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Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 & M.2 870 EVO SSD

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Topic: Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 & M.2 870 EVO SSD

Posted By: whited3
Subject: Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 & M.2 870 EVO SSD
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 6:39am

Hi All.

For a birthday present I purchased a 1TB M.2 Samsung 870 EVO SSD for my son's PC which runs a Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 MB. The system won't recognise the SSD. I've updated the BIOS but still no luck.

Looking at the ASrock compatibility list I see that all the Samsung M.2 SSDs are PCIe whereas the 870 EVO is SATA3.

Is this the issue and why it seems incompatible?

Cheers.

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Posted By: whited3
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:32am

Sorry for the typo. Its an EVO 860.

Working now. I unplugged all the other drives and rebooted. BIOS found the M.2. I then added each of the other drives one at a time and all is good.