No drives found when installing Windows 11

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   After building the PC (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sYYRkJ) I am booting it up for the first time and trying to install Windows 11 via USB on it. Sadly, I get the message that no drives where found when choosing where to install it.

It looks like this: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/No-drives-were-found-1.png The TEAMGROUP MP33 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME SSD is installed in the M2_1 slot which according to the manual of the motherboard (ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard) supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen5x4 mode. Is that the correct M.2 slot for this SSD?

I have tried changing settings in BIOS but I couldn't find any options there to enable M.2. I have also tried to install AMD chipset drivers for the motherboard (https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/B650M%20Pro%20RS/index.asp#Download) hoping that it would then recognize the SSD drive. In the storage options I only see SATA and nothing about M.2. https://imgur.com/x2mK4M3

I have also tried enabling TPM, disabling RAID functionality and updating the BIOS to the latest version.

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M2SSD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 Oct 2023 Status: Offline Points: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote M2SSD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: No drives found when installing Windows 11 Posted: 20 Oct 2023 at 12:25am
	After building the PC (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sYYRkJ) I am booting it up for the first time and trying to install Windows 11 via USB on it. Sadly, I get the message that no drives where found when choosing where to install it. It looks like this: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/No-drives-were-found-1.png The TEAMGROUP MP33 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME SSD is installed in the M2_1 slot which according to the manual of the motherboard (ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard) supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen5x4 mode. Is that the correct M.2 slot for this SSD? I have tried changing settings in BIOS but I couldn't find any options there to enable M.2. I have also tried to install AMD chipset drivers for the motherboard (https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/B650M%20Pro%20RS/index.asp#Download) hoping that it would then recognize the SSD drive. In the storage options I only see SATA and nothing about M.2. https://imgur.com/x2mK4M3 I have also tried enabling TPM, disabling RAID functionality and updating the BIOS to the latest version.

eccential Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 5095	Post Options Post Reply Quote eccential Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Oct 2023 at 6:37pm
	Looking at the motherboard specs, ANY of the m.2 slots (other than the m.2 WiFi slot, obviously) will support an NVMe drive. The M2_1 slot is of course the best, since it's direct to CPU. Can you try it on another m.2 slot, to eliminate the possibility that the SSD itself is bad? If it works on another m.2 slot, that would indicate other possibilities, such as bad connection between CPU pads and the socket "fingers," or even a bad CPU.

M2SSD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 Oct 2023 Status: Offline Points: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote M2SSD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Oct 2023 at 12:55am
	I have just tried installing the NVMe drive in the other slot but nothing changed. I have noticed something however: When I installed the GPU a piece of plastic (the retaining latch/clip) from the PCIe slot where you insert the GPU broke off (https://imgur.com/mkIW4j0) (https://imgur.com/LV3FHTv) and I think there is a loose connection because of it. Whenever the GPU turns on the lights of the case fans start flickering. Is it possible that this has something to do with my SSD problem?

eccential Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 5095	Post Options Post Reply Quote eccential Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Oct 2023 at 1:55am
	I believe the plastic PCIe retainer is nothing more than a physical retainer, so I can't imagine it affecting anything electrical, unless it flew into a component and broke something else. The other m.2 slots are connected to the chipset, not directly to the CPU. So if the NVMe drive doesn't work in any of the m.2 slots, I suspect the SSD is actually the broken part, not anything else.

M2SSD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 Oct 2023 Status: Offline Points: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote M2SSD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Oct 2023 at 11:48pm
	I have just installed the NVMe drive in a different computer. I don't know how to check if that computer recognizes this drive but I noticed however that there is a blinking red light coming from the SSD which doesn't happen when the SSD is installed in the new computer. What could that mean? The M.2 slots on the motherboard of the new PC are defect?

M2SSD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 Oct 2023 Status: Offline Points: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote M2SSD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Oct 2023 at 11:52pm
	Also regarding the other problem of the case fan light flickering and the fan speed being lower as soon as the GPU turns on: What could the cause of that be? Is this even that big of a problem?

eccential Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 5095	Post Options Post Reply Quote eccential Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 2023 at 12:17am
	You can run "Disk Management" in Windows to see if the disk shows up in there. "Create and formation hard disk partitions" Oh, and on the original board, make sure CSM is disabled in BIOS. I assume it's disabled by default, already, though. I don't know what's going on with the fan light flickering. Can it be power supply struggling? TechPowerUp says 700W PS is recommended for RX 6950 XT, so I'd think Corsair 750 is good enough, but these things are complicated.