M2 ssd hardrive

[James_146]

So i have just bought a gigabyte aorous b360m motherboard and have bought a wd green 240gb m2 ssd for my boot drive. But it is not showing in the bios or on the list of drives for installing windows any ideas?

 

[jojesa]

There are M.2 SATA SSDs and M.2 PCIe SSDs, make sure the BIOS setting matches the type of drive you have installed.

 

[James_146]

I have checked both pci and nvme it dosnt find either

 

[USAFRet]

That board has 2x m.2 ports.
Only one of them accepts a SATA based m.2 SSD.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B360M-AORUS-GAMING-3-rev-10#sp
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_32G)
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x2 SSD support) (M2P_16G)

That WD Green m.2 drive is a SATA drive, not NVMe.
Ensure it is connected in the right one.

 

[Tex61]

The WD Green is a SATA, not PCIe/NVMe, SSD. Make sure you have it in the correct location.

Example: This Gigabyte motherboard has two M.2 slots, but only one supports SATA SSDs.
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B360M-AORUS-GAMING-3-rev-10#sp

 

[James_146]

Thanks guys thats worked, another problem i have is my usb3 ports are not working, would that be because my case dosnt have a cable to plug in to the usb3 plugs on motherboard?

 

[Tex61]

The USB3 ports on the back panel are not working?

Download current drivers (for everything, not just USB related) from Gigabyte web site, update your system, reboot.

 

[James_146]

I have tried this and i now have some of the usb3 ports working but 2 are not i think useing the m2 ssd disables some of them

 

[jojesa]

I have tried this and i now have some of the usb3 ports working but 2 are not i think useing the m2 ssd disables some of them

If that's the case, It should be stated in the motherboard manual.
It could be that Windows has not finished installing drivers.