New PC setup - M.2 SSD fails to appear in BIOS or during Windows 10 setup

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Supercore64
Junior Member

03-13-2018, 08:29 AM

Hello, I've checked other discussions and tried the suggested approaches, but I'm still facing issues. Setting up a PC with a B450 GAMING X motherboard and installing Windows 10 on a WD GREEN 240 GB M.2 SSD hasn't worked. The drive isn't showing up in the BIOS or when I attempt a USB installation. There don't appear to be direct M.2 settings in the BIOS, though I've disabled CSM, cleared secure boot keys, and experimented with other options. Any guidance would be really helpful. Thanks, Lee

Supercore64

03-13-2018, 08:29 AM #1

Adddio
Junior Member

03-14-2018, 09:24 AM

Gigabyte's instructions can be unclear sometimes. The manual mentions support for M.2 SATA SSDs and M.2 PCIe SSDs, though it notes the connector only works with PCIe drives. Other sources list S600/PCI3.0x4, but the actual support is for PCIe SSDs only.

Adddio

03-14-2018, 09:24 AM #2

Mapley
Member

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03-14-2018, 10:07 PM

It's really silly... if you didn't check the note, you wouldn't realize only NVMe SSDs are compatible.

Mapley

03-14-2018, 10:07 PM #3

It's really silly... if you didn't check the note, you wouldn't realize only NVMe SSDs are compatible.