M.2 Sata 3 Issue on Gigabyte z170n gaming 5 motherboard

[kingsway20]

I am building a MiniITX PC. I have the GA-Z170N Gaming 5 Motherboard. My only SSD is a Samsung 850 Evo M.2 SSD, which is a SATA 3 drive and not PCIe. I have it installed on the m.2 slot on the back of the motherboard.

My BIOS is not detecting this SSD at all. It is also not showing up in the Windows 10 installer either.

Are there settings I need to change in the BIOS for it to be recognized?

I have tried removing the SSD and re-installing it into the slot.

I submitted a ticket to Gigabyte but have yet to hear back. Any idea how I can get the motherboard to find this SSD?

Here is a link to my build on PCPartPicker: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/rngcZL

 

[popatim]

The m2 connector on the cpu side of the motherbd is for the wireless adapter only. SSD's would use the m2 on the bottom of the motherbd.

 

[kingsway20]

The m2 connector on the cpu side of the motherbd is for the wireless adapter only. SSD's would use the m2 on the bottom of the motherbd.

I have it installed into the slot on the bottom, not the wifi slot.

 

[Tachypomp]

I am building a MiniITX PC. I have the GA-Z170N Gaming 5 Motherboard. My only SSD is a Samsung 850 Evo M.2 SSD, which is a SATA 3 drive and not PCIe. I have it installed on the m.2 slot on the back of the motherboard.

My BIOS is not detecting this SSD at all. It is also not showing up in the Windows 10 installer either.

Are there settings I need to change in the BIOS for it to be recognized?

I have tried removing the SSD and re-installing it into the slot.

I submitted a ticket to Gigabyte but have yet to hear back. Any idea how I can get the motherboard to find this SSD?

Here is a link to my build on PCPartPicker: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/rngcZL

I'm having the same issue -- same motherboard, different ssd (sandisk x400 1TB). Not showing up in the BIOS, or in Windows 10 installer. Any resolution?

 

[VarangianVillain]

I know I'm very late, and this is probably a dead question, but I figured I'd post this anyway in case other people have this issue.
I was able to solve my problem by doing these two things:
1. Download the latest bios update for the motherboard here:
http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z170N-Gaming-5-rev-10#support-dl
After downloading it, flash the update through either the Gigabyte App that it provides in the "Utilities" software section of the website(which works fine, and is somewhat easier, but riskier if something goes wrong),
or even better, flash it directly through the BIOS Setup menu.
2. Look in the BIOS settings for the M.2 mode/settings, and make sure it's set to SATAIII and not NVMe.

Hopefully this helps you, or anyone else that ends up finding this question with the same problem.