BIOS or Windows installer cant see NVME drive

[Whalelicker]

So i am putting together new HTPC, as always. I have Gigabyte B450M S2H mobo with athlon 3000G. 

 

But i have a problem with Intel 660p drive, it isnt recognized anywhere, nor in BIOS (F41) nor in windows installer. I tried everything that came to my mind. Also if i put it in anouther PC, the drive works as usual.

 

Any ideas?

[Radium_Angel]

18 minutes ago, Whalelicker said:

Any ideas?

Got an updated BIOS to the board?

Are you sure the 660p is known good?

Is your BIOS config'd properly to see nVME drives?

[Whalelicker]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Got an updated BIOS to the board?

Are you sure the 660p is known good?

Is your BIOS config'd properly to see nVME drives?

Tried a lot of BIOSes, not even F50 works. 660p works in other PC so it should be fine. BIOS is configured correctly to my knowledge.

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, Whalelicker said:

Tried a lot of BIOSes, not even F50 works. 660p works in other PC so it should be fine. BIOS is configured correctly to my knowledge.

So the BIOS is current.

What is the exact model of mobo?

Let me research...

[Whalelicker]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

So the BIOS is current.

What is the exact model of mobo?

Let me research...

Gigabyte B450M S2H, i tried 3 versions of BIOS. I have the current now (F50). 

[paddy-stone]

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* Supports only M.2 SATA SSDs when using an AMD Athlon™-series/ 7th Gen. A-series or Athlon™ X4 APU

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-S2H-rev-10/sp#sp

[Whalelicker]

3 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-S2H-rev-10/sp#sp

God dammit. That slipped past me. Thank you. 

 

What now though, get a different Mobo or change the NVMe for SATA.

[paddy-stone]

2 minutes ago, Whalelicker said:

God dammit. That slipped past me. Thank you. 

 

What now though, get a different Mobo or change the NVMe for SATA.

Well, to be honest, if it's an HTPC usage, then NVME isn't really needed anyway, so I'd just get a decent SATA m.2 like a crucial mx500 or similar.

[Whalelicker]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

Well, to be honest, if it's an HTOC usage, then NVME isn't really needed anyway, so I'd just get a decent SATA m.2 like a crucial mx500 or similar.

Thats a bit annoying. Since 660p is cheaper then all proper SATA drives. If i were to switch mobos. Please check this one, if i didnt missed anything again.  https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450M Pro4-F/index.asp#Specification

[paddy-stone]

3 minutes ago, Whalelicker said:

Thats a bit annoying. Since 660p is cheaper then all proper SATA drives. If i were to switch mobos. Please check this one, if i didnt missed anything again.  https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450M Pro4-F/index.asp#Specification

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- 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Matisse, Picasso, Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s) (with Athlon 2xxGE series APU)**

Seeing as the CPU you have is an APU, I'm not sure if it counts as a matisse, but it will work anyway, just might be at x2 instead of x4.