Fatal error m.2

[mattbud19]

I get this message when i try and install my second m.2 device.

An m.2_2 socket can only support PCIE devices.
Using an m.2 sata device will not work on this socket.
Fatal Error

I have the new Asus Z390-A motherboard.

I currently have a 1tb wd blue HDD as a secondary.
The primary boot device is my m.2 sata wd blue 500gb

Please help!!!

 

[Barty1884]

The message is pretty clear....

The Z390-A has 2x M.2 slots.
One can use either PCIe/NVMe drives OR SATA based M.2's.
The other, is PCIe ONLY.

So, on that board you can only use a single SATA-based M.2 If you want to use a second M.2 form-factor drive, it must be PCIe.

 

[mattbud19]

Thanks bro ill buy a pcie card to put the other m.2 in

 

[Barty1884]

Could you not return the SATA M.2 and just pick up an NVMe drive? By the time you buy an expansion card, you'd offset the additional cost of an NVMe driver over SATA?