Yet another topic about an m.2 not being detected in Disk Management...pls help

[Ozz]

issue: TeamGroup MP33 1tb NVMe drive not being detected in Disk Management tool, hence can not initialize or partition the drive for use. 

 

Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend. NVMe installed in m.2_2 port.

 

Attempted Fixes:

confirmed SATA BIOS settings. 

 

consulted manual which says SATA3_3 and m.2_2 share PCIE lanes so SATA3_3 has been unplugged and the drive shows up in device manager and BIOS.

 

checked for any driver updates anywhere that may apply and found none.

 

Current status: The drive is visible only as a long serial number in the device manager and BIOS, but does not show up in the Disk Management tool at all. The issue is not how to initialize a new disk, the issue is the disk is not visible to initialize and partition at all, just to be clear. I know how to initialize a drive...i just cant see the damn thing in disk management. Hopefully this is an easy fix by now, but I checked several old similar posts that seemed to have gone nowhere.

[Oshino Shinobu]

M.2_2 on that board only supports SATA devices. 

[Ozz]

Will NVMe not just slow down to sata speeds when plugged into an M-key port?

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

50 minutes ago, Ozz said:

Will NVMe not just slow down to sata speeds when plugged into an M-key port?

 

No, they're different communication protocols and cannot be used interchangeably.