[SOLVED] NVMe SSD not being detected on m.2 slot on Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

[RxRx]

Hi all,

I picked up a 256gb Toshiba XG5 SSD NVMe SSD and tested it on my laptop and it worked great. It even had windows installed on it. However, when I put it into my Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H m.2 slot, it's not being detecting in the BIOS at all. I'm fairly certain this model has NVMe capability.

I wanted to ask if there are any specific BIOS settings that I'm missing?

 

[USAFRet]

1. OS alredy installed on it is a bad idea.
2. Not all Z97 boards can boot from an NVMe drive. At the very least, it needs the latest BIOS update.

 

[Calvin7]

NVMe SSDs do not appear within the BIOS until Windows creates the system partition with the EFI Boot Sector.

Guide for installing Windows 10 in this thread:

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