M.2 PCIE issue

[SuperHackah]

Here's the specs before hand.

MSI Z390 Godlike MB

i7-9700k

32gb ram (gskill Trident z)

Rtx 2080 ti

2X - Samsung 860 qvo sata (Raid 0)

2X - Samsung 970 Evo m.2 (Raid 0)

10gtek pcie nic sfp+

 

 

I'm having a weird issue with my m.2.  For some reason if I have the nic (or anything else I tested) plugged into the 3rd pcie slot the 2nd m.2 won't read and I'll get an m.2 genie error from msi bios. 

 

If I remove it, it'll boot just fine. 

 

Graphics card is in the 2nd slot and nothing is in the 1st or 4th slots.  Everything worked fine before I installed the 2nd m.2.  Only thing I could think of is the processor not having enough lane support?  Though that should only affect bandwidth

[1van]

1 minute ago, SuperHackah said:

Only thing I could think of is the processor not having enough lane support?  Though that should only affect bandwidth

This might be the case. Check your motherboard's manual about what lines/slots are shared.

[Bacon soup]

crack open your motherboard's manual. Mine says the bottom PCIE slot wont be available if using the 2nd m2 slot.

[Bacon soup]

yep thought so https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/MEG-Z390-GODLIKE#down-manual