It's labeled as a local drive yet starts with FreeCom.
It's labeled as a local drive yet starts with FreeCom.
The Kingston A1000 240Gb M.2 Nvme was listed on the Asrock qualified vendors list (QVL). Review your manual to confirm if any component is occupying the PCIe lane before the M.2 slot. You might need to connect devices to enable booting from the slot, similar to what I experienced when expanding RAM from 16 to 32 GB for BIOS visibility. For instance, "...4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*... [where the] ...*M2_2 and SATA3_3 share lanes. If either is active, the other will be disabled." As a beginner with AMD, what model is your CPU? The Ryzen 5 2600 comes in several variants—Matisse, Picasso, Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge, and Pinnacle Ridge. Regarding the M.2 slot, "...Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Matisse, Picasso, Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s) (with Athlon 2xxGE series APU)..." Link the AsRock specs for the B450M Pro4.