Second NVMe unit for ASRock B450 Fatal1ty Gaming K4

F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Second NVMe unit for ASRock B450 Fatal1ty Gaming K4

master_scope
Posting Freak

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02-18-2020, 04:41 PM

Hey! I tried setting up my NVMe drive on the ASRock B450 Fatal1ty Gaming K4, but it didn’t show up in BIOS or Windows. I have an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, two 8GB ADATA cards at 3200MHz, and a Corsair Rm750x. I’m using an ADATA SX8200 Pro 512GB as my boot drive in the Ultra M.2 slot and plan to add an ADATA Legend 710 1TB for games and files. The manual mentioned the second M.2 slot only supports PCI 3.0x2 or SATA, not the PCI 3.0x4 I have. Should I look for a PCIe 3.0x2 card or switch to SATA M.2?

master_scope

02-18-2020, 04:41 PM #1

ShadowdemonX5
Junior Member

02-20-2020, 12:39 AM

Two lanes instead of four indicates reduced bandwidth, it will operate more slowly. Are you using the newest BIOS?

ShadowdemonX5

02-20-2020, 12:39 AM #2

Two lanes instead of four indicates reduced bandwidth, it will operate more slowly. Are you using the newest BIOS?

Gameruller
Junior Member

02-20-2020, 05:30 PM

Do you also use a hard drive connected to SATA port 3 or 4? Since the M.2 slot isn't enabled, it might not work.

Gameruller

02-20-2020, 05:30 PM #3

Do you also use a hard drive connected to SATA port 3 or 4? Since the M.2 slot isn't enabled, it might not work.

Sqwalish
Member

155

02-20-2020, 10:06 PM

I discovered on my B450 from ASRock that only two drives were compatible in the second slot. Attempted to install an x4 drive and it failed to recognize it.

Sqwalish

02-20-2020, 10:06 PM #4

I discovered on my B450 from ASRock that only two drives were compatible in the second slot. Attempted to install an x4 drive and it failed to recognize it.