Question My third Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB is installed on an m.2 SSD card adapter and is not recognized by Samsung Magician.

[Shistumontech]

Hello. I have a Maximus IX Hero motherboard and I have installed two m.2 SSDs on it, a 960EVO 500GB and a 970EVO Plus 500GB. As well as a Seagate 2TB HDD. Now, I also bought a third m.2 SSD, which is a Samsung 970EVO Plus 2TB. I also bought a JESWO M.2 NVME PCIE 3.0/4.0 x4 adapter card, which I installed on PCIEX 4_3. But alas, my Samsung Magician app says N/A and NVME Driver - Microsoft firmware, not Samsung, like the others. I installed Samsung drivers, too. I think it should be recognized, but the adapter might be the reason. Is this normal or can something be done about it?

 

[USAFRet]

Magician often fails to recognize a Samsung drive through an adapter...any adapter.

I don't think there is any "fix" for this.

 

[Shistumontech]

Magician often fails to recognize a Samsung drive through an adapter...any adapter.

I don't think there is any "fix" for this.

Is this bad for the SSD's performance?

 

[USAFRet]

Is this bad for the SSD's performance?

No.