Question Windows not Detecting Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 NVME SSD

[Soluna]

System Information:
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 Aorus I Pro WiFi
BIOS: F10 (came with F3)
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB

Hello everyone,

I am having trouble getting Windows to detect my SSD. I am in a very similar situation as the OP of this thread, and tried many of the same solutions to no success.

In BIOS, I can see "Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB" listed under "M.2" installed in M2A. It's available as a boot option as well. It even passes device self test under the NVMe Configuration section of BIOS. While on another drive with Windows installed, I can see the drive listed in Device Manager, although I get an error message when I try to populate the volume information. It´s just not seen anywhere in Disk Management, or during the installation of Windows 10, or anywhere else, including Samsung Magician.

Some solutions that I tried from the thread:
-Upgraded BIOS to last version
-Sata Mode is AHCI
-Tried to install Windows 10 from 2 different USB sticks
-Tried commands in Windows Installer cmd like fixmbr, fixboot, diskpart etc. to fix errors or detect the drive
-Reseted CMOS battery
-Uninstalled the SSD from the Device Manager
-Ran Samsung's exe which contained the SSD's latest driver version.
-Tried to load the driver by clicking the "Load Drivers" option in Windows Installer.
-Used Samsung's software "Samsung Magician"

I installed the latest drivers from Gigabyte and also ran Windows Update.

I tried following what Calvin suggested:
I disconnected all my other drives
I disabled CSM (which also removed the SSD from the available boot options)
I cleared the secure keys from secure boot (my motherboard doesn't seem to have an explicit option of Other OS vs Windows UEFI)
I installed the factory keys

Is there something that haven't tried that may solve the issue of BIOS detecting the drive, but not most of Windows?

 

[popatim]

Did this drive already have or previously have an OS on it?

Some motherboards UEFI, being a more secure bios, will block access to a drive that IT didn't put the OS on. Often you can get around this by disabling Secure boot in said bios.

 

[Soluna]

Did this drive already have or previously have an OS on it?

Some motherboards UEFI, being a more secure bios, will block access to a drive that IT didn't put the OS on. Often you can get around this by disabling Secure boot in said bios.

The drive did not have an OS on it.

I tried the disabling secure boot option, but in order to do that, I have to turn off CSM, and that removes the drive from appearing in BIOS. In any case, I tried again, but the drive was still not in the list during Windows installation.