ssd M.2 SSD and RAID0 setup not working

[FreeZ]

I'm trying to setup windows into my M.2 SSD and all the other storage into the other two SSDs set up as RAID0. I currently have only the M.2 installed with windows on it, but whenever I try to plug in the Kingston SSDs, the system fails to recognize my M.2 boot drive.

• Windows boots fine in AHCI and RAID mode when only the M.2 is plugged in.
• Windows boots fine in AHCI mode when the M.2 and Kingston SSDs are plugged in. The SSDs wont work since they are set up as RAID0 and require RAID mode, but the system recognizes them.
• In RAID mode with all the storage plugged in, BIOS boot list and Windows installer doesn't notice the M.2 SSD but they do see the Kingston RAID0 SSDs.
• When the system booted windows in RAID mode, I then tried turning the system off, installing the Kingston SSDs again and turning it on. It then booted straight into the BIOS and the boot list was empty.    

I don't have much knowledge on these matters and therefore I'm hopeless on setting this up myself. I hope someone here knows how to solve this problem.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Motherboard: ASUS Z170-WS

M.2 SSD: Samsung 950 PRO (256Gb)

Regular SSD: 2x Kingston SSDnow UV400 (2x 480Gb)

[Squish4058]

have you checked your motherboard manual. Some motherboards share the same data lanes for 1 of the sata ports and the m.2 slot. Thus when you connect stuff to both only one works.

Unplug all sata connections and leave the M.2 in
Plug a single or two sata cables in at once trying them in ALL the sata ports you have

[Marc Degasperi]

Maybe when you plug in the m.2 drive 2 sata ports are disabled at elast its that way on my msi z170 gameing m7. Try plugging them into different ports just mark the drive order to not mess up the raid and just set it up agian.

[FreeZ]

1 minute ago, kris2340k said:

have you checked your motherboard manual. Some motherboards share the same data lanes for 1 of the sata ports and the m.2 slot. Thus when you connect stuff to both only one works.

Unplug all sata connections and leave the M.2 in
Plug a single or two sata cables in at once trying them in ALL the sata ports you have

Yea I know what SATA lanes the M.2 uses and I have the SSDs plugged in different ones

[Squish4058]

hmmm what power supply do you have?

so does the system boot your two kingstons without the m.2 connected?
Or at least see them in bios

[FreeZ]

7 minutes ago, kris2340k said:

hmmm what power supply do you have?

so does the system boot your two kingstons without the m.2 connected?
Or at least see them in bios

EVGA supernova 750 G2, but I doubt it has much to do with my problems. Haven't tried disconnecting the M.2 since I have my windows on it. BIOS does recognize the kingstons in RAID mode as it should, but at the same time the M.2 disappears from the boot menu and the windows installer drive menu.

[Squish4058]

1 minute ago, FreeZ said:

EVGA supernova 750 G2, but I doubt it has much to do with my problems. Haven't tried disconnecting the M.2 since I have my windows on it. BIOS does recognize the kingstons in RAID mode as it should, but at the same time the M.2 disappears from the boot menu and the windows installer drive menu.

hmm the only reasons for a drive dissapearing but working is if the drive stops being marked as active. marked as active just means check it for a bootloader. eg my C drive is active but my films hdd is not

[FreeZ]

1 minute ago, kris2340k said:

hmm the only reasons for a drive dissapearing but working is if the drive stops being marked as active. marked as active just means check it for a bootloader. eg my C drive is active but my films hdd is not

It would seem that when I plug in the Kingston SSDs, the M.2 stops working. Then again I have tried all SATA ports except the one that the M.2 connection uses.

[Squish4058]

Send a screenshot of the raid settings?