[SOLVED] NVMe M.2 SSD installed in PCIe adapter is causing shutdown on Windows boot up ?

[joshuajoshshua]

Hi everyone—looking for help with a new Samsung SSD 980 NVMe M.2 installation that I can't seem to solve. My computer won't turn on if I install it ...

• I have an older build (circa 2011) and Mobo with no M.2 slot, so I need to use a PCIe adapter.
• My computer is working fine right now (having uninstalled the adapter+SSD), but when I have the adapter+SSD installed it will not boot up ?
• When my PC turns on it gets as far as the Windows logo, trying to load up Windows10 and then it all shuts down.
• I haven't done anything beyond installing the SSD in the adapter and plugging it into the PCIe slot (and removing it to be online now)
• My plan was/is to setup a simple volume with extra storage for games/programs

Specs:

CPU: Intel i7-2600 @ 3.40 GHz​

OS: Windows 10, 64B​

RAM: 8192MB​

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080​

Mobo: Asus p8p67 deluxe​

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+SSD: Samsung 980 (1TB) NVME M.2​

+Adapter: EZDIY-FAB 3.0 x4 M2 Adapter PCI Express M.2 SSD NGFF PCIe Card to PCIe (Support M.2 PCIe 22110,2280,2260,2242)​

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Any ideas? Let me know if other information is required... thanks in advance!

P.S. I know I won't get the full power of the read/write speed out of it with my current build (i.e., an adapter into PCIe 2.0) ... just figured I'd get something better if/when I upgrade the rest :$

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[Theresa N]

I don't think you will ever get NVME to work with that motherboard.

 

[Bob.B]

Hi everyone—looking for help with a new Samsung SSD 980 NVMe M.2 installation that I can't seem to solve. My computer won't turn on if I install it ...

• I have an older build (circa 2011) and Mobo with no M.2 slot, so I need to use a PCIe adapter.
• My computer is working fine right now (having uninstalled the adapter+SSD), but when I have the adapter+SSD installed it will not boot up ?
• When my PC turns on it gets as far as the Windows logo, trying to load up Windows10 and then it all shuts down.
• I haven't done anything beyond installing the SSD in the adapter and plugging it into the PCIe slot (and removing it to be online now)
• My plan was/is to setup a simple volume with extra storage for games/programs

Specs:

CPU: Intel i7-2600 @ 3.40 GHz​

OS: Windows 10, 64B​

RAM: 8192MB​

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080​

Mobo: Asus p8p67 deluxe​

​

+SSD: Samsung 980 (1TB) NVME M.2​

+Adapter: EZDIY-FAB 3.0 x4 M2 Adapter PCI Express M.2 SSD NGFF PCIe Card to PCIe (Support M.2 PCIe 22110,2280,2260,2242)​

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Any ideas? Let me know if other information is required... thanks in advance!

P.S. I know I won't get the full power of the read/write out of it with my current build (i.e., an adapter into PCIe 2.0) ... just figured I'd get something better if/when I upgrade the rest :$

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The easy way out is to return the ssd and the adapter and then get a 2.5 sata ssd.
Connect it to a sata3 port.
Even Asus does not want to show bios and driver updates for that old mobo.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"Even Asus does not want to show bios and driver updates for that old mobo"

They do if you persevere: Motherboard drivers & BIOS updates