ADATA SP900 M.2 SSD not recognized by Gigabyte Z170-HD3P | i5-6500

[Dravorek]

So I bought a Gigabyte Z170-HD3P with an i5-6500 and wanted to use a "ADATA Premier Pro SP900 M.2 2280 SSD" (the 128GB Model) with it.

Sadly it doesn't seem to be recognized by the board. I tried disabling CSM updating the BIOS (no other options in the BIOS seem related), but nothing changed.

I tried googling a bunch and I found some spurious hints that Gigabyte boards may have an issue with the SandForce controller chip used (found nothing specific to the SF-2281 that's in the SSD I have) in the SSD (but it's clearly not the Haswell SF-1XXX compatibility issue, since I have neither a Haswell processor nor a SF-1 series controller here).

edit: Alright, so I'm going to let the online shop to send me another one of the same model and I'll update whether that fixed it or not.

My main question is:
Can anyone confirm that my components are indeed incompatible or did I just get a lemon SSD?

 

[TilltAcide]

From what i know, you got a lemon. Try getting a replacement and see if that fixes it.

 

[Dravorek]

I guess I'll never know if it was broken or not.

I send it back and ordered a Transcend Sata III M.2 SSD MTS800 ( TS128GMTS800 ) since it was on the list of supported devices.

It didn't actually work immediately either, I had to install a beta firmware (F4a) that I got from the Gigabyte support and make sure that the "Windows 8/10 support" was set to "Other OS" to be able to use the SSD.

So I guess if someone else is having this issue, disable Win8/10 extras and if that doesn't help write Gigabyte support and get the beta firmware (not available publicly on the page)