New NVMe ssd in slot M2.2 issues

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   Hello all

Recently purchased a 1 tb Crucial P3 Plus drive.  After installing it in slot M2.2, the computer would not boot, nor would it allow me to go into the bios.

I have a Samsung drive in slot 1, and one SATA drive as well.

Once I remove the new drive, everything boots normally. 

Anythoughts?

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Seancstew Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Apr 2023 Location: Usa Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote Seancstew Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: New NVMe ssd in slot M2.2 issues Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 10:32pm
	Hello all Recently purchased a 1 tb Crucial P3 Plus drive. After installing it in slot M2.2, the computer would not boot, nor would it allow me to go into the bios. I have a Samsung drive in slot 1, and one SATA drive as well. Once I remove the new drive, everything boots normally. Anythoughts?

eccential Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 6635	Post Options Post Reply Quote eccential Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 11:33pm
	What motherboard? Some models don't support 2 NVMe drives. For example, my B450M Pro4 R2.0 will support NVMe drive on the first m.2 slot, but only SATA drive on the second m.2 slot. And that second m.2 shares SATA controller with one of the SATA ports.

Seancstew Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Apr 2023 Location: Usa Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote Seancstew Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 11:41pm
	Oops, sorry! X570 Taichi.

eccential Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 6635	Post Options Post Reply Quote eccential Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 2:30am
	Okay, that board supports NVMe drives in all three m.2 slots. If I were you, I'd diagnose further by trying the 3rd m.2 slot, or swapping into the first m.2 slot. At least then you can determine if the new NVMe drive is bad, or if the 2nd m.2 slot is bad.

Seancstew Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Apr 2023 Location: Usa Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote Seancstew Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 2:50am
	I tried the third slot as well, same issue. My OS is on the drive in the first slot. I suppose I could swap it to the second slot and see if it boots.

eccential Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 6635	Post Options Post Reply Quote eccential Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 6:28pm
	I just noticed, there's another thread with similar issue: https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24833&title=pc-not-starting-after-adding-new-m-2-ssd Maybe there's something weird about Crucial P3. And maybe there's a BIOS update that deals with it. I only buy SK Hynix SSDs these days. Shrug.