Question M.2 SSD with adapter not recognized

Feb 26, 2019
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Hi,
I have Motherboard Msi Z370 Gaming Plus, with M.2 Slot, and I installed SSD Samsung 960 Evo M.2 500GB. It works fine.
Beside this, I bought another SSD, which is 1.0 TB SSD Intel 660p, 80mm M.2 model SSDPEKNW010T801. Since M.2 port on the board is already filled with Samsung SSD, I bought an adapter for PCIe on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01L1NGRWE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I mounted SSD on the adapter, without problems, it fits. I installed it in appropriate PCI slot, which is long one, PCIe 3.0 x 4 (PCH Lanes). (The other long PCIe slot, which is x16, is already taken by the graphic card). SSD should be NVMe, and (can be seen on the picture below) has M Key.

Unfortunately, SSD is not recognized at all, in BIOS and in Windows 10 (I also do not know how BIOS should recognize this SSD, it is listing only sata and one M.2). Any idea or help what I can do or try? Did I do something completely wrong? I do not need this SSD to be bootable, since my Windows 10 is installed on Samsung SSD. It is intended for second disk for data (cratch disk)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kkd5amg7c5y93tg/SSD1.jpg?dl=0

Thanks!
 
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