Question Why can't my disk manager recognize my SSD but my device manager can?

[TunesMagoo]

My device manager recognizes my SSD and claims its working fine but my disk manager does not recognize it to even allow me to partition it. I have already tried a few of the "standard" fixes to other threads here that seem close to the same issue with no luck.

 

[harshgola]

make sure the drive isn't offline in the disk manager.

 

[TunesMagoo]

It isn't present in the disk manager @harshgola

 

[Roger Har Dang]

is it a healthy ssd ? sometimes ssd's can be faulty too

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

what motherboard do you have?
if it's old enough, it will need to be manually adjusted in the BIOS to use AHCI for the SSD that is connected, otherwise, the SSD won't work.

Also, if that doesn't work, you can try updating the BIOS.

Also, also, depending on what SSD you have, it may need drivers to be installed for it before it'll work properly.

 

[TunesMagoo]

what motherboard do you have?
if it's old enough, it will need to be manually adjusted in the BIOS to use AHCI for the SSD that is connected, otherwise, the SSD won't work.

Also, if that doesn't work, you can try updating the BIOS.

Also, also, depending on what SSD you have, it may need drivers to be installed for it before it'll work properly.

@QwerkyPengwen its an Asus z87 from 2014, and it has all the proper drivers installed already

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

if it's a Z87 from 2014, it you may need to change the interface mode in BIOS to AHCI, if you don't have that option, then a BIOS update should fix that.