Nvme drives missing

[GetTheClicker]

I have installed a 4 m.2 PCIe card and used all 4 slots on the card.
I swapped slots with the GPU that is now in the lower slot so the NVME M.2 card is now up top.
I changed the PCIe E1 settings to 4x4x4x4
There's only one slot on the MSI X570 Gaming Edge, which supposedly supports Bifurcation, that allows me to change x16 to 8x8 8x4x4 or 4x4x4x4.
There's already 5 hard drives on the motherboard which SHOULD bring the total to 9 but there's only 6.
All 4 NVME drives are the same exact model and capacity.

I do not need all 9 drives, trying to upgrade. So the Boot NVME and Gaming NVME will be left alone. The other 3 HDD's will be converted to the 4 NVME's.... if I can get them all to show up.

HELP!

[Dedayog]

Can you list what drives are there of those you say should be? M.2 slots can turn off SATA ports as well, depends on the board.  Check that too.

[GetTheClicker]

On the motherboard theres a Crucial 500gig Nvme boot drive and an ADATA 2tb nvme for games.

In the sata ports there is a 2tb hdd for tv shows, a 2tb for movies and a 1tb 2.5" SSD for more games.

On the top PCIe slot is the GPU which is PCIe 1

On the 2nd PCIe Slot is the M.2 Expansion card loaded with 4 TeamGroup Nvme drives.

 

The motherboard NVME drives and SATA drives are all there. 3 of the 4 NVME drives on the PCIe expansion card are not there.

 

I have come to the conclusion that the Inateck PCIe M.2 expansion card may either be faulty or not getting enough power to run all 4 drives. I will be exchanging it for an MSI M.2 Expansion card that has a 6-pin power connector which might be the fix. 

 

If all else fails, I have $740 worth of Nvme drives that will need to be sold to better homes.