Question Friend's M.2 NVME Issues on Z690 Board

Sep 12, 2024
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My Friend's Hardware:
INTEL CORE I5-13600K
SAPPHIRE RX7900 GRE PURE 16GB
GIGABYTE Z690 GAMING X V2 (rev. 1.0)
CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO SL WHITE 16GBx2 3600MHZ
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB - Main
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
WD GREEN 1TB SSD
SILVERSTONE DA1000R CYBERNETICS GOLD 1000W
THERMALRIGHT PEERLESS ASSASSIN 120 ARGB
FRACTAL TORRENT COMPACT WHITE ARGB CASE

Story:
Bought this PC with KINGSTON KC3000 1TB (PCIe 4.0/3.0 x 4 TYPE 22110 from CPU) then I've installed KINGSTON KC3000 2TB in PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 (Type 22110 from PCH) - Slot 1.

I didn't power on my computer for 2 weeks then it only displayed the motherboard logo on my monitor. I can hear sound of my windows booting up but then monitor only shows the motherboard logo.

I did everything and found out my KC3000 2tb in PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 (Type 22110 from PCH) was the issue.

I installed clean format my pc and installed W11 from a USB pen to the KINGSTON KC3000 1TB (PCIe 4.0/3.0 x 4 TYPE 22110 from CPU), while the two KINGSTON KC3000 1TB & 2TB are installed in PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 (Type 22110 from PCH) - Slot 1

PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 (Type 22110 from PCH) - Slot 2, its detected in BIOS and can be used, when installing steam games it will detect disk write error and the drives will be undetectable in file explorer.

After a few boot with long waiting W11 was on the KINGSTON KC3000 2TB & 1 TB (PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 (Type 22110 from PCH) - Slot 1 & 2 does not show up in windows. KINGSTON KC3000 1TB - Main (PCIe 4.0/3.0 x 4 TYPE 22110 from CPU) works fine and bootable with no issues. KINGSTON KC3000 2TB was working with 1.6TB steam games installed on it before it failed on me, I used an external NVME enclosure and the drive was detectable for about 5 mins before it became undetectable in file explorer. KINGSTON KC3000 1TB in PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 (Type 22110 from PCH) was working for 30 minutes before it became undetectable in file explorer.

I've been only using my main KINGSTON KC3000 1TB (PCIe 4.0/3.0 x 4 TYPE 22110 from CPU) as other NVME installed on (Type 22110 from PCH) slots will have an issue

Any possible solutions for this issues? NOTE : I've installed Intel INF & Kingston SSD Manager recently after this issue but I'm worried more of my NVMEs will fail on me. Please help

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I installed clean format my pc and installed W11 from a USB pen to the KINGSTON KC3000 1TB (PCIe 4.0/3.0 x 4 TYPE 22110 from CPU), while the two KINGSTON KC3000 1TB & 2TB are installed in PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 (Type 22110 from PCH) - Slot 1
You're advised to disconnect/remove all drives except the drive you wish to install the OS onto. maybe start over after formatting all drives so no OS related partitions were created over to other drives. Manually install all drivers pertaining to your motherboard and do so after you've installed the OS in offline mode.

Any possible solutions for this issues? NOTE : I've installed Intel INF & Kingston SSD Manager recently after this issue but I'm worried more of my NVMEs will fail on me. Please help
You might want to look into Kingston's track record with their storage drives, they tend to fail a lot but you should be wary to keep a backup of your data which is the only thing that'll help keep sanity since warranty will help you get you a new drive but the data on said drive isn't covered under warranty.