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Question about ASROCM/Samsung SSD NVmE compatibility.

Question about ASROCM/Samsung SSD NVmE compatibility.

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DYLARK01
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08-14-2021, 11:54 PM
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I have an ASROCK Z590 Pro4 motherboard and an trying to install a 1tb Samsung SSD 990 (PCIe 4.0 NVMe M2) Pro drive as a new OS/Boot disk. I put it into the M2-1 socket and it isn't recognised. I haven't tried on the M2-2 socket as that seems to be hidden under the graphics card, and I thought I'd check in here to see if it has a chance of working there. I'm aware that there are lists of compatible drives on the ASROCK website, but this is a new drive and may postdate the last update of the lists.
The CPU is Intel Core i5-10600K
Thanks.
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DYLARK01
08-14-2021, 11:54 PM #1

I have an ASROCK Z590 Pro4 motherboard and an trying to install a 1tb Samsung SSD 990 (PCIe 4.0 NVMe M2) Pro drive as a new OS/Boot disk. I put it into the M2-1 socket and it isn't recognised. I haven't tried on the M2-2 socket as that seems to be hidden under the graphics card, and I thought I'd check in here to see if it has a chance of working there. I'm aware that there are lists of compatible drives on the ASROCK website, but this is a new drive and may postdate the last update of the lists.
The CPU is Intel Core i5-10600K
Thanks.

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EndrusOne
Junior Member
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08-15-2021, 02:43 AM
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M2_1 is compatible exclusively with 11th Generation Intel Core processors.
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EndrusOne
08-15-2021, 02:43 AM #2

M2_1 is compatible exclusively with 11th Generation Intel Core processors.

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trickster224
Junior Member
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08-15-2021, 04:34 AM
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Thank you for your quick reply. It wasn't clear how to determine if the processor was 11th generation. From that page, it states the M2-2 supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s and M.2 PCI Express up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s). I'm unsure if this covers the Samsung SSD 990.
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trickster224
08-15-2021, 04:34 AM #3

Thank you for your quick reply. It wasn't clear how to determine if the processor was 11th generation. From that page, it states the M2-2 supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s and M.2 PCI Express up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s). I'm unsure if this covers the Samsung SSD 990.