[SOLVED] M.2 SSD not showing up in OS on MSI MOBO

[somma_matt]

Ok I feel pretty silly about this one.

Basically had a Samsung SSD and Toshiba HD for a while. OS was on the SSD and it was always full. I'm a little cluttered by my SATA ports so I decided to get an M.2 SSD.

Ordered a WD 500gb M.2 and put it in. Nothing, couldn't find it in disk management but in my Bios Board Explorer it did show something as being connected in that slot. I was having trouble getting enough space to make updates etc. so long story short is I backed up my comp and started fresh with a new copy of windows. Still no luck with the SSD.

Come to find out that my MOBO only supports PCIe not SATA so returned it. Went to Microcenter and bought a Crucial 500gb P1 NVMe PCIe SSD 500gb. Assumed I was in the clear. Plugged it in and nothing.

Have tried every which way. Bios has been updated. All windows updates have been done.

MOBO is MSI Z170a SLI Plus

 

[USAFRet]

Does it appear in Disk Management?

 

[somma_matt]

No, it doesn't.

 

[karenjoly]

There are 2 possibilities, one that the drive is bad, the other that the board does not live up to its billing. I would replace the drive while the retail warranty lasts, to check off possibility one.

 

[mdd1963]

Often, NVME drives will need to be enabled /configured in BIOS, and, often at the expense of a pair of SATA ports if desiring full x4 lanes of bandwidth...

So first step is to see if the M.2 drive at least shows up in the BIOS...?