CheesyPete

Yes I suppose, just like the clean setup of it all being integrated, I will look into it. Thanks for the help though!

The USB expansion card disables the m.2 slot, I am thinking if I have this I would be able to have the best of both worlds, i.e using 2 of PCIe SSDs as well as using the USB expansion card?

Would something like this be a good solution, and do you know if I could boot from it? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-NVMe-Adapter-Converter-Heatsink/dp/B08GFL9DPY

Ah, thanks, is there any reasonable way to get this same kind of functionality?

Just some extra info, dual boot one of the SSDs is for Windows, the other Linux and I don't actually access one from the other, so I would be satisfied if I could enable one of them in the BIOS before I switch between them, I don't know if that would be possible?

Hello, I don't quite know what I'm doing so if someone could help me that would be much appreciated. My PC: CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Mobo - MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON MAX WIFI Storage - 2x Sabrent PCIe SSD 500GB (and a couple SATA HDDs/SSDs) GPU - Zotac Nvidia GTX 1070 I have recently purchased a PCIe USB 3.0 expansion card (here). Now I when I put this card in my PC it is all fine but it only detects one of the 2 PCIe SSDs. Both in the BIOS and on the OS. Now I presume this is possibly a PCI lane problem, I did not assume this would be problematic and I assume it is on the CPU level? I am nowhere near saturating the amount of PCIe slots on the mobo. But is there a solution to this, buying a new CPU is not an option here, I really don't need an upgrade but I would quite like some more USB ports. Thanks for your help :)

Oh ok, thanks, I didn't know you could destroy a whole motherboard that way, I kindof assumed that there was some thing else that would give way first, Would you assume that other things on the board survived?

The drive has no external markings other than the seemingly generic brand name 'optic' it is about 5 years old and I have no idea what it originally required, the power adaptor I plugged it into is 12V at 2.0A DC however.

Hello, I am suffering a seeming catastrophic unexplained issue, and want to know if there is anything I can do to remedy the situation. About 2 hours ago, I went to plug in an external cd/dvd drive to my pc. (Specs: Case: In Win 101 Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC PSU: Corsair VS450 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1070 Mobo & CPU are roughly a year old Case/GPU/PSU are say 2 years before that ) I first plugged the USB into my front panel USB3 port (cable is USB-A to USB-B). Then I plugged the DC power supply (which may have not been the correct Voltage/Amperage admittedly) into the socket, an extender that my PC was not pugged into. As soon as it was plugged in my PC died, instantly losing power not blue-screening. Connected to the previous extender are my monitors, they are still powered on. And connected to the socket the PC is plugged into is my small server, which also seemed unphased. Initially I hoped it may just be a blown fuse, so I tried a new cable, no luck. Then I ripped the PSU out of my server and plugged it into my motherboard/CPU/GPU, no luck. Finally I left everything from my old case plugged into my PC PSU except the 24pin motherboard connector, which I connected to my server, which when I pressed the on button was happy to work, all my PC fans and HDDs started spinning. I have tried removing the CMOS battery waiting 10 mins and powering on again, nothing. So it seems the PSU is fine. So I am left to assume the motherboard, at least has probably been fried. But I don't understand why, if it was a power surge, how come my PSU is fine as well as everything else on the circuit, but just fried my motherboard. Or if it was a USB power surge, I would understand how that may fry the little daughter board but the whole motherboard? My questions are, what is likely to have happened (and how to stop that happening again)? And should I be worried about other damage, as well as the GPU/CPU I have 2 NVME SSDs connected to the motherboard, are they likely dead? Thanks for your help, I am sending it into a repair shop on Monday to see if they can do anything, but I don't have much hope. Also if it helps I am in the UK so 240V if it matters.