Adding a M.2 SSD card to Z97 Pro

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   In preparation for adding a Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-V7S500B/AM) I updated the BIOS of my Z97 Pro to version P2.50. I then did a clean install of W10pro. All's well except that one of my three monitors does not display. Only two appear on nVidia's control panel. I have a GeForce GTS-450 graphics card.

Question:

Is there a setting in the BIOS that's causing this?
Is there a fix?

Thanks, Kerry

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Kerry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Aug 2017 Status: Offline Points: 213	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kerry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Adding a M.2 SSD card to Z97 Pro Posted: 01 Feb 2020 at 7:44am
	In preparation for adding a Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-V7S500B/AM) I updated the BIOS of my Z97 Pro to version P2.50. I then did a clean install of W10pro. All's well except that one of my three monitors does not display. Only two appear on nVidia's control panel. I have a GeForce GTS-450 graphics card. Question: Is there a setting in the BIOS that's causing this? Is there a fix? Thanks, Kerry

ASRock_TSD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ASRock_Official Joined: 20 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 8787	Post Options Post Reply Quote ASRock_TSD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Feb 2020 at 8:00pm
	Dear Kerry, Thanks for posting your query to ASRock forum. GTS-450 can support up to 2 monitors. For further details, please refer to page 10 in the link below: https://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce-gtx/GTS_450_User_Guide.pdf With thanks, ASRock TSD

Kerry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Aug 2017 Status: Offline Points: 213	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kerry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Feb 2020 at 3:35am
	Hi ASRock TSD, No sooner had I posted it started working as it did before the BIOS update and a clean install of W10Pro. All three monitors are working again; however, only two appear in the NVidia Control Panel. Much thanks, Kerry

Kerry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Aug 2017 Status: Offline Points: 213	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kerry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Feb 2020 at 5:07am
	Update: Again, no idea how it got fixed but, the three monitors are now displaying correctly in the NVidia Control Panel and the font size for each is perfect.