M2 Help

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

Hi guys,

I finally got my computer up and running, but now I've got the issue that my M2 SSD isn't showing in my BIOS or in windows. From what I can find online they don't need drivers and should just be plug and play. I have the ASUS Gene VII, and the M2 I'm using is the Intel 530 120GB. It fit in the MBD fine. It's a huge bummer because I wanted to use it as my boot and storage for a few extras.

Does anyone have any ideas or tests I could do to find out what might be the problem?

Thanks!

 

[YouWhat]

in the bios, there something to do with the PCI-E bandwidth allocation, have you gone through this??

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

in the bios, there something to do with the PCI-E bandwidth allocation, have you gone through this??

Yeah I have a RaidR using the 4x1 slot, which shares bandwidth, so I do have it set to auto. I tried it on M2 and it still wasn't showing.

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

BUMP. Anyone clued up or have experience with these drives?

 

[tinytomlogan]

If you look at your motherboard guide you have to enable the M.2 in the bios matey. You have to choose between one of the black PCIE slots and the M.2

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

If you look at your motherboard guide you have to enable the M.2 in the bios matey. You have to choose between one of the black PCIE slots and the M.2

Oh man. I was under the impression it just shared bandwidth, as in I wouldn't get the full 800mbps on the Raidr. Would I still be able to use the M2 sata slot with the mPcie card? (The combo card that is)

 

[tinytomlogan]

Depends what slot its in matey - read your manual and see what one it affects.

If the RaidR is in the PCIE that the M.2 uses then you actually 'turn off' the big slot on the board and then the M.2 uses it. There is no sharing.

I cant really help much more, you will have to read your manual and work out where you have stuff fitted.

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

Depends what slot its in matey - read your manual and see what one it affects.

If the RaidR is in the PCIE that the M.2 uses then you actually 'turn off' the big slot on the board and then the M.2 uses it. There is no sharing.

I cant really help much more, you will have to read your manual and work out where you have stuff fitted.

Hmm, the manual says I should be able to have both slots active. I've tried it without the raidr and its still not even recognised in the BIOS. Are there any tests I can do to see if its just a faulty drive

 

[tinytomlogan]

Have you gone into the BIOS and activated the M.2 like I said before dude?

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

Have you gone into the BIOS and activated the M.2 like I said before dude?

Yeah I activated it. Went into advanced, onboard, and made the pcie express M2 mode. Still nothing.

 

[tinytomlogan]

http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/solid-state-drives/ssd-530-m2-specification.html


Looking into your drive then its actually a SATA m.2 - the rog boards only support PCIE

So the drive is fine, youve just bought the wrong type

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/solid-state-drives/ssd-530-m2-specification.html


Looking into your drive then its actually a SATA m.2 - the rog boards only support PCIE

So the drive is fine, youve just bought the wrong type

I didn't even realise there were different types T.T

Now I feel like a knitwit. I was in such a rush to get a different SSD since the one I originally was purchasing was out of stock I didn't even think to check that. Just saw M2 and bought it. Thanks for all the help anyway, I really appreciate it.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Wouldnt worry I had the same issue when the Samsung 850 turned up

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

Wouldnt worry I had the same issue when the Samsung 850 turned up

Don't feel so bad now haha

Sorry to be a bother again, but which of these would work?

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=210_902_1742

There are some that don't have SATA in the heading, but for instance the ADATA one still says it's a SATA interface. I just want to be 100% certain I won't buy the wrong one again.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Im not entirely sure mate - ask the retailer.

With your board it HAS to be PCIE (I think the interface is ever so slightly different btw) easy to look at the specs and find out

 

[RJ1962]

Don't feel so bad now haha

Sorry to be a bother again, but which of these would work?

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=210_902_1742

There are some that don't have SATA in the heading, but for instance the ADATA one still says it's a SATA interface. I just want to be 100% certain I won't buy the wrong one again.

Have a look at these M.2 pcie ssd

https://www.ramcity.com.au/buy/samsung-xp941-256gb-m.2-pcie-x4-80mm-ssd/MZHPU256HCGL-00000

https://www.ramcity.com.au/buy/samsung-sm951-256gb-ahci-m.2-pcie-3.0-x4-80mm-ssd/MZHPV256HDGL-00000

Check for compatibility with your motherboard.

 

[Tolemac]

The Samsung SM951 series are m.2 pcie hope this helps