Question Please help me before I throw this PC into a wall

[rabid_ferret420]

First time poster here. I've been building my own PCs since 2005 but have never had a problem I couldn't figure out. Well today is that day and I need some help. I recently purchased a new 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD that I want to use as my primary drive (OS, games, files). I am currently using a Seagate FireCuda 2TB SSHD as my main drive with a 1TB Crucial NMVe PCIe M.2 SSD as a Steam/Game drive. I was hoping to cut out the SSHD all together and just run two M.2 SSDs. But I can not figure out for the life of me why I can't get an OS to do a clean install on the new SSD (Sabrent). I've tried so many different options from formatting it to cloning and even the cloning didn't work. I understood the "sector size" problem and somehow got it to read at 512 instead of 4096 so I could clone it (I think it had to do with the RAID Xpert2 software I installed from AMD?) but it still doesn't show up in BIOS. I am running the most recent BIOS to date and I tried to restart the system after clearing CMOS and having only the new M.2 installed and it still doesn't show up. Also in BIOS, there is no option to "turn on" the m.2 slots which leaves me to believe they are automatically discover-able on this motherboard. After all, the Crucial 1TB shows up in BIOS and didn't have a problem with that one. Also it should be noted, it is accessible in Windows.

If anyone has a detailed step by step guide on how to get this (or an idea) to work with my current PC configuration, I would seriously give you a hug. Here are my PC specs:

ASUS TUF X470-PLUS Gaming
Ryzen 7 2700X
RTX 2080TI FE
32 GB Patriot Viper RGB RAM 3200
Windows 10 Home 64 bit
ULTRA 1050W Modular PSU

Thank you for listening

 

[SgtScream]

Is your motherboard on the latest bios revision?

 

[velocityg4]

Are you using the M.2 slot your Crucial works in or just trying it in the other slot?

 

[rabid_ferret420]

I've tried both slots but yes, it is currently in the slot that the Crucial worked before and was discoverable in BIOS.

BIOS is up to date to the current revision.

 

[SgtScream]

I've tried both slots but yes, it is currently in the slot that the Crucial worked before and was discoverable in BIOS.

BIOS is up to date to the current revision.

IF I were you, i'd be on my way to get another nvme. Preferably of a different manufacturer for testing purposes. You can always return one of them.

 

[rabid_ferret420]

IF I were you, i'd be on my way to get another nvme. Preferably of a different manufacturer for testing purposes. You can always return one of them.

My Crucial 1TB is also an NVMe plus I don't have another 250$ to just go willy nilly with. The Sabrent works, it just won't show up in BIOS or let me do a clean install of Windows on it. I can format it and create a new partition, it just won't let me install Windows to it.

 

[SgtScream]

My Crucial 1TB is also an NVMe plus I don't have another 250$ to just go willy nilly with. The Sabrent works, it just won't show up in BIOS or let me do a clean install of Windows on it. I can format it and create a new partition, it just won't let me install Windows to it.

Contact their support and then if it comes down to it return it. It shouldn't be that difficult.