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Atro
By Atro
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So, i bought a ssd WD blue 3d nano 500 gb, i plugged it into motherboard(gigabyte z370m ds3h) and it doesn't see it, i already updated bios and its still doesn't' work.

I don't know what i have to do. 

thanks in advance  

 
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Is it also plugged into the PSU?
if not, the drive won't be powered and the motherboard won't detect it, even if the drive is connected to the motherboard

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Windows Start> Disk Management and see if there are any Unallocated partition(e.x. Disk 1). It will show in black like this. 

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22 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

Is it also plugged into the PSU?
if not, the drive won't be powered and the motherboard won't detect it, even if the drive is connected to the motherboard

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You are my god, i relised how stupid i was, it works now Thank you 

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