PCIe to M.2 Adapter detected in Bios but not in Windows

[Hotwheels101]

Hi I got a cruical P5 m.2 drive hooked up to a PCIe to M.2 Adapter to use a third m.2 drive. It's detected in the BIOS Board Explorer as "Unknown Vendor - solid-state storage controller", it's just not detected in Windows, I can't find any drivers for the drive either 

 

MSI x299 SLI PLUS

Intel i9-9820x 44 lanes (2 x M.2 PCIe x4 and GTX 1080 already taken up 24 lanes)

 

I tried bifurcation (vroc) to see if it could at least see the drive even though it's incompatible with VROC and it could see the drive and size

 

Any advice?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WhitetailAni]

By "not showing up in Windows", do you mean it doesn't show up in File Explorer or it doesn't show up in Device Manager/Disk Management?

[Hotwheels101]

Just now, FakeKGB said:

By "not showing up in Windows", do you mean it doesn't show up in File Explorer or it doesn't show up in Device Manager/Disk Management?

Sorry I should of said it doesn't show up in device manager/disk management

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Hotwheels101 said:

Sorry I should of said it doesn't show up in device manager/disk management

Does the drive work if you plug it into an M.2 slot on the motherboard?

[Hotwheels101]

7 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Does the drive work if you plug it into an M.2 slot on the motherboard?

Yes it does

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, Hotwheels101 said:

Yes it does

Which exact adapter is it?

[Hotwheels101]

3 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Which exact adapter is it?

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SQZBSCN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_989ACJE40KGZX0D3KCFC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

They are both working because the drive is detected as an unsupported VROC drive when trying to troubleshoot but I know X299 only supports VROC on Intel SSDs so the drive is detected

 

[TheInfinityBacon]

What drive are you using? Is it a SATA PCIe drive? Those are not supported by the adaptor, though they will physically fit into the slot. Can you send a link to the specific drive you are using?

[Hotwheels101]

1 minute ago, TheInfinityBacon said:

What drive are you using? Is it a SATA PCIe drive? Those are not supported by the adaptor, though they will physically fit into the slot. Can you send a link to the specific drive you are using?

It's nvme

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0892TWDP1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_66QTN8TYETJFGHWV1MZ9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Hotwheels101]

UPDATE: I have found in the device manager a "standard nvm express" controller that can't start