The 970 Evo Plus isn't functioning properly in the Z590 Tuf motherboard's top M.2 slot.
The 970 Evo Plus isn't functioning properly in the Z590 Tuf motherboard's top M.2 slot.
Choose the top PCIe slot for Gen 4 compatibility. This should resolve the issue.
Check the manual. It will only work if OP has an 11th gen CPU: There's also no indication that it can step down to PCIe 3.0, it may be 4.0 only (thus disabling it on 10th gen chips instead of just dropping it to 3.0 bandwidth).
Confirming the motherboard is fine. Got it. I'm just a newbie, sorry.
They imply functionality isn't required just for Gen 4 compatibility