M.2 Samsung shows up as removeable media
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Topic: M.2 Samsung shows up as removeable media
Posted By: as_rocker
Subject: M.2 Samsung shows up as removeable media
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 9:53pm
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Hi there, Mainboard: Asrock Fatal1ty AB350 ITX/ac (BIOS v 4.51) SSD drive: Samsung 960 EVO NVMe SSD OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 The M.2 Samsung SSD shows up as removeable media. I've already tried the following but to no avail: http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3083627/internal-sata-drives-show-up-as-removeable-media" rel="nofollow - http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3083627/internal-sata-drives-show-up-as-removeable-media http://overclock.net/forum/320-raid-controllers-software/974023-fix-ahci-sata-drives-showing-safely-remove-hardware.html" rel="nofollow - http://overclock.net/forum/320-raid-controllers-software/974023-fix-ahci-sata-drives-showing-safely-remove-hardware.html Any advice ? |
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Posted By: cristy6100
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 11:11pm
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" rel="nofollow - I reported all current bugs here http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8166&title=yet-another-uefi-bug-with-ab350-x370-itx-ac and here http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8075&title=fatality-x370-itx-ac-bios-l451-very-buggy The one you mention is one of the bugs I reported, I already sent a support email to ASRock with all bugs I found, until ASRock releases a new bios there is no fix. Have a read at the bugs I reported maybe you can check and confirm some of them |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 3:59am
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" rel="nofollow - Which SATA driver is reported in Device Manager? |
Posted By: as_rocker2
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 1:11pm
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Thanks lads for the replies. I was not able to log in with my initial account for some reason, I had to create a new one. @ cristy6100 Pretty odd as I didn't have that "issue" right after installing Windows. It just appeared after a couple of reboots. @ wardog Yes, I thought about that and the fact that it's Microsoft's wasn't quite satisfactory to me. I installed AMD's latest Chipset Drivers (18.10.b) but something isn't quite right, is it?  |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 1:19pm
No. That's right, albeit for some reason I show a diff ver.  |
as_rocker2 wrote:Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 1:21pm
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" rel="nofollow - Your Windows? One of the Insider Previews maybe by chance? |
Posted By: as_rocker3
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 1:55pm
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Beat me to death but here I am with my 3rd account. I don't know why I just can't login with my previous ones. Even providing an email address didn't help as I'm getting nothing but errors, very frustrating. @ wardog Windows 10 Pro x64 Version 1709 OS Build 19299.125
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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 2:06pm
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Stock Windows release here. Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.309] German vs U.S.? -------- https://www.win-raid.com/t29f25-Recommended-AHCI-RAID-and-NVMe-Drivers.html Try these here. Pay attention to the Hardware ID's that you get the correct ones. I'm thinking yours should be same as mine, 7901, but check there on yours. Too, prior I'd maybe run two or three throughput tests to get an avg, the switch manually and do three more for an avg on the AMD ones. |
Posted By: as_rocker3
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 2:09pm
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" rel="nofollow - English.
So if I'm not mistaken, I'm supposed to pick these: a) AMD AHCI/RAID Drivers 64bit Win8-10 AMD AHCI Driver v1.3.1.276 WHQL Am I right? ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty AB350 ITX/ac / Ryzen 5 2400G / Noctua NH-L9a M4 / G.Skill Flare X DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3200 / Samsung M.2 960 Evo / HDPlex 160 / 300 Combo Power Supply |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 2:00am
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Or the newer ones NOT whql, 64-Bit only 1.3.1.277 just below it Either. But test before and after. Never assume. |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 2:01am
Sorry, meant Region. Not language. |
Posted By: as_rocker3
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 1:33pm
Germany indeed. ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty AB350 ITX/ac / Ryzen 5 2400G / Noctua NH-L9a M4 / G.Skill Flare X DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3200 / Samsung M.2 960 Evo / HDPlex 160 / 300 Combo Power Supply |
Posted By: cristy6100
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 6:51pm
| Keep us posted if the driver fixed your issue |
Posted By: as_rocker3
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 7:35pm
It didn't fix the issue actually ....  ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty AB350 ITX/ac / Ryzen 5 2400G / Noctua NH-L9a M4 / G.Skill Flare X DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3200 / Samsung M.2 960 Evo / HDPlex 160 / 300 Combo Power Supply |
Posted By: cristy6100
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 8:48pm
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Its because the nvme controller for the M.2 is not that one for which you installed the driver, the nvme is listed under Storage Controolers and is called Standard NVM Express Controller. The one you listed is the 4 port 6Gbps SATA Controller that now has AMD Drivers instead of the Microsoft provided ones
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Posted By: cristy6100
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 8:58pm
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The driver you need is provided by Samsung here http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/960evo/" rel="nofollow - http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/960evo/ , give it a go and report back, tho I don't think it will help with this issue, it will help with Write/Read speeds. This bug occurs only from bios 4.4x onward, 4.40 was not affected I tested this myself, but 4.40 has other problems, so no go there either, new bios is the only fix as far as I tested if you have Raven Ridge, for older CPU's you can downgrade to 3.xx
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Posted By: as_rocker3
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 9:23pm
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@ cristy6100 Yes, I'm aware of that as I installed the AMD AHCI Driver to replace the quite old Microsoft's one. As for the Samsung NVMe Driver, I had that already installed of course. Well, I'll have to wait for a fix based on a new BIOS version I suppose ....  ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty AB350 ITX/ac / Ryzen 5 2400G / Noctua NH-L9a M4 / G.Skill Flare X DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3200 / Samsung M.2 960 Evo / HDPlex 160 / 300 Combo Power Supply |