[SOLVED] Can't boot with M.2 NVME SSD installed

[Danyal06]

Hey, I recently purchased a Corsair 1 TB M.2 NVME SSD for my system. Currently I have a 256GB PNY SATA SSD and a Toshiba 2TB HDD installed, with the SATA SSD serving as the boot drive.

After I installed the NVME SSD into my system, my system was not detecting the SATA SSD, preventing it from booting. As soon as I removed the NVME SSD, the system picked up the SATA SSD again and allowed me to boot.

Any idea how to fix this?

Other details:
I am running a Intel i7 6700K in a Gigabyte Z170 Gaming 7 motherboard.

 

[USAFRet]

Any idea how to fix this?

Most motherboards will disable one or more SATA ports if using a drive in an M.2 port.

I'll leave it to you to look into Section 1-10 in your user manual.

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Gaming-7-rev-10/sp#sp
"Refer to "1-10 Internal Connectors," for the supported configurations with the M.2, SATA Express, and SATA connectors. "

 

[Danyal06]

Most motherboards will disable one or more SATA ports if using a drive in an M.2 port.

I'll leave it to you to look into Section 1-10 in your user manual.

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Gaming-7-rev-10/sp#sp
"Refer to "1-10 Internal Connectors," for the supported configurations with the M.2, SATA Express, and SATA connectors. "

That does appear to be the case. Thank You!

 

[popatim]

Hopefully you can just move to another working sata port