Taichi X370 and Samsung Evo 960 on second M2 slot
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Topic: Taichi X370 and Samsung Evo 960 on second M2 slot
Posted By: DoctorCajon
Subject: Taichi X370 and Samsung Evo 960 on second M2 slot
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 3:07am
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" rel="nofollow - Hello, does anyone know if it´s possible to put a Samsung Evo 960 500 GB on the second M.2 slot on the Taichi X370? I know it´s not on the support list, but according to the manual a PCI-e NVMe card should be good... I have tried two different ones, so I can exclude that the Samsung is defect. The 250 GB Evo is working perfectly on slot 1. Even in the BIOS the 500 GB Evo does not show up on the second slot. Thanks The doctor |
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Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 5:01am
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DoctorCajon, I have a Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming and have EVO 960 SSDs in both M.2 sockets. Both are 250 GB. Don't know about your Taichi. I would suggest you try swapping them. I would not think size would matter. Perhaps your M2_2 is defective. Enjoy, John. |
Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 10:21am
There seems to be some issue with the M2_2 slot on the X370 Taichi board for some users and some M.2 NVMe SSDs. Any NVMe SSD should be fine in any M.2 slot that supports M.2 PCIe SSDs, which the M2_2 slot on the X370 Taichi does support. From the specifications of the X370 Taichi: 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x4 (20 Gb/s) Note that the M2_2 slot does not provide the full PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x4 interface that the 960 EVO requires for full performance. That interface should not be causing the SSD to not be recognized as far as I know. The M2_2 slot is using the chipset's PCIe 2.0 lanes, rather than the CPU's PCIe 3.0 lanes that are used with the M2_1 slot. Did you try clearing the UEFI/BIOS when you installed the 960 EVO in the M2_2 slot? If you boot into Windows, and start Disk Management, is the drive recognized when it is in the M2_2 slot? Assuming it has not yet been formatted. Do you have anything in the PCIE5 slot? It is shared with the M2_2 slot. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
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DoctorCajon wrote:Posted By: DoctorCajon
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 12:50pm
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Didn't try to reset the BIOS. It's a complete fresh install. I have finished my build just yesterday. I can try to swap the 250 GB Evo from m2_1 to m2_2, didn't try it yet. PCIe5 is empty. I have only a graphics card installed on the first full slot. Think it's slot 2 if I remember correctly. Also the 500 GB doesn't show up in Windows disk management, checked that already I know it does not have full speed the disk has on m2_2, but this is ok. Should be same speed as a SSD on a SATA port. Should not matter for games as you don't recognize a difference between this two. Just wanted to minimize cable clutter in the case. :) |
Posted By: DoctorCajon
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 2:24pm
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Update: I now have swapped the 250 and 500 GB EVOs so that the 250 is now on m2_2 and the 500 GB on m2_1. And: It works! Nevertheless it's not ideal because I want to have the OS on the ultra m2 slot. So I can now reinstall the OS on the 500 GB Evo and get a new SATA SSD for games or put the 500 GB onto the shelf and leave the 250 on slot 1 or if ASrock employees read along on the forum kindly request to fix this in a soonish BIOS Update and leave everything as it is now. I prefer the last option because I don't want to spend 200-300 bugs extra on my build for another SSD just because the board is buggy. If needed I am willing to assist fixing the issue by providing more info and/or logs. The BIOS version is 2.30 Thanks Thomas |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 2:50pm
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You can inquire with Tech Support directly: http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5265&title=howto-contact-tech-support (copy paste) Include a link to this thread in your description. I am sure they will be able to help you out  Before you make a support request though, maybe try switching the M.2 drives again now you know both slots actually work. Remember to clear CMOS. A drive could have been seated poorly etc. Try and rule out any other possibilities before getting in touch with Tech Support. I suspect the capacity of the 500gb drive is causing the hiccup though, that would mean a BIOS update would be needed as you mentioned. Still, worth checking out if you have not already. ------------- 
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Posted By: DoctorCajon
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 3:15pm
| Thanks, already ruled out everything else. I have tried also 2 different 250 and 500GB EVOs on each m2 slot (I'm building the same config again for wifey). And the only combination not working is the 250 GB Evo on slot 1 and 500GB Evo on slot2. Either on BIOS version 1.6 the board shipped with, nor after updating to 2.3. Will contact tech support. |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2017 at 5:28pm
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Good luck, let us know how it goes -------------
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Posted By: soleil14
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2017 at 7:33am
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" rel="nofollow - Did you find any solution? I have the exact same problem. The only different is I have a SM961 256GB and a Plextor M8PE 500GB. The only combination that works is Plextor 500GB on slot M2_1 and SM961 256GB on slot M2_2. This is not perfect because the sm961 is faster.
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Posted By: DoctorCajon
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2017 at 12:01pm
| I have opened up a ticket at tech support. Until now I don't have another solution than swapping the SSD's. Not ideal for me, either. |
Posted By: GenesisDoes
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2017 at 12:42pm
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I had the same issue a couple months ago. I returned the Toshiba M.2 drive and bought an Intel 600P so now the Samsung 960 EVO works great in M2_1 and Intel 600P in M2_2. ------------- Taichi X370, Ryzen 1700 @ 4ghz, 32GB G.Skill TridentZ Ram, Samsung 960 EVO nvme, Intel 600P nvme, 2TB Seagate HDD, 2TB Hitachi HDD, 1TB Mushkin SSD, GTX 1080 |
Posted By: DoctorCajon
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2017 at 12:13am
| So, I got in contact with Asrock Tech Support. They suggested to check on the latest firmware on the drives. Unfortunately this did not the trick for me, because it´s already the newest installed on my drives, but maybe worth a try for you other guys having the same issue. |
Posted By: DoctorCajon
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2017 at 12:08am
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Next Update: Issue solved. BIOS update provided by ASrock support solved the problem. I´m running on 2.33. Just wanted to try it out and see if it works and didn´t wait for the official AGESA 1.0.0.6 update for the Taichi. |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2017 at 12:50am
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Awesome! Thanks for posting back to let us know -------------
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