Compatibility - ASRock B450M Pro4

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   Dear,

This may be the wrong place for this kind of question, so do redirect me if needed.
So I bought the ASRock B450M Pro4 a while ago and insterted the Intel 660p 1TB M.2 SSD.

This works fine, now I received a Samsung 980 1TB M.2 SSD from my brother and wanted to insert this into the second M2 slot.

But it is not recognized, I understand that this is because of the limitations in the lanes thus closing a SATA slot.
But I installer the samsung in the 2nd M2 slot and it is not SATA.

Can this setup work or ?

Kr

Boris

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Boris Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 Nov 2021 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote Boris Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Compatibility - ASRock B450M Pro4 Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:22pm
	Dear, This may be the wrong place for this kind of question, so do redirect me if needed. So I bought the ASRock B450M Pro4 a while ago and insterted the Intel 660p 1TB M.2 SSD. This works fine, now I received a Samsung 980 1TB M.2 SSD from my brother and wanted to insert this into the second M2 slot. But it is not recognized, I understand that this is because of the limitations in the lanes thus closing a SATA slot. But I installer the samsung in the 2nd M2 slot and it is not SATA. Can this setup work or ? Kr Boris

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 25028	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 7:14pm
	The 980 is an NVMe drive, the second M.2 slot only supports SATA drives: https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B450M%20Pro4/index.asp#Specification M2_2 is SATA only. The intel drive is also NVMe so your only option would be to either use a PCIe to NVMe adapter add in card or use a SATA drive in the second M.2 slot.