970A-G/3.1 - M.2 in BIOS?

My appologies I am also new to forums. I've recently taken an interest in the tech industries and have stsrted exploring but that is beside the point. I have done what you suggested and moved my questions to here http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7418&PID=43788ꬌ thanks for the help

I recently purchased a 128 gb adata su800 ssd for my gaming computer to put a large game on that I want to run fast. My computer is a new build (link here https://pcpartpicker.com/user/TrojanWarrior54/saved/xr3f7P). So far everything has been working great except for the ssd. Until finding this forum I could find very little information on m.2 ssds let alone for an asrock board. Through a process of about 50 googles I stumbled upon this forum and the problem was exactly the same as mine. This being said once I located the area in the bios that showed whether or not the slot was occupied it said that it was not. I am a first time pc builder and shortly after posting this I will probably take out the ssd and try to reinstall it but in case that doesn't work I am open to more suggestions. Thanks all and even if you can't help me the previous posts have already helped alot.

**After unplugging my computer, removing the graphics card (for accessibility), and then removing the ssd I checked that it's orientation was correct and then reinstalled it. After booting again the bios and windows both still do not recognize the ssd.

Edited by TrojanWarrior54 - 24 Jan 2018 at 9:37am

Silver_Skeeter wrote: Hey there. So I installed a M.2 SSD to the Motherboard but I just can't find it in the BIOS. I thought the M.2 slot would be listed under Advanced > Storage Configuration where all the SATA slots are listed as well but it isn't. I have nothing in the PCIE4 slot either so that shouldn't be the problem. Thanks in advance.

That's normal. You don't see an entry in Storage Configuration for the M.2 slot, correct? The SATA ports are all listed, if they are being used or not.

While ASRock was able to add a functional M.2 slot to your board, the 970 chipset was designed before PCIe M.2 SSDs existed. Only the latest Intel chipset boards are able to include an M.2 slot entry in the Storage Configuration screen.

Some ASRock boards with M.2 slots have an entry in the Advanced screen, called NVMe Configuration. That is where NVMe PCIe SSDs are listed. I don't see that screen shown in your board's manual.

In the UEFI/BIOS, Tools screen, run the System Browser feature. Move the mouse pointer over the M.2 slot area, and your M.2 SSD should be shown.

Which M.2 SSD are you using? There are a few SATA M.2 SSDs, but they are not compatible with your board. Only PCIe M.2 SSDs are compatible.