[SOLVED] z370 Motherboard That Can Disable M.2 Drive

[kevinshardware]

Is there any Z370 based motherboard with a bios that can disable M.2 drives? Disabling ports with drives was very common at one point. It's becoming rarer with sata, and looks nonexistent with m.2.

 

[HendOsu]

you can on my EVGA Z370 FTW .... Under Advanced/Onboard Device Configuration

the slots are disabled by default. I’ve installed new drives and they aren’t recognized until you enable the M.2 slots. As a note, on this mobo each M.2 will use 4 shared PCIe lanes and knock out two SATA ports.....I have two M.2 drives installed and now have only 2 of the 6 onboard ports available. Other mb may not have this same limitation.

 

[kevinshardware]

Thank you.