Need help with M.2 type 3

[Alexoferith]

I wonder if anyone can help me. My motherboard is EVGA X99 Classified. There is a M.2 Type 3 connector on board. I bought a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB M.2 SATA SSD. According to the motherboard manual, I have to enable the M.2 Type 3 in the BIOS which I have (by doing so, PCIe slot 5 will be disabled and I have nothing in PCIe 5). But the SSD seems not being detected. I don't see it in the BIOS nor in Windows. I have Window 7 Ultimate Pro 64 bit. However, I did notice that windows 7 has installed the driver after enabling the M.2 Type 3 in the BIOS (after the boot up of course). Have I bought the wrong type of SSD? I have noticed that the SSD has two notches whereas the M.2 Type 3 connector has only one. Any idea? Many thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Well that is a SATA interface drive, it's not a PCIE 3.0 interface drive like the 960 evo. From what I can gather that board only supports PCIE interface M.2 drives, though the motherboard manual does not seem to state that clearly. If so that board does not support that drive in the native M.2 slot.

 

[ko888]

The SATA/AHCI controller for your Samsung 860 EVO M.2 SSD resides on the M.2 SSD. You would need Storage OpROM support to recognize that external SATA/AHCI controller. See what Storage OpROM settings are available in the motherboard's BIOS settings.

 

[Calvin7]

Note: You have a SATA M.2 drive

FAQ ID # 59620

EVGA m.2 slots that use a PCI m.2 will only work with PCI m.2 drives. If you have a Sata m.2 drive it will not work or function in a PCI m.2 slot.
https://www.evga.com/support/faq/afmmain.aspx?faqid=59620