[SOLVED] Gigabyte Z690 DDR and Samsung 970 Evo

[jefffrohn]

Hey All,

I've just purchased Gigabyte Z690 Elite DDR4, i want to install my old Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB, on to this, but it wont see it in Bios or start up with it. Is because its to old or what can i do ? 🙁

These are the m2 specs from the motherboard:

CPU:- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2SSD support) (M2A_CPU)?
Chipset:- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support)(M2M_SB)-
2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_SB/M2P_SB)-
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

Best regards
Jeff

 

[rgd1101]

are you looking at the storage in bios or boot?

 

[jefffrohn]

are you looking at the storage in bios or boot?

Yes, in the bios it doesnt show up, i've tried to move the SSD into 3 of the slots( the last 2 should be the same)

 

[jefffrohn]

are you looking at the storage in bios or boot?

Boot Option 1 - USB Pen (Tried to boot from this, windows recovery, didnt succed)
Boot Option 2 - Windows Boot manager(Samsung SSD 970 Evo 500gb)

So it knows its there i think

 

[rgd1101]

so it did show up in boot
did you do a fresh os install on it?

 

[jefffrohn]

so it did show up in boot

Its says the following:

https://imgur.com/WB4l2gN

View: https://imgur.com/WB4l2gN

https://imgur.com/Fxxp1pO

View: https://imgur.com/Fxxp1pO

 

[dwd999]

Try this: download a linux live distro (I prefer Linux Mint Mate) and create a bootable usb from the iso image. Try booting from that and see if the m.2 is fully visible. If so, use gparted to check to make sure the m.2 is identified as a gpt partition device. If its shown as MBR you'll probably need to perform an mbrtogpt conversion (which may not work) or simply use gparted to delete all the existing partitions, relabel the m.2 and then reinstall windows.