don't bash me if I'm posting in the wrong place. I'm in the middle of a technical crisis here and need your help finding adaptors to this setup, as I'm out of my depth when it comes to hardware compatibility. I have a spare hardware that I...