Cant get PCIE m.2 to work with + HDD on Fatal1ty Z97 Killer

Billyboy402

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I have a Fatal1ty Z97 Killer. and just bought a evo 960 1tb

But i cant get it working with M.2 + HDD

I can get it working fine with 850 pro 250 gb (sata3) + 1tb barrcaoda Hdd (Sata3)
I can get it working the evo 960 (pcie M.2) working fine by it self.

But i cant get it working with M.2 + HDD ... in bios it does show that all 3 are connected

I have looked thought the asrock website but cant find any information
http://asrock.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com/Manual/QIG/Fatal1ty%20Z97%20Killer_multiQIG.pdf
 
Solution
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector (shared with SATAE_4, SATAE_5 and M.2 Socket)*
- 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M Key M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)

*Support to be announced.
** The M.2 Socket, SATAE_4, SATAE_5 and SATA Express share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector (shared with SATAE_4, SATAE_5 and M.2 Socket)*
- 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M Key M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)

*Support to be announced.
** The M.2 Socket, SATAE_4, SATAE_5 and SATA Express share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
 
Solution
So if I read the manual correctly (picture is blurry), then you should be fine as long as you avoid SATA4, and SATA5 which are located at:

1) Very bottom/right, and
2) to the LEFT of that one

Any other SATA connection seems to be okay. The two ABOVE that, or the ones nearby to the left of the FAN header.