[SOLVED] MSI Z170A-GAMING-M3 Only shows NVMe M.2 SSD after installing it.

[milankarman]

Hi all.

I just got a 500GB Samsung 970 Evo plus and installed it onto my MSI Z170A-GAMING-M3 motherboard. After booting and installing windows I noticed that my old SSD and HDD weren't being picked up anymore.
I previously had windows running on my regular SSD and had no issues. But once I added the M.2 SSD, the regular SSD and HDD stopped showing up. They don't show up in my boot devices nor the device manager.

I've updated my bios and poked around the bios settings a bit, but I haven't managed to figure out why only the M.2 SSD shows up.

Is anyone familiar with this and willing to help? My searching so far has lead to no results.

Thanks!

 

[alexoiu]

Hi, If connected to SATA 3 and SATA 4, try different SATA slots for HDD and SSD.

 

[milankarman]

Hi, If connected to SATA 3 and SATA 4, try different SATA slots for HDD and SSD.

This fixed my problem, thanks a lot!

 

[alexoiu]

You're welcome.