ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 - Where is the NVMe M.2 slot
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Topic: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 - Where is the NVMe M.2 slot
Posted By: Markstar
Subject: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 - Where is the NVMe M.2 slot
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2018 at 5:11pm
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Hi, I feel really stupid asking this question, but I'm having trouble getting my Samsung PM961 to work, which is a M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 card. Now I thought that it would be the slot on the back of the board, but the drive is not recognized there. Then I realized that there is supposed to be a second M.2 slot, but for the life of me I cannot find it. I have even removed the WiFi module, but that has another connector and is definitely not it!  Thank you in advance for your help! Edit: In the Overview ( https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/Fatal1ty%20AB350%20Gaming-ITXac/index.asp" rel="nofollow - https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/Fatal1ty%20AB350%20Gaming-ITXac/index.asp ), it clearly says "On the back: Ultra M.2 Socket (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)", which I assume is for NVMe?
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Posted By: PetrolHead
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2018 at 8:18pm
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" rel="nofollow - Yes, the Ultra M.2 Socket on the back side of the motherboard (also shown in the manual) is for the NVMe. If you're planning on making the PM961 your boot drive, you should check out these instructions by parsec, if you haven't already: http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1236&title=how-to-install-windows-on-a-pcie-ssd ------------- Ryzen 5 1500X, ASRock AB350M Pro4, 2x8 GB G.Skill Trident Z 3466CL16, Sapphire Pulse RX Vega56 8G HBM2, Corsair RM550x, Samsung 960 EVO SSD (NVMe) 250GB, Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB, Windows 10 64-bit |
Posted By: cristy6100
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2018 at 8:57pm
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Some Samsung drives had problems with UEFI's older than 4.50, so be sure to flash to 4.50 or later UEFI then your drive will be recgonized Cheers ------------- Main Rig: AMD Ryzen 2400G | ASRock Fatality X370 ITX/ac UEFI 4.90 | Corsair LPX DDR4 2400@3200 1.35V | Corsair RM650i PSU | CM ML120L AiO Cooler |
Posted By: Markstar
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2018 at 9:36pm
This indeed did the trick! After the update to 4.60 the drive was recognized and W10 is already installed by now! Thank you guys for your answers!
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cristy6100 wrote: