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2 minutes ago, Ethen said:

 I have an MSI Tomahawk 450 The M.2 is a 970 evo and I have 2 SATA drives 

sata ports 5 and 6 are disabled on that board when running an m.2, so try ports 1-4 for your sata drives.

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So I just got a new m.2 and when I plug it in the computer will not boot into windows from the other SSD I have on the back of the pc. I go into the bios and they don't show up only the new m.2. I later removed the m.2 and the 2 other SSD show up and I boots into windows fine. I just need the all the be recognized and I don't know why they are not if anybody know why I would like some help.

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So I just got a new m.2 and when I plug it in the computer will not boot into windows from the other SSD I have on the back of the pc. I go into the bios and they don't show up only the new m.2. I later removed the m.2 and the 2 other SSD show up and I boots into windows fine. I just need the all the be recognized and I don't know why they are not if anybody know why I would like some help.

Certain SATA ports get disabled when you use an M.2 SSD, typically.

What motherboard do you have, what type of M.2 SSD('s) do you have and how many SATA drives do you have?

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1 minute ago, Ethen said:

So I just got a new m.2 and when I plug it in the computer will not boot into windows from the other SSD I have on the back of the pc. I go into the bios and they don't show up only the new m.2. I later removed the m.2 and the 2 other SSD show up and I boots into windows fine. I just need the all the be recognized and I don't know why they are not if anybody know why I would like some help.

Plug your SSDs into another SATA port, it's possible your M.2 slot is running off the same lane as one of those ports. This is typical for M.2 SATA. 

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what are your full specs? chances are you have a mobo that blocks certain sata ports when the m.2 is in a certain slot as it uses them.

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Just now, minibois said:

Certain SATA ports get disabled when you use an M.2 SSD, typically.

What motherboard do you have, what type of M.2 SSD('s) do you have and how many SATA drives do you have?

 I have an MSI Tomahawk 450 The M.2 is a 970 evo and I have 2 SATA drives 

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2 minutes ago, Ethen said:

 I have an MSI Tomahawk 450 The M.2 is a 970 evo and I have 2 SATA drives 

sata ports 5 and 6 are disabled on that board when running an m.2, so try ports 1-4 for your sata drives.

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3 minutes ago, Ethen said:

 I have an MSI Tomahawk 450 The M.2 is a 970 evo and I have 2 SATA drives 

SATA ports 5 and 6 get turned off when using an M.2 drive.

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Those are the top two SATA ports. Make sure your current SATA drives are not installed there and use two of the other four connectors.

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5 minutes ago, bmx6454 said:

sata ports 5 and 6 are disabled on that board when running an m.2, so try ports 1-4 for your sata drives.

okay yeah that's what they are on 

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