ASRock Forums : x399 Professional m.2 slot bad https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:28:38 +0000 Mon, 21 May 2018 22:46:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7448 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : Hello,Somehow, I was able to get...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51797&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51797 Author: jbmerrill
Subject: 7448
Posted: 21 May 2018 at 10:46pm

Hello,

Somehow, I was able to get win 10 installed on the 850 evo raid0 array, as I remember, I used a dvd in combination with an easybcd winpe install from my hard drive.

My main problem now, is how to get ultrafast boot to work. There is no 'fast boot', only ultrafast, and my system begins to load windows, and immediately freezes. Sometimes I see the error message about the winload.efi file not being accessible / found.

I have tried with secure boot enabled, and of course csm disabled, and nothing works. I have tried using both the metro gui loader, as well as the non gui, plain text windows boot loader.

Any ideas on what to try with this? Let me know what additional info. I should supply.

Thanks,

Bryan

]]> Mon, 21 May 2018 22:46:55 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51797&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51797 <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : Hello,Thanks for your replies,I...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51748&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51748 Author: jbmerrill
Subject: 7448
Posted: 20 May 2018 at 4:02am

Hello,

Thanks for your replies,

I was able to get past the efi formatted as ntfs problem by disconnecting all my usb drives, and putting my main 960 pro drive 'offline'. However, now I get a specific error code 0x80070570 as follows:

Windows cannot install required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure that all windows files required for installation are available and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070570

I have tried two install sources, usb flash drive, and easybcd winpe drive. I have verified that these sources are good by using them to install a virtual machine.

i'm getting a little confused about what to try next.

Bryan M
]]> Sun, 20 May 2018 04:02:10 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51748&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51748 <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : EFI instead of FAT sounds like...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51741&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51741 Author: wardog
Subject: 7448
Posted: 20 May 2018 at 12:46am

EFI instead of FAT sounds like the Windows install is looking at the wrong/not intended target disk.


]]> Sun, 20 May 2018 00:46:58 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51741&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51741 <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : does your third slot, when in...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51704&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51704 Author: scythefwd
Subject: 7448
Posted: 19 May 2018 at 6:25am

does your third slot, when in sata mode, share a port with one of your sata ports?  I'm not looking at my manual, but i remember something odd about using one of the slots on my mobo (the taichi) in sata vs. pcie mode.. 

I could be wrong.. but does your manual say anything regarding that?

]]> Sat, 19 May 2018 06:25:23 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51704&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51704 <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : Hi MisterJThis is a very belated...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51666&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51666 Author: jbmerrill
Subject: 7448
Posted: 18 May 2018 at 9:53pm

[URL=][/URL]Hi MisterJ

This is a very belated reply, but I got my system running well with a couple of exceptions as follows:


I put the Samsung 960 Pro in m2_3, and the two 850 Evos in m2_1 and m2_2 and was able to create SATA arrays just fine using RaidExpert on both my m.2 and 2.5 inch ssds (the 960 pro is a stand alone nvme drive). However, as I remember it, I could not install Windows on the 850 evos, and instead used paragon hard disk manager to restore a copy of the 960 pro partition to the 850s (raid0). Now, I am not sure of this, because when I think about it, I don't see that the 960 pro install would have the raid drivers????

I tried again last night to install Windows 10 pro x64 to my 850 evo ssd array, but got an error (windows detected that the efi partition was formatted as ntfs instead of fat32), which is bogus because I verified it was fat32, so I am still confused about how to actually install windows on the 850 evo ssds.

Also, I have not been able to get ultrafast boot to work. It either does not do anything, or when it does almost work, it immediately posts and starts to boot windows, but freezes (windows 10=black screen), windows8.1=efi bootloader missing message?).

I use easybcd to manage multibooting. My Windows boot times are very slow, and just bios times alone exceed30-60 seconds, making the total boot to desktop times about 2 minutes.

I do have several usb devices attached, and found that when I switch them off on the usb hubs, that my boot times greatly improve, so not sure yet what I am going to do, except to get a large hub perhaps, and connect most of them to it.

I also have an Oculus VR headset attached.

I welcome any advice on how to troubleshoot these problems and ask what additional info. I may need to supply to facilitate this.

Thanks for your replies and assistance.

Bryan M.

Edited by jbmerrill - 18 May 2018 at 9:58pm]]> Fri, 18 May 2018 21:53:25 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=51666&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#51666 <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : jbmerrill, too many problems and...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=43998&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#43998 Author: MisterJ
Subject: 7448
Posted: 27 Jan 2018 at 3:55am

jbmerrill, too many problems and too little information. 
Concerning the RAID problem.  Did you follow the steps I posted for creating your RAIDs?  Please tell us EXPLICITLY exactly what you did in what order.  Make it clear at each step what type of drive (SATA or NVMe) you are using and where it is plugged.  What is the current state in the BIOS/UEFI of 'SATA Mode' and 'NVMe RAID'.  Thanks and enjoy, John.
]]> Sat, 27 Jan 2018 03:55:59 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=43998&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#43998 <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : Hi,I have tried two good Samsung...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=43968&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#43968 Author: jbmerrill
Subject: 7448
Posted: 26 Jan 2018 at 11:06pm

Hi,

I have tried two good Samsung sata 3 850 evo ssds in the bad m2_3 slot, and moved the non-recognized ssd from the m2_3 slot to the m2_2 slot. The ssds both tested good in slot m2_2, and slot m2_1 is also good (960 pro nvme 512gb), but m2_3 does not recognize either of the 850 Evos 500gb.

I have yet to try my Samsung 960 pro 512gb in the bad m2_3 slot, and still need to try some slot swapping to make sure the m2_3 is bad. Also, it is extremely difficult to get the screws back in to secure the ssds.

After replacing the motherboard, with only 32gb of ram installed, all m.2 ssd slots were recognized and functional to the best of my recollection. I noticed in windows device manager that there was a non-present (phantom) m.2 ssd, so it was there at least once.

I notice in hardware monitor, that it shows a valid temperatue for the slot, so this is confusing.

However, at some point (now I have 128gb ram), the m2_3 ssd slot stopped being recognized and I am wondering if I should just rma one of the ssds and take the loss because another rma of the motherboard is too much to deal with.

I have an inquiry to ASRock support, but am overall very disappointed with the way things have turned out.

On a side note, I created two raid0 arrays last night with two 2.5 inch 850 evo ssds, and two Toshiba x300 5tb hdds., and now my one good m.2 85o evo sata ssd is not showing in device manager or disk management, and this is also a problem.

Any new ideas?

Thanks much,

Bryan


Edited by jbmerrill - 26 Jan 2018 at 11:23pm]]> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 23:06:45 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=43968&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#43968 <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : Maybe just a run of bad luck,...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=43937&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#43937 Author: MisterJ
Subject: 7448
Posted: 26 Jan 2018 at 9:35am

Maybe just a run of bad luck, jbmerrill.  I assume you have tried a working SSD in the non-working M2_3 and the non-working SSD in a good M2.  Another idea is to remove all SSDs and try one at a time in each socket.  Since you did not place your specifications in your signature, we cannot see what HW you have (power supply?)  I have this same board and a 3x960 RAID0 running fine.  Sorry.  Enjoy, John.]]> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:35:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=43937&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#43937 <![CDATA[x399 Professional m.2 slot bad : I just RMA&#039;d the x399 Professional...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=43930&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#43930 Author: jbmerrill
Subject: 7448
Posted: 26 Jan 2018 at 6:08am

I just RMA'd the x399 Professional Fatal1ty Gaming motherboard, and it solved my 128GB RAM problem. However, now my m2_3 slot appears to be bad as it no longer recognizes either of my Samsung 850 EVOs.

Does anyone have ideas. Could it be a RAM conflict? I am running bios 2.0 (latest). Let me know what additional info to supply. The other two m.2 slots are working fine. ]]> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 06:08:06 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7448&PID=43930&title=x399-professional-m-2-slot-bad#43930