New NVMe ssd in slot M2.2 issues
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Topic: New NVMe ssd in slot M2.2 issues
Posted By: Seancstew
Subject: New NVMe ssd in slot M2.2 issues
Date 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?
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Posted By: eccential
Date 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.
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Posted By: Seancstew
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 11:41pm
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Oops, sorry! X570 Taichi.
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Posted By: eccential
Date 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.
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Posted By: Seancstew
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2023 at 2:50am
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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.
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Posted By: eccential
Date 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" rel="nofollow - 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.
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