[SOLVED] M.2 SSD not detected in Bios or Windows install.

[Jcihmhummy]

I was putting together my first build and everything went smoothly until I went to boot it up and install windows 10 from a boot drive. My bios never detected my m.2. I tried taking it out and putting it back in but still nothing. I’m running an Asus tuf b450 m plus and the m.2 is a crucial 500 gb p1. The motherboard was able to detect a SATA drive I had, but I couldn’t install windows on that one as it has some other data I haven’t backed up. Is it likely my m.2 was dead on arrival? I’m not totally sure since this is my first time building

 

[Colif]

Have you updated the bios on motherboard? See if that helps see drive

When you go to install windows, only have the drive you want it on installed as it gives it less choices. That won't make it see the drive its currently not, but it won't let it put any files onto the other drive either. Win 10 has a habit of putting boot details on extra space if given chance.

 

[kerberos_20]

read this guide

Can't boot from M.2 NVMe SSD

I had a Samsung 850 SSD (SATA) with Windows 10 on it. I bought Samsung 970 SSD (M.2). Turned off the computer, plugged it in, inserted a bootable USB stick with Windows 10 on it. Went directly to BIOS and changed boot priority to boot from the stick. Then, I installed Windows 10 on the new drive...

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[Jcihmhummy]

Thank you guys I figured it out... I was using an amd athlon 200ge to upgrade the bios on my motherboard, but that cpu doesn’t detect m.2s.