Motherboard not recognising ssd

[DESTROYER 123503]

So i build my pc today and i installed an m.2 ssd on the motherboard and it wont recognise the ssd when i try to install windows on it. The motherboard only has 2 m.2 ssd and i chose the bottom one as i only had the small m.2 ssd availible. Does anyone know this is happening?

 

The motherboard is called aorus b450 elite. 

[amdorintel]

did you format the ssd?

 

[DESTROYER 123503]

Its brand new. I just had it laying around in my house

[FatherChaos]

What SSD is it(Brand/Model)?

 

Do you have any other hard drives installed?

[DESTROYER 123503]

Its called kingston

Yes did put another hard drive and that does show up in the bios and when i want to install windows

[Squeemeister]

Try disconnecting the other HDD (power is enough) and then rebooting to see if the BIOS recognizes the SSD. Once you're done installing Windows, you can plug the power back into the other HDD.

 

This has happened to me a couple of times on a recent build as well and that trick worked like a charm. My other HDD is a 3.5" SATA, I don't know if that matters for this trick or not. I found it while scouring forums.

 

[DESTROYER 123503]

I did disconnect the hard drive still the ssd does not show up

[DESTROYER 123503]

3 hours ago, Squeemeister said:

Try disconnecting the other HDD (power is enough) and then rebooting to see if the BIOS recognizes the SSD. Once you're done installing Windows, you can plug the power back into the other HDD.

 

This has happened to me a couple of times on a recent build as well and that trick worked like a charm. My other HDD is a 3.5" SATA, I don't know if that matters for this trick or not. I found it while scouring forums.

 

I did disconnect the hard drive

[FatherChaos]

Make sure the SSD is NVMe and not SATA the bottom port looks like NVMe only going by the motherboard manual

[FatherChaos]

Going on the assumption that you purchased the parts that were suggested to you on this forum, this is my conclusion

 

Looks like this is the issue;

Going by the manual for the Aorus b450f Elite the last M.2 socket supports up to pcie x2

The "Kingston " Hard drive which I believe is the Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD that was suggested to you in a previous post for building a PC. Needs 4 lanes to operate. Which your bottom port is only 2 lanes.

 

 

 

REF:https://www.kingston.com/us/ssd/a2000-nvme-pcie-ssd?Capacity=500GB

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-ELITE-rev-10/support#support-manual

 

[DESTROYER 123503]

I tried using M2A_SOCKET even then it does not work

[DESTROYER 123503]

Its is a 1 x SATA 6 Gb/s - M.2 Card

[Ben17]

Just now, DESTROYER 123503 said:

Its is a 1 x SATA 6 Gb/s - M.2 Card

Do u have a picture\model number

[DESTROYER 123503]

https://www.ebuyer.com/878527-kingston-a400-240gb-m-2-ssd-sa400m8-240g

[DESTROYER 123503]

The ssd needs Interface SATA 6Gb/s

[Ben17]

1 minute ago, DESTROYER 123503 said:

https://www.ebuyer.com/878527-kingston-a400-240gb-m-2-ssd-sa400m8-240g

Thanks

[DESTROYER 123503]

So what is the conclusion

[Ben17]

Just now, DESTROYER 123503 said:

So what is the conclusion

Tbh I don't know sorry

[Ben17]

Though I will try and research...

[DESTROYER 123503]

The motherboard m.2 connecters supports m.2 sata ssds 

[Ben17]

Just now, DESTROYER 123503 said:

The motherboard m.2 connecters supports m.2 sata ssds 

U should be able to I'd say but I'm not an expert

[FatherChaos]

socket M.2A is PCIE and SATA

Socket M.2B is Just PCIE.

If a M.2 Sata is used in M.2A, SATA ports 0 and 1 cannot be populated.

That SSD will never work in the bottom port.