[SOLVED] m.2 NVMe not working/showing up in BIOS or Windows on Z170i

[aeffertz]

Hey everyone,

I've recently purchased a new SSD to take advantage of the m.2 slot on my motherboard. I have an ASUS Z170i PRO GAMING motherboard. (link) I'm currently running an SSD and HDD over sata and a GPU in the pci-e slot.

I picked up a Western Digital Black NVMe drive (link) but I'm out of ideas to get it to work. Yes, it is fully seated and screwed into place. After hours and hours of research I've yet to make any progress... It seems like I'm missing some settings in the bios compared to other people and I've just recently installed the newest BIOS available. Does anyone have any ideas or did I just waste $120? I've been at it for about 6 hours straight now and haven't made any progress. I've built many pc's before, though this is the first time I've used an m.2 drive.

Currently at wits end because it seems like this shouldn't be that difficult of a process but I'm stumped. Here's some screen shot of the bios.

https://imgur.com/a/n8fclPP


Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[richpixel]

Have you gone into disk management to see if it's listed there. Also in bios look for Hyper Kit Mode and disable this option for M.2 devices.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Nvme drive is not a Sata device. You're looking at a wrong place.

Can you post screenshot from Disk Management?

 

[aeffertz]

Have you gone into disk management to see if it's listed there. Also in bios look for Hyper Kit Mode and disable this option for M.2 devices.

not listed in disk management. Hyper Kit Mode is disabled.

 

[aeffertz]

Nvme drive is not a Sata device. You're looking at a wrong place.

Can you post screenshot from Disk Management?

I understand it is not a SATA device. I was just showing all the options in my BIOS.

 

[richpixel]

Is the m.2 listed in bios, sometimes when using m.2 it will disable a sata port, try another sata port, if the m.2 is for windows, disable all other drives and boot from windows install usb/cd

 

[aeffertz]

Is the m.2 listed in bios, sometimes when using m.2 it will disable a sata port, try another sata port, if the m.2 is for windows, disable all other drives and boot from windows install usb/cd

The m.2 is not listed anywhere in the BIOS. I want to install windows on it but I can't find it anywhere or any settings to enable it.

 

[richpixel]

There should be a setting in BIOS "M.2 and SATA Express Mode Configuration". Or something similar, Switch it to M2.

 

[SkyNetRising]

What happens here, when you click on M.2LOL ?
It kinda shows - M.2 device is not being detected.

 

[richpixel]

Sorry just looked in manual, it should be under PCH Storage Configuration, there should be m.2 option, once changed make sure to press f10 to save changes and restart.

 

[aeffertz]

Sorry just looked in manual, it should be under PCH Storage Configuration, there should be m.2 option, once changed make sure to press f10 to save changes and restart.

I have a screenshot of the PCH Storage tab in the first imgur link. There is no m.2 option.

 

[aeffertz]

What happens here, when you click on M.2LOL ?
It kinda shows - M.2 device is not being detected.

It just gives me an option to name the m.2 slot, so I think i just typed in m.2lol while I was trying to get things to work.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Well .. if you're sure, you have connected it properly, then

• either the drive is dead (DOA or you have killed it with ESD accidentally) or
  the drive is not compatible with your board (it is not listed in compatibility list btw).