[SOLVED] M.2 SSD not showing up in BIOS or W10

[Rob__]

I purchased a WD Green 120gb M.2 SSD to run the OS off of on my asus tuf fx505dy laptop. However, it's not showing up in the BIOS or on Windows 10. I've tried updating the BIOS and also installed the WD SSD dashboard to no avail. Anyone have any idea how to get it to show up?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

The M.2 Slot in that laptop appears to use a NVME ssd on all models from the factory. It is possible your sata m.2 is not compatable with the slot

 

[USAFRet]

The WD Green is a M.2 SATA drive.

The M.2 port in that laptop is for a PCIe/NVMe drive.
"128GB/256GB/512GB PCIe® Gen3 SSD"

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That drive will not work.

 

[Rob__]

The M.2 port in that laptop is for a PCIe/NVMe drive.

Thank you! I completely overlooked this and assumed that if it was NVMe compatible it would also be SATA compatible.