[SOLVED] Gigabyte z390 m gaming M.2 not recognized by bios nor windows

Jan 12, 2021
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I recently built a new pc with 2 crucial 1tb m.2's and the second m.2 drive is not showing up anywhere. both drives work but I cant set up the second one.
 
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oh, im sorry it was wd
WDS100T2B0B
not crucial
That is a SATA drive.

The motherboard has 2x M.2 ports, but only ONE (M2P) will accept a SATA drive.
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/Z390-M-GAMING-rev-10/sp#sp

  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q)
  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P)


That WD drive will never work in the other M.2 port.

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oh, im sorry it was wd
WDS100T2B0B
not crucial
That is a SATA drive.

The motherboard has 2x M.2 ports, but only ONE (M2P) will accept a SATA drive.
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/Z390-M-GAMING-rev-10/sp#sp

  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q)
  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P)


That WD drive will never work in the other M.2 port.
 
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