M.2 nvme not showing in bios

[Death Slayer]

Edit: problem fixed. It was a faulty ssd. Went to the store and they gave me another and now working perfectly.

Hello my windows 10 is installed on a hdd. Today I bought a m.2 nvme and installed on motherboard. Now when I booted I realized that windows booting is now significantly longer. And after I went to disk management my nvme is nowhere to be found. What should I do now?
I am not trying to keep hdd for boot and nvme for another storage. Should I also change something in bios for that?

My mobo:msi b450 tomahawk max
Ssd: XOC g300 512gb
Windows 10

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

How is this M.2 locked in? Did you use the standoff with the screw or just screwed the standoff (or the screw) directly into the M.2 on the board directly (which I seen people do on multiple occasions)? Did you not use the standoff or screw (seen this happen also)?

Here is a properly installed M.2 to cover all the bases here first before getting into more detailed complex things which I am sure everyone is itching to get into:

https://www.groovypost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/how-to-install-nvme-m2-ssd-samsung.jpg

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea and how is anyone that stupid, I seriously will never understand.
The SSD should go into the slot @ 45* angle and when it's seated, it should lay perfectly flat on-top the stand-off, secured by the screw.

Some M2 slots are tool-less now on some motherboards but that's still a fairly new and rare feature.

[Death Slayer]

Diposting pertama kali oleh The Incredible Magical Cupcake:

How is this M.2 locked in? Did you use the standoff with the screw or just screwed the standoff (or the screw) directly into the M.2 on the board directly (which I seen people do on multiple occasions)? Did you not use the standoff or screw (seen this happen also)? :csd2smile:

Here is a properly installed M.2 to cover all the bases here first before getting into more detailed complex things which I am sure everyone is itching to get into: :yetuhappy:

https://www.groovypost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/how-to-install-nvme-m2-ssd-samsung.jpg

I perfectly did the screw part. I have seen multiple videos of this. But just think about it that why is now the boot time lot slower just after i inserted the ssd. I removed the ssd and booted and pc started just like before. Then I again inserted ssd and now I am sitting here for loke 5-6 minitues but its still loading into windows

[AmaiAmai]

Always check if it appears in BIOS first, if it doesn't show that it's populated in the BIOS the SSD can be a dud or the slot is malfunctioning. That's assuming you installed it correctly.

One other possibility is that if you manually set BIFURIFICATION and set the NVME to 0 it also won't be used or activated. You should check that setting if you changed it from AUTO. Also check that the drive slot is enabled in the BIOS, as it could have been disabled on first boot when it was unpopulated.

One last thing is that some SSDs do have incompatibilities that are found, you can check your MB vendor's BIOS page or contact them.


I usually have an cheap external USB SSD adapter to find the answer to those questions quickly.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Having more drives can slow down the overall POST and BOOT process but it shouldn't be noticeable.

Anytime you add ANY drive to a PC, enter the BIOS and double check the boot options and boot order. Secondary drives or USB drives shouldn't be included as an available option. If any of those are, remove them from the listing.

If you have DDR5 then you might be waiting on ram training.

What spec are all of your installed NVME SSDs?

What Motherboard are you using?

What OS version are you using?

[kiwikev]

Which sata port is your HDD in, by default your MB will disable sata 5,6, if m.2 drive is installed

[Death Slayer]

Diposting pertama kali oleh kiwikev:

Which sata port is your HDD in, by default your MB will disable sata 5,6, if m.2 drive is installed

My hdd is in sata 4. My hdd is working correctly but m.2 not detected in bios, device manager,disk management

[AmaiAmai]

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Diposting pertama kali oleh kiwikev:

Which sata port is your HDD in, by default your MB will disable sata 5,6, if m.2 drive is installed

My hdd is in sata 4. My hdd is working correctly but m.2 not detected in bios, device manager,disk management

If it's not showing in BIOS do you have another system to test the drive?

Also are you sure you have tried everything, even the old reset BIOS?

If it's not showing up there in BIOS it almost certainly means:

1. There is some incompatibility or setting that is not properly configured in BIOS
2. The hardware is faulty
3. There is a physical issue with the device

That you said it takes longer to POST with it means it likely detects it, tries to initialize it, cannot and then skips after X attempts.

[Death Slayer]

Diposting pertama kali oleh AmaiAmai:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Death Slayer:

My hdd is in sata 4. My hdd is working correctly but m.2 not detected in bios, device manager,disk management

If it's not showing in BIOS do you have another system to test the drive?

Also are you sure you have tried everything, even the old reset BIOS?

If it's not showing up there in BIOS it almost certainly means:

1. There is some incompatibility or setting that is not properly configured in BIOS
2. The hardware is faulty
3. There is a physical issue with the device

That you said it takes longer to POST with it means it likely detects it, tries to initialize it, cannot and then skips after X attempts.

I am also starting to think it's defective. But I will do some for test before punching the vendor. Also it takes a long time to show the msi logo and then also long time to go to desktop mode

[Iron Knights]

HDDs can be defective out of the box, nowadays, not like old days. A bad HDD board can cause all kinds of HW problems. Why did you get an HDD for anyways ?
Does the NVME work without the HDD on ? (completely unplugged)

[Freqsync]

No results were found,
Is the response to ssd being compatible.

[PopinFRESH]

What motherboard do you have... if you want help you need to provide details for people to help you. Install CPUz and run the validator and then post the validation link so people can see what hardware you have.

EDIT: the post must have been cached as it looks like you edited the OP and added the motherboard.

Which BIOS/UEFI mode are you in? Legacy+UEFI, or UEFI?

Are you wanting to re-install windows 10 on the NVMe SSD?

Try to reset to defaults and then reboot back into UEFI and reconfigure just the basic options

1. Shutdown and disconnect power
   
2. Clear CMOS
   
3. Physically disconnect the SATA HDD from the SATA4 port
   
4. Boot back into UEFI
   
5. Enable `Windows 10 WHQL Support` which will automatically put the system into UEFI only
   
6. Save settings and reboot; upon reboot re-enter UEFI
   
7. Re-enable A-XMP for your memory kit
   
8. Verify/Set SATA Mode to AHCI
   
9. Enable fTPM in the CPU settings
   
10. Enable Secure Boot
    
11. Save settings and reboot; upon reboot re-enter UEFI
    
12. Go to the Advanced > PCIe settings and see if your SSD is shown
    
13. Attempt to boot the Windows 10 UEFI installer and see if your SSD is detected for installation

If its working, then power off again and connect your HDD to SATA port1 along the bottom edge of the board and then backup any data from it and reformat it as a new storage volume in Windows once you've got all the data off of it.