Question Cant find new m.2 nvme in bios

[Falcsy]

Hi , could do with some help cuz ive run out of options.

I have an old gigabute ga-z77-d3h motherboard which im planning to replace later this year(hence the temp nvme). Ive bought a WD black SN850 2tb and a Sabrent nvme m.2 pcie x16x8x4 card adapter for it.
Ive plugged it into my second pcie full size slot which should run at x4
Ive changed my mobo bios to x4 pcie instead of x1
Ive updated my mobo bios to latest r22? i think version
Ive changed my mobo bios from ide to ahci

I just cant get it to come up, and ive run out of ideas, any help appreciated thanks.

 

[rgd1101]

does it see it in windows?

motherboard/bios is too old to see it directly.

 

[Falcsy]

Hi, no it doesnt

 

[Falcsy]

Update, it comes up in device manager
but not as a drive i think

WDS200T1X0E-00F0 its called wd is western digital?

Device SCSI\Disk&Ven_NVMe&Prod_WDS200T1X0E-00AF\5&35eade90&0&000000 was configured.

Driver Name: disk.inf
Class Guid: {4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Driver Date: 06/21/2006
Driver Version: 10.0.19041.1865
Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Section: disk_install.NT
Driver Rank: 0xFF0007
Matching Device Id: GenDisk
Outranked Drivers:
Device Updated: false
Parent Device: PCI\VEN_15B7&DEV_5011&SUBSYS_501115B7&REV_01\4&83e10fe&0&00E0

 

[SkyNetRising]

Update, it comes up in device manager
but not as a drive i think

Can you show screenshots?

Device manager - disk drives and storage controllers expanded,​

Disk Management,​

BIOS screens, where NVME drive should be displayed.​

(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[Falcsy]

https://imgur.com/a/PeW5pbK

View: https://imgur.com/a/PeW5pbK


So it the unallocated one, i guess it just needs setting up? Is there any preferential way of setting it up?

 

[SkyNetRising]

So it the unallocated one, i guess it just needs setting up? Is there any preferential way of setting it up?

Right-click on unallocated area and
choose "Create new simple volume",
format and assign drive letter to it.
Done.