Question Moving my new m.2 into the old (failed) main m.2 slot

[Slimziez]

Hi,
I have a ASROCK B560M-C motherboard and a while back the main M.2 I had (ADATA SWORDFISH) failed. I got a new M.2 (Crucial P3 3.0) and put it into the second slot on the MB and installed windows onto it and got everything working.

The problem is, it's way slower now (mainly startup and shutdown), and I'm not sure if it's due to where the new M.2 is. I'd like to test it out in the old drive's slot (the main slot I think) but I have a few concerns.

1: could the slot potentially be the reason for the old M.2 failing, making it unsafe for my new M.2
2: is the new M.2 compatible in that slot (I tried reading up on it but I'm not sure)
3: Will moving my new M.2 mess anything up for my other two SSDs, I've seen some threads here saying it can disable SATA ports

I have no problem with figuring out the BIOS if I do move it (God knows I spent a lot of time in there when my old drive failed) I just want to get some advice on the situation before I mess anything up.

Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

What CPU do you have?

"(Socket M2_1 works with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors only)"

 

[Slimziez]

What CPU do you have?

"(Socket M2_1 works with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors only)"

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM)i7-11700F

 

[Bob.B]

Hi,
I have a ASROCK B560M-C motherboard and a while back the main M.2 I had (ADATA SWORDFISH) failed. I got a new M.2 (Crucial P3 3.0) and put it into the second slot on the MB and installed windows onto it and got everything working.

The problem is, it's way slower now (mainly startup and shutdown), and I'm not sure if it's due to where the new M.2 is. I'd like to test it out in the old drive's slot (the main slot I think) but I have a few concerns.

1: could the slot potentially be the reason for the old M.2 failing, making it unsafe for my new M.2
2: is the new M.2 compatible in that slot (I tried reading up on it but I'm not sure)
3: Will moving my new M.2 mess anything up for my other two SSDs, I've seen some threads here saying it can disable SATA ports

I have no problem with figuring out the BIOS if I do move it (God knows I spent a lot of time in there when my old drive failed) I just want to get some advice on the situation before I mess anything up.

Thanks!

Either slot should work fine with the new m.2.
Did you install the mobo drivers after the windows install?

 

[SkyNetRising]

1: could the slot potentially be the reason for the old M.2 failing, making it unsafe for my new M.2

Unlikely. But you may want to check cpu socket for bent/broken pins.

2: is the new M.2 compatible in that slot (I tried reading up on it but I'm not sure)

Yes.

3: Will moving my new M.2 mess anything up for my other two SSDs, I've seen some threads here saying it can disable SATA ports

It should not mess up anything.
Limitation of your board is:

If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_1 will be disabled.

Your M.2 drives are NVME (not SATA). So this limitation is not applicable.