Question SSD not being recognized by bios and have to install fresh windows 10 install on brand new pc… what’s going on?

[Jeffbro100]

SSD not being recognized by bios. I just finished building my brand new pc and was waiting on my nvme ssd… installed and bios doesn’t even recognize it. I don’t know what to do. Also I used an old hdd and it works but is EXTREMELY slow. Is it possible the actual ssd slot isn’t working? I had someone that know about pc say it could be cpu related but I don’t see how’s that even possible… he couldn’t even figure it out…I’m stuck looking at bios as we speak… ;(

here are my parts:
Motherboard: tuf gaming z590-plus wifi
SSD: 970 evo 1 tb nvme
Gpu: 2070 super
Ram: 16 gb corsair vengeance rgb pro
Cpu: 11th gen Intel core i7-11700k

 

[Aeacus]

Is it possible the actual ssd slot isn’t working?

Your MoBo has 3x M.2 NVMe SSD slots. What stops you trying all 3? This will answer either your drive being DOA, or MoBo issue.

 

[Jeffbro100]

Your MoBo has 3x M.2 NVMe SSD slots. What stops you trying all 3? This will answer either your drive being DOA, or MoBo issue.

Oh yea I forgot to add that I did try the others and they worked but doesn’t having them in those slot affect performance somehow? Here’s the weird thing when I had an old hdd connected while my ssd was in the first slot it actually showed in bios but my pc would always freeze or crash later on. The guy that built my pc said it could be the pins on the motherboard? Or the cpu could be damaged somehow causing the first ssd slot not to recognize the ssd. How could it be that the rest work and the first slot doesn’t? I’m so confused. Too much for me tbh. I’m a complete beginner to all of this. Maybe your right it’s just a faulty motherboard

 

[USAFRet]

I just finished building my brand new pc

The guy that built my pc said

hmm....

Which is it?

 

[Aeacus]

Which is it?

Now, i'm wondering the same thing.

I did try the others and they worked but doesn’t having them in those slot affect performance somehow?

0 real world impact there.

Sure, on paper, 1st slot is PCI-E 4.0 while other two are PCI-E 3.0 and theoretical bandwidth is half of what PCI-E 4.0 is capable of. But like i said, 0 real world difference. Only diff, a small one, would be if you were to move large files around, whereby;
e.g for 10GB file read speed, when considering theoretical max bandwidth what the protocol can do,
PCI-E 4.0 = ~1.5 seconds
PCI-E 3.0 = ~3 seconds

Outside of that, 0 performance diff.
Video proof:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YoRKQy-UO4

 

[Jeffbro100]

hmm....

Which is it?

I went to my local computer store… paid 50 bucks for them to build it(he did pretty much everything) I just finished the rest like setting it up and building my desk. I just connected the cables, did some cable management, my speakers, and installed my ssd. I should’ve been more specific.

 

[Jeffbro100]

Now, i'm wondering the same thing.


0 real world impact there.

Sure, on paper, 1st slot is PCI-E 4.0 while other two are PCI-E 3.0 and theoretical bandwidth is half of what PCI-E 4.0 is capable of. But like i said, 0 real world difference. Only diff, a small one, would be if you were to move large files around, whereby;
e.g for 10GB file read speed, when considering theoretical max bandwidth what the protocol can do,
PCI-E 4.0 = ~1.5 seconds
PCI-E 3.0 = ~3 seconds

Outside of that, 0 performance diff.
Video proof:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YoRKQy-UO4

Hmm okay. I thought there would be a gaming performance issue. I thought I had to have it on the first ssd slot for optimal gaming performance. Guess I just have to deal with it. Still kinda bothers me why my first ssd slot doesn’t work at all.