PCI Gen 4 m.2 NVMe assistance required
PCI Gen 4 m.2 NVMe assistance required
The current setup includes an MSI B550 Gaming Plus, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, XFX RX 6750 XT, 32GB Corsair Vengeance 3600 RAM, and two WD Black sn750 500GB drives. After recent NVMe sales, a 2TB upgrade was considered. The board didn’t recognize a Samsung 980 PRO, so a WD sn850x 2TB was used instead. Installing Windows 11 wasn’t possible even after downloading drivers for the AMD chipset. Cloning the boot disk worked temporarily, but the system became unstable, using full drive capacity constantly, and would fail after a power cycle. Replacing the sn750 resolved the issue. I bought RAM before reviewing their website and discovered compatibility fixes. There seems to be a problem with NVMe drives, with both companies pointing fingers at the hardware. I’m thinking about switching to a X570 board or another B550 model.
To install Windows 11, several settings must be configured correctly. UEFI must be enabled for booting only through the UEFI menu, TPM 2.0 should be active, and your system’s primary partition needs to be in GPT format. These details are common knowledge, but many users make mistakes here, which can prevent a successful installation.
It uses the standard Gen 3 BIOS released in August this year, the latest version I located from MSI. The manufacturer has helped me reset the CMOS several times. I should note it sometimes doesn't detect this storage device after a power restart. Occasionally when I reboot trying to fix it, it disappears entirely. However, it reappears on the next cycle and attempts to launch the Repair Utility, which consistently fails.
Familiar with UEFI and TPM, had no experience with GPT before. Will give it a try.
Not every issue is the most severe. I should have tried a different motherboard first.