BIOS Not recognising SSD

[DoctorMysterio]

So I’ve just built my first PC, and it went off without a hitch booted first time. The OS is on a WD NVME M.2 Drive. Now I’m wanting to add a 2.5” Crucial 500GB SSD for data (games specifically) but the BIOS doesn’t show as the drive wing installed. I’ve tried different ports, different cables, the drive is recognised when using a USB enclosure on both the new PC and my older Mac. Can anyone help me?

 

Gigabye Z370P D3

i5 8400

Asus GTX 1070

16GB Corsair 2400Mhz

[MrMcMuffinJr]

does it show up in windows?

[seagate_surfer]

If it doesn't show up in BIOS it won't show up in Windows... Have you tried updating your BIOS, for what you are saying it is a matter of slots in the MOBO only because via USB the device is recognized but not when it is connected straight to the motherboard.

[DoctorMysterio]

19 hours ago, MrMcMuffinJr said:

does it show up in windows?

Yes

[DoctorMysterio]

3 hours ago, seagate_surfer said:

If it doesn't show up in BIOS it won't show up in Windows... Have you tried updating your BIOS, for what you are saying it is a matter of slots in the MOBO only because via USB the device is recognised but not when it is connected straight to the motherboard.

I connect it to SATA kit I have and it shows up, in BIOS non of the SATA ports show as conected/populated

[Pickles von Brine]

If you use a SATA to USB adapter the adapter itself will show up but with no drive connected. Try what Seagate suggested and update the bios (the weirdest things can solve problems). If that doesn't work then it is possible the drive is dead. 

[Livin]

On 2/4/2019 at 3:17 PM, DoctorMysterio said:

So I’ve just built my first PC, and it went off without a hitch booted first time. The OS is on a WD NVME M.2 Drive. Now I’m wanting to add a 2.5” Crucial 500GB SSD for data (games specifically) but the BIOS doesn’t show as the drive wing installed. I’ve tried different ports, different cables, the drive is recognised when using a USB enclosure on both the new PC and my older Mac. Can anyone help me?

 

Gigabye Z370P D3

i5 8400

Asus GTX 1070

16GB Corsair 2400Mhz

Accidentally posted this in a different thread first. Too many tabs apparently... 

 

If your main drive is NVMe, you shouldn't have any issues with SATA ports being disabled.  Based on the manual, the motherboard automatically disables port SATA3.0 when a SATA based M.2 drive is installed.  Just to be sure, you can try other SATA ports for testing though still.

 

Your BIOS should have some SATA settings under the Peripherals tab then "SATA And RST Configuration".  Make sure the controller is enabled, mode is set to AHCI, and each of the ports enabled.  You can turn on Hot Plug on each of the ports as well if you want to be able to try plugging SATA devices while Windows is up and running.

 

To update the BIOS on your board, download the latest BIOS from Gigabyte's website (under the support section for your motherboard) and load that on to a USB flash drive.  Go in to your BIOS and you should have an option for Q-Flash in the bottom right menu (you may have to click an arrow to expand this).  Follow the instructions through Q-Flash and point it to the new BIOS file.

 

It's described here from Gigabyte along with some screenshots:

http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_z370-features.pdf

 

*Make sure your flash drive is formatted in FAT32 otherwise Q-Flash won't read it properly*

[seagate_surfer]

On 2/7/2019 at 1:02 AM, Livin said:

*Make sure your flash drive is formatted in FAT32 otherwise Q-Flash won't read it properly*

 

Thanks for sharing! This could be it, I would use NTFS as usual, but if Q-Flash requires FAT32, do as @Livin said and format in FAT32.