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    Question How to properly optimize and install Samsung 980 Pro on my MSI Z170A Gaming Pro?

    I just bought this M2 SSD, and I've stepped away from computers for some years, so I am unfamiliar how I can properly install the Samsung 980 Pro on my MSI Z170A Gaming Pro. What I mean by this is that I do not know how I can make it work at full speed and the way it's intended to be used. The...
  2. BML415

    Build Advice New Build Issue - Please help!

    I just put together a new system and upon power up it boots to the bios every time. I have the ssd with windows selected as priority boot, but I have to click it manually from bios. The system boots into Windows 10 fine after that. That same drive is also listed on the Boot menu so I am confused...
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    Question Question About Samsung 980 Pro 500GB

    I have the nvme ssd Samsung 980 Pro 500GB.I run some tools to count the Read/Write Speed. The health of the disk is good, but the Read/Write Speed values is far from theoritical values. Why is this happening;
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    Question SSD performing at half speeds

    I recently bought a Samsung 980 pro nvme, for some reason it is locked at 3500 MB/s read and write speeds when it should be around the 7000 mark. I also have a samsung 970 pro ssd, that wouldnt fit into my mother board so I purchased a UGREEN NVMe PCIe Adapter, M.2 SSD to PCIe 4.0 X16/X8/X4 Card...
  5. zeus007

    Question Samsung 980 Pro 1Tb not detecting gen 4 and Performance Issue

    Hello, Today I got my new Samsung 980 Pro SSD, and it's not working up to the mark. , I am also facing the issue. What to do? Suggest it to me, guys. My SSD serial number is different on the box, and in the Samsung Magician software, it is showing differently. Box Serial number down below...
  6. Big Feef

    Question Games crash and GPU drivers crash as well ?

    I installed a new Samsung 980 Pro NVMe SSD. Cloned it from the old Sandisk Plus 120gb SSD using Samsung's Data Migration software. After cloning i converted the new drive to GPT and changed bios to UEFI to boot. The problem is that games crash after an hour or so of gameplay, both monitors go...
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    Question New SSD causing BIOS to crash ?

    Yesterday I updated most of my hardware; new GPU, Processor, motherboard, and an NVME SSD. Everything was working rather well up until I installed the SSD. Now I am having issues with everything being slow/stuttering. Whenever I try to access BIOS to make sure my load order is proper, the...
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    [SOLVED] M.2 SSD Disconnects when launching game

    Using a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB. Click play on a game, it starts loading. At some point in initial startup game freezes, then disk ceases to exist according to Windows. According to CrystalDiskInfo, SSD should be fine. Samsung Magician also reports "Good" Health, temps peak at 52C. I've...
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    Question Samsung 980 Pro M.2 Nvme failed to boot

    So, it's an interesting situation, I consider myself fairly good with computers, and I am thinking the nvme controller has failed, but I don't know enough about it to diagnose. I woke up a few days ago and my computer screens were blank, my custom lighting was not normal, indicating that it was...
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    Question New PC Won't POST After SSD Firmware Update

    Specs: Intel i9-12900k NVIDIA 3090 TI FE ASROCK Z690 Taichi G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 64gb 6000mhz EVGA SuperNOVA G5 1000W Samsung 980 Pro (500GB OS) , (1TB) PC ran fine until I was prompted to update my 980 pros firmware through Samsung Magician. After my PC rebooted during installation it...
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    [SOLVED] Suddenly cannot get to Windows after shutting down ?

    Specs: Msi tomahawk x570 Ryzen 5600x gt 1030 2tb 980 pro Samsung Boot Drive 1 tb 970 plus Samsung drive for extra game space 1000w Rose will 1000M2 psu 32 gigs ram Has been working fine since around December 2020. XMP was on but no cpu oc or gpu oc So earlier today I was watching a video when...
  12. Twiggy9493

    Question M.2 SSD won’t launch Windows ?

    Hardware: Motherboard: ASRock z590 extreme CPU: Intel i7-11700K Old windows storage: WD Blue 500 GB New/Desired Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB BIOS Mode: UEFI I have installed the m.2 drive in the "Hyper" m.2 slot which has gen 4 enabled. When in a windows in the old SSD, I can see everything...
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    [SOLVED] Samsung 980 PRO does not show up while installing Windows 11 ?

    Hello, I have just finished assembling my computer. I equipped it with two SSDs: M.2 NVMe Samsung 980 pro SSD Samsung 870 evo SATA SSD My motherboard is GIGABYTE Z690 UD AX, BIOS version is F6 according to BIOS updates. In BIOS menu, it shows: SATA section: Samsung SSD 87 (4000.7 GB) PCIE...
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    [SOLVED] Samsung 980 pro SSD extremely slow when connected to m.2 with CPU lanes.

    I have two 980 pro SSDs 500gb and 1tb. Both of them are extremely slow when connected to top M.2 slot (which is connected via CPU 4x PCIe 4.0 lanes). Both work as expected with very good results when connected to chipset m.2 slot or through cheap amazon PCIe adapter card. And here's 970...
  15. rankzy

    [SOLVED] m.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe ssd running at PCIe 2

    I've installed a samsung 980 pro 1tb on the first slot of my ASUS prime Z690-P D4 mobo. And when i look in hwinfo it's telling me that my ssd is only running PCIe 2 instead of 4. If i'm correct it's the slot that directly goes to the cpu. I also have a sata ssd installed in the bottom m.2 slot...
  16. Mukesh khanna

    Question Samsung 980 m.2 speed problem

    Hi . I have i7 4790k prosser Motherboard Z97-K Ram ddr3 8x2 Smps 750w Graphics card Gtx 1080it My problem is i installed new Samsung 980 m.2 but speed is very slow W-820 R-700 something... I already updated bios but problem is not fix please help me 😔
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    [SOLVED] RAID0 problems

    System: ASUS ROG Strix Z690-I, i9-12900K, 2x Samsung 980 PRO M.2. Windows 11. The MB should support M.2 gen 4 PCIe. However, when setting up storage system in RAID 0 (via RST), I do not get more than ~7000/7000 read/write. This is the same as AHCI configuration with the two 980 PRO...
  18. Caedite

    [SOLVED] Samsung 980 Pro Speed drop

    Hey. I formatted my pc in June, as I got a 980 Pro and did a benchmark on all of my drives to test their speed. Trying it again now, after 2 months, it's considerably slower. I get that the speed decreases somewhat as the disks get filled, but the performance decrease on the 980 Pro seems to big...
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    [SOLVED] Can't install Windows 10 in UEFI mode, CSM disabled ?

    Hello! I'm out of my depth in this area, I'm in the process of installing Windows 10 on a newely built computer with completely new parts: Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus XIII Hero CPU: Intel Core i9-11900k SSD: Samsung 980 Pro 2TB (Inserted into the M.2_1 slot) I'm trying to install through...
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    [SOLVED] My samsung 980 pro wont show up on samsung magician

    I bought a new 980 pro and ive installed the latest bios on my Gigabyte motherboard, but it wont show up on samsung magican, my bios and windows 10 registers it but nothing also tried booting a fresh windows install on it also using csm support but i just get a black screen with the typing...
  21. Shoran

    [SOLVED] SSD Samsung 980 pro 1TB not initialized

    Hello, I have installed the SSD in my computer, initialized it, but every time i reboot my computer, the SSD is not initialized again. Do you have any idea? Thank you!
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    [SOLVED] Samsung 980 Pro Temps

    Hello, I have a Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB as the boot drive and it's barely full (73% free space out of the 1 TB) and also has 10% over provisioning set. And the case is very well ventilated (noctua 120 + 140 iPPC's, 3 x 140's + 2 x 120's for intake) and (4 x 120's for exhaust). The temps on the...