Question System crashes with new M.2 Samsung 970 Evo Plus

[ille111]

Hi everyone!

I recently bought a new Samsung 970 Evo Plus and have trouble with my system since setting it up. Whenever I start a game residing on the SSD, it (the SSD) crashes.
The issue is very similar to the one in this thread: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...m-2-1tb-ssd-causing-crashes-and-bsod.3761068/
I have tried a lot of things so far:
- of course everything related to drivers and resetting the system
- using the second m.2 slot
- installing the OS and the games on the m.2 SSD (and on separate drives)*
- Samsung SMART tests (always pass before a crash)

*The games are always installed on the SSD. When Windows is also installed on it, the whole system freezes and all I can do is powercycle the system. If Windows is installed on another drive, I can tab out of the crashed game but not access the m.2 SSD anymore as also explained in the thread above.

The rest of my setup is as follows:
- Asus Strix Z270H Gaming Motherboard
- intel i7-7700K
- NVIDIA GeForce 1080
- 750W be quiet PSU
- a 2TB HDD and a 256MB SSD, both connected via SATA3
- 8GB of RAM clocked at 2400MHz using XMP

Does anyone have another idea what the problem could be?

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Asus Strix Z270H Gaming Motherboard
What BIOS version are you currently on for your motherboard?

As for your SSD, did you install the NVMe driver that's found on Samsung's support site, here;

Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe 3.0 SSD | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Samsung 970 EVO Plus maximizes the potential of NVMe™ bandwidth for unbeatable computing. In capacities up to 2TB, with reliability of up to 1,200 TBW.

semiconductor.samsung.com

 

[ille111]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Asus Strix Z270H Gaming Motherboard
What BIOS version are you currently on for your motherboard?

As for your SSD, did you install the NVMe driver that's found on Samsung's support site, here;

Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe 3.0 SSD | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Samsung 970 EVO Plus maximizes the potential of NVMe™ bandwidth for unbeatable computing. In capacities up to 2TB, with reliability of up to 1,200 TBW.

semiconductor.samsung.com

Hi!
I'm using the most recent stable BIOS version (1301). Yes, I'm using the newest Samsung NVMe driver.