[SOLVED] m2 nvme boot drive / 2m sata storage?

[Cooperdude94]

Hey guys, just got a new piece for the rig.
I bought an M.2 SATA SSD as a storage drive, Link here

and my boot drive is a 960 evo NVME


I installed the WD 1tb, but can't get it to be recognized in disk management or the bios, any ideas?

Its on a Asus Strix z370E board


Thanks guys, build on!

 

[Darkbreeze]

Do you have SATA devices attached to SATA headers 1, 5 or 6?

Can you post a screenshot of the disk management window?

 

[Cooperdude94]

There are no SATA devices connected to any of my headers

I tried posting a gyazo of the disk mgt window, but it wont allow me to post it, "Your content can not be submitted. This is likely because your content is spam-like or contains inappropriate elements. Please change your content or try again later. If you still have problems, please contact an administrator."
It's been awhile and this new toms is changed a lot!

Addionally, the NVMe drive is in the m2_1 slot, and I am trying to the sata m2 in the m2_2 slot - incase you refer to the mobo manual.

 

[Darkbreeze]

This is how you post images here. It is very specific and I'd use either Imgur.com or Tinypic.com. The image link MUST end in an image format like .jpg, .png, .gif, etc. It must NOT end in a normal page URL like blahblahblah/oduiru or html, etc.

How To - Detailed instructions on posting images on Tom's hardware.

Do NOT use Tinypic.com for image hosting as they are owned by Photobucket and are in the process of doing the same thing they did to account holders of Photobucket, which is to hold your images and account ransom, not allow album downloads and threaten the removal of all hosted account images...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Cooperdude94]

Noted, I am at work for now, but when I get back home I will get that done for you ASAP.
thanks for taking the time to help me!

 

[Cooperdude94]

Here is the screenshot of the disk management window

 

[USAFRet]

Which drive is in which port?

Only one m.2 port can take the WD SATA M.2 drive.
The 970 will work in either.

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1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE mode only)*2
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (SATA mode & X4 PCIE mode)*3
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[SkyNetRising]

I don't see link to your new M.2 sata drive. What model is it?

Addionally, the NVMe drive is in the m2_1 slot, and I am trying to the sata m2 in the m2_2 slot - incase you refer to the mobo manual.

M2_2 (upper M.2 slot) supports PCIE devices only. You can not put sata M.2 drive in there.

 

[Cooperdude94]

The 970 is in M2_1, and the WD Blue 1tb is in M2_2. - So you're saying swapping them around may be the fix?

 

[Cooperdude94]

I don't see link to your new M.2 sata drive. What model is it?

M2_2 (upper M.2 slot) supports PCIE devices only. You can not put sata M.2 drive in there.

The new M2 Sata SSd is the "WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS100T2B0B "

 

[SkyNetRising]

The 970 is in M2_1, and the WD Blue 1tb is in M2_2. - So you're saying swapping them around may be the fix?

Yes, exactly. Upper M.2 slot (M2_2) doesn't support sata devices.

 

[Cooperdude94]

Yes, exactly. Upper M.2 slot (M2_2) doesn't support sata devices.

I will disassemble, swap, reassemble and let you guys know how it goes tomorrow!
👍🏻

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yeah, I missed the fact that one of those was SATA, because I specifically LOOKED for that on the motherboard storage devices section of the specifications and was actually going to point out in reverse, that some boards don't support PCI M.2 on all slots, but in this case yours does, but does not support SATA on all M.2 slots, so likely this is the exact problem as mentioned.

 

[Cooperdude94]

We have 2ndary storage! Thank you all for the quick, concise, and helpful steps/troubleshooting. Now lets build on!