[SOLVED] New build PC - M.2 SSD not detecting

[Nelmzy]

Hello

I've searched other threads and tried the methods listed in the responses but I'm still having no luck.

Building a PC, the motherboard is a B450 GAMING X and the SSD I'm trying to install Windows 10 on is a WD GREEN 240 GB INTERNAL SSD M.2 SATA.

SSD isn't detected in the BIOS or when I try to install Windows 10 via USB. There doesn't seem to be any options relating directly to M.2 in the BIOS, although I have tried disabling CSM, clearing the secure boot keys and messing around with almost everything else on offer there.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Lee

 

[USAFRet]

Your motherboard does not support a SATA drive in that M.2 port.
PCIe only.
The WD Green is a SATA III drive.

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450-Gaming-X-rev-10/sp#sp
"1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) "

 

[Nelmzy]

Thanks USAFRet. I was starting to think I was losing my mind and now I realize I lost it long before I started building.

Guess that's what happens when you haven't built a PC for over a decade!

Appreciate it!