NVMe M.2 and Steam

[StinkyLongy]

I have installed a new NVMe M.2 on my board as the X: drive. Win10 can see it a treat and I can copy files on and off successfully (11GB from SSD to M.2 in less than 30 seconds). I can format it, rename it and change drive letters. But...

Open Steam, go settings and choose downloads, look to change Steam downloads drive to the new m.2 and it isn't listed. Any ideas anyone?

[C2Dan88]

You have to create a new Steam Content Library

Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders > Add Folder > At the top select drive X:

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You have to add it via steam library folder

[Magma Dragoon]

You need to create a new library before you can change the default library

[StinkyLongy]

Sorry, I'm misunderstanding, I have several library folders in steam with separate steam folders on several drives, for games or flight sims or what have you. I point the default download folder to whatever drive/library folder, depending on what I'm up to or type of game I'm updating (flight sims I keep very separate to my games). Only I wanted to do the same with the new M.2 but steam simply does list my nice new X: All the other SSDs are there to choose from, but not this one. It's as though Steam doesn't handle NVMe or doesn't recognise it as a drive, even though windows 10 does.

I hope that's a little clearer?

[StinkyLongy]

Originally posted by C2Dan88:

You have to create a new Steam Content Library

Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders > Add Folder > At the top select drive X:

Thanks mate but no drive X: on the list of available drives. It's as if the X: drive doesn't exist, yet it does in Windows 10.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then change the drive letter to a lower one in drive management and restart steam

[StinkyLongy]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Then change the drive letter to a lower one in drive management and restart steam

Thanks Motha. I have tried what you suggested but still it isn't seeing it. The next available drive letter was I: I used this so as not to leave any gaps, but alas.. cheers anyway

[Bad 💀 Motha]

How many steam library do you have in your steam client list as of now?

[StinkyLongy]

Hello mate, just three now. And I'm about to make it two.

I have a plan. I'll move standalone X-Plane 11 to the new NVMe and leave that drive purely for that. I'll only have the two library folders then, one for games the other for Microsoft FSX. That way, steam doesn't need to be aware of the new M.2. Job done.

Thanks for input everyone and thanks BadMotha for staying with me.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What motherboard and nvme drives do you have?

Have you installed the motherboard chipset and nvme drivers?

[StinkyLongy]

Hey BadMotha, thanks again.

I found the "issue" which was an oversight and not an issue.
I have seven drives including the NVMe. When I chose to list drives under library folders it could only display the first 6 drives. X: obviously being at the bottom of the list was the 7th and wasn't being displayed because there wasn't enough room for it in the window. I scrolled down the list and low and behold, it appeared at the bottom, where it had been all along.

When I changed it to I: drive earlier after your post, it obviously wasn't going to display that either, as it was the 7th drive again.

I scrolled by accident.. Not good knowledge for a 54yr old who's been in IT since the 80's, AS400 Mainframe, UNIX, Novell and Windows all flavours.. I've learned so much in my lifetime but retained nothing. What a dumbass I am!

thanks again bud

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Seriously . . . *facepalm*