Hello,
I have installed a Samsung V-Nand SSD 950 Pro m.2 drive into my Z170A-m7 MSI motherboard. The 950 PRO is recognized by name as a boot device in my bios. (Note that it is only listed as a Legacy (not UEFI) option.
However, in Windows under Device Manager, the new device gets added under Other devices > PCI Device, and has the yellow framed exclamation point icon indicating the driver was not successfully installed. The device does not appear at all under Disk Management. Nor does it appear under available disks during Windows 7 installation setup.
http://imgur.com/gallery/Gof8ABV
What I have tried:
- Attempt to "update Driver" for PCI Device in Computer Management
- Searched online for an actual driver from Samsung
- Update bios to newest 1.80
- Clear CMOS
- Disconnect all other HDs and see if it shows under Windows 7 DVD install setup
- Run Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool (someone found this to actually work)
- Reseat the drive on the mobo
- Run Samsung Magician (which does not find the drive)
My specs:
Z170a m7 MSI mobo
Skylake core i7 4.0 ghz
4x8GB Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4 2666
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD w/ Windows 7 Enterprise
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Swiftech H240-x 90 CFM liquid cpu cooler
EVGASupernova 750W PSU
And then this little devil
Thank a lot in advance. I spent 7 hours on this today and am out of time and ideas.
d
I have installed a Samsung V-Nand SSD 950 Pro m.2 drive into my Z170A-m7 MSI motherboard. The 950 PRO is recognized by name as a boot device in my bios. (Note that it is only listed as a Legacy (not UEFI) option.
However, in Windows under Device Manager, the new device gets added under Other devices > PCI Device, and has the yellow framed exclamation point icon indicating the driver was not successfully installed. The device does not appear at all under Disk Management. Nor does it appear under available disks during Windows 7 installation setup.
http://imgur.com/gallery/Gof8ABV
What I have tried:
- Attempt to "update Driver" for PCI Device in Computer Management
- Searched online for an actual driver from Samsung
- Update bios to newest 1.80
- Clear CMOS
- Disconnect all other HDs and see if it shows under Windows 7 DVD install setup
- Run Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool (someone found this to actually work)
- Reseat the drive on the mobo
- Run Samsung Magician (which does not find the drive)
My specs:
Z170a m7 MSI mobo
Skylake core i7 4.0 ghz
4x8GB Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4 2666
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD w/ Windows 7 Enterprise
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
Swiftech H240-x 90 CFM liquid cpu cooler
EVGASupernova 750W PSU
And then this little devil
Thank a lot in advance. I spent 7 hours on this today and am out of time and ideas.
d