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So I got a new motherboard and bought new 970 nvme m.2 drives. And two slots work perfectly fine but one will not register a drive. They all state 2_3 and I have gone into the bios to set them to nvme but nothing works. I could really use some help as I have all my stuff split between three drives with one dedicated to the os and can't transfer anything to the new drives or have access to all my games without swapping drives.

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25 minutes ago, Green Phoenix said:

So I got a new motherboard and bought new 970 nvme m.2 drives. And two slots work perfectly fine but one will not register a drive. They all state 2_3 and I have gone into the bios to set them to nvme but nothing works. I could really use some help as I have all my stuff split between three drives with one dedicated to the os and can't transfer anything to the new drives or have access to all my games without swapping drives.

 

You can tell us more information about your system?

 

What is the motherboard (make + model)?

What CPU (make + model)?

You have two Samsung 970 EVO SSDs?

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M.2_1 the one directly above your CPU will not work you need 11th gen for it. 

 

and for the Sata ones you see that those will be disabled if you use the other M.2 slots. 

 

Hope it helped you

 

 

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21 hours ago, SamClan said:

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M.2_1 the one directly above your CPU will not work you need 11th gen for it. 

 

and for the Sata ones you see that those will be disabled if you use the other M.2 slots. 

 

Hope it helped you

 

 

That does. thank you. Was worried that I had a faulty m.2 slot.

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