Short version: The motherboard cannot see any NVMe drive i have tested. It does not show in bios except in "intel rapid storage technology" section in BIOS.
I just built a new PC with the z690 gaming x ddr4 and Core i7-12700k. And i made a Windows 10 install USB stick using MediaCreationTool21H1.
When i got to the windows install, i could see that no disk was discovered, so i googled things like "no nvme device found", and i got tons of hits of different sorts.
So i tried things like turning off CSM, to remove keys on Secure Boot, select "Other OS" instead of "Windows". And all kinds of things. But nothing helped.
I also tried to insert the NVMe's i used on my old computer, and they didn't show up either, not in BIOS and not in windows install. But they do show up in the section called "intel rapid storage technology" where it says they are connected to port 0.0
The NVMe I've tried is the Samsung PM9A1 500GB, Corsair Force MP600 2TB and WD Black SN750 1TB.
I tried them in all the four M.2 ports as well. The PM9A1 is brand new and has never been installed before, the other two have been used on my old computer for games.
I did however try one thing before i gave up after 6 hours of try and fail yesterday and that was to try and boot with my OLD windows installation which is on a Samsung EVO 970 500GB, It is currently installed in a PCI Express M.2 adapter which i inserted in the bottom PCI express slot. This started to boot, but i got a bluescreen at some point, but that is probably just because it can't handle the hardware changes. But it started to boot none the less.
Also the mainboard can easily see Sata disks inserted, and also windows installation can see these.
But to clearrify. Only one NVMe was connected at any given time when i tried to install windows.
So. now i have rebuilt my old computer and have made a ticket on Gigabyte support. But while i wait for that, which can take days, I'm trying to see if anyone here have a clue what's going on.
one of the tings i found when i googled was that it might come down the way windows install works. And that the "version" i have on my USB stick is the issue, that i need to use something called Rufus and create a new installation stick with different settings. Now i have never had the need to do something like this before, so this is to me a complete shot in the dark. Because to test this i have to disassemble my old computer once again to build the new, just to maybe run into new issues.
So I'm trying to get a clear picture here, what can it be, and what should i do?
I have installed that new PM9A1 NVMe in my old computer now and Disk Management sees it and wants to initialize it. Should i maybe initialize it with MBR before i at some point try and install it in my new computer again?
As i said, the Samsung 970 EVO with my old windows installation did start to boot using a PCI express M.2 adapter, but i never tried it directly in one of the four M.2 slots.
Hope someone got a clear picture of what is going on here. Thanks in advance.
I just built a new PC with the z690 gaming x ddr4 and Core i7-12700k. And i made a Windows 10 install USB stick using MediaCreationTool21H1.
When i got to the windows install, i could see that no disk was discovered, so i googled things like "no nvme device found", and i got tons of hits of different sorts.
So i tried things like turning off CSM, to remove keys on Secure Boot, select "Other OS" instead of "Windows". And all kinds of things. But nothing helped.
I also tried to insert the NVMe's i used on my old computer, and they didn't show up either, not in BIOS and not in windows install. But they do show up in the section called "intel rapid storage technology" where it says they are connected to port 0.0
The NVMe I've tried is the Samsung PM9A1 500GB, Corsair Force MP600 2TB and WD Black SN750 1TB.
I tried them in all the four M.2 ports as well. The PM9A1 is brand new and has never been installed before, the other two have been used on my old computer for games.
I did however try one thing before i gave up after 6 hours of try and fail yesterday and that was to try and boot with my OLD windows installation which is on a Samsung EVO 970 500GB, It is currently installed in a PCI Express M.2 adapter which i inserted in the bottom PCI express slot. This started to boot, but i got a bluescreen at some point, but that is probably just because it can't handle the hardware changes. But it started to boot none the less.
Also the mainboard can easily see Sata disks inserted, and also windows installation can see these.
But to clearrify. Only one NVMe was connected at any given time when i tried to install windows.
So. now i have rebuilt my old computer and have made a ticket on Gigabyte support. But while i wait for that, which can take days, I'm trying to see if anyone here have a clue what's going on.
one of the tings i found when i googled was that it might come down the way windows install works. And that the "version" i have on my USB stick is the issue, that i need to use something called Rufus and create a new installation stick with different settings. Now i have never had the need to do something like this before, so this is to me a complete shot in the dark. Because to test this i have to disassemble my old computer once again to build the new, just to maybe run into new issues.
So I'm trying to get a clear picture here, what can it be, and what should i do?
I have installed that new PM9A1 NVMe in my old computer now and Disk Management sees it and wants to initialize it. Should i maybe initialize it with MBR before i at some point try and install it in my new computer again?
As i said, the Samsung 970 EVO with my old windows installation did start to boot using a PCI express M.2 adapter, but i never tried it directly in one of the four M.2 slots.
Hope someone got a clear picture of what is going on here. Thanks in advance.
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