Question Why Only 1 Type of NVME SSD Recognized by PC?

[JudithWright]

System Specs:

CPU: Intel XEON E5-2680 V3
RAM: 64GB DDR4 SK Hynix (REG ECC)
Motherboard: Atermiter X99 (CPU socket: LGA 2011-3) (image:

https://imgur.com/a/UZi28EZ

View: https://imgur.com/a/UZi28EZ
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I am trying to install an NVME m.2 SSD, but there seems to be only one brand/capacity that is recognized by the system: Western Digital SN550 (500GB)

Why is this the only m.2 SSD that is recognized by the system?


I have also tried:

• Western Digital SN730 256GB NVME m.2 SSD
• RAMAXEL AM620 256GB NVME m.2 SSD
• TEAMGROUP MP33 256GB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC NVMe 1.3 PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read/Write Speed up to 1,600/1,000 MB/s) TM8FP6256G0C101
• EDILOCA EN605 1TB M.2 SSD, NVMe1.3 PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD Internal Hard Drive, M.2 2280 - (Read/Write Speed up to 2150/1850 MB/s)
• Silicon Power 1TB - NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD (SP001TBP34A60M28)

Why don't any of these work?
Motherboard accepts NVME, so I don't understand why there would be a difference like this?

 

[kerberos_20]

nearby m2 slot should be jumpers for setting up m2 wiring between pcie and sata, can you take picture of it and post it on imgur and link it here?

 

[Lutfij]

You're working with a motherboard from Aliexpress, support on those kind of things is often times completely or somewhat spotty. The fact that your board will most likely be limited in how much BIOS support it's got from the makers of the board. This is actually what's impeding you from dropping in other brands of SSD's. You could try and contact the seller for any updates for BIOS but I'm pretty sure the answer might be something you don't want to hear or they'll tell you to return it.

Another thing that came to mind is that perhaps the M.2 slot shares lanes or I/O connectivity with other ports on the board, like USB2.0/3.0 ports.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Make sure you have the latest stable BIOS version installed. However, I've seen a number of videos on these cheap Chinese X99 boards and almost all of them had BIOS problems including lack of support for a fair amount of common hardware and BIOS ROM failures, specifically on that board.

Aside from that, it's a really cheap knockoff board, so you might be lucky that ANY drives work in the M.2 slots.