Hyper Unhappy

[KurtB]

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this....

First, here are the specs of my new pc 10 lbs of crap in 5 lb bag

My Asus Hyper M.2 x4 Expansion arrived card today (installed Crucial M.2 1TB on it). Popped it in and no bueno! The motherboard won't recognize it. I tried all 3 slots. 

 

[airdeano]

because you have a SATA M.2 (crucial) and not a PCIe M.2 drive.

 

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboard-Accessory/HYPER_M2_X4_MINI_CARD/specifications/

1 x M.2 x4 Socket 3 with vertical M Key design, type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support(Support PCIE SSD only)

 

you'll have to configure the SATA M.2 as that a SATA drive, not a PCIe drive.

[hconverse02]

Lol your mobo cant support that why did you buy 3 m.2s?

[KurtB]

1 minute ago, hconverse02 said:

Lol your mobo cant support that why did you buy 3 m.2s?

I have the 2 950 Pros in RAID 0 and I had the other SSD (it's not an NVMe)

The expansion card is how I am using the 3rd.

Either way, the mobo does not see the card.

[Droidbot]

3 minutes ago, KurtB said:

I have the 2 950 Pros in RAID 0 and I had the other SSD (it's not an NVMe)

The expansion card is how I am using the 3rd.

Either way, the mobo does not see the card.

Probably because as Airdeano stated, the drive is a SATA drive and the HyperX4 doesn't support SATA M.2 disks. 

Get a SATA M.2 to SATA 3 adapter

[hconverse02]

1 minute ago, KurtB said:

I have the 2 950 Pros in RAID 0 and I had the other SSD (it's not an NVMe)

The expansion card is how I am using the 3rd.

Either way, the mobo does not see the card.

That would make sense but you are trying to make the mx300 (which is a sata ssd in m.2 format not an nvme drive) a nvme drive.  Putting an nvme m.2 in a pci-e lane, if i am correct, would be fine, but putting a ssd nvme m.2 in an nvme expansion would not work (which is what i think you are trying to do). Also where are you putting the 950s?

[KurtB]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

Probably because as Airdeano stated, the drive is a SATA drive and the HyperX4 doesn't support SATA M.2 disks. 

Get a SATA M.2 to SATA 3 adapter

Try this again... the motherboard does not see the expansion card, never mind the SSD

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, KurtB said:

Try this again... the motherboard does not see the expansion card, never mind the SSD

It's not starting itself up because there is no SSD/incompatible SSD. 

[KurtB]

5 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

It's not starting itself up because there is no SSD/incompatible SSD. 

removed the ssd from the card and the card is still not being recognized

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, KurtB said:

removed the ssd from the card and the card is still not being recognized

because there is nothing on the connector other than the adapter to the m.2

[NumLock21]

The card probably only works on Asus board, not Asrock.

[KurtB]

8 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

The card probably only works on Asus board, not Asrock.

me thinks you nailed it...

just took one of the 950 Pros and put it on the card. Nada

Looks like another shopping trip.....

 

Twin SSD

Single SSD

[NumLock21]

23 minutes ago, KurtB said:

me thinks you nailed it...

just took one of the 950 Pros and put it on the card. Nada

Looks like another shopping trip.....

 

Twin SSD

Single SSD

Twin one for the Crucial M.2

[KurtB]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Twin one for the Crucial M.2

yup, and allows a spot for another drive later. I don't want any 3.5 or 2.5 drives

just bought it

[NumLock21]

11 minutes ago, KurtB said:

yup, and allows a spot for another drive later. I don't want and 3.5 or 2.5 drives

The dual one can do two protocols. You cannot slap both of your 950 pros on it. That Asus adapter has a jumper setting on it, what does that label say?

[-rascal-]

Which PCI-E X16 slot are you using for the ASUS Hyper adapter?

 

The second reinforced one, or the black one at the very bottom?

[KurtB]

11 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

The dual one can do two protocols. You cannot slap both of our 950 pros on it. That Asus adapter has a jumper setting on it, what does that label say?

My 950s are on the main board. It's an mATX that supports 2 in RAID

The jumper is so the card can be used with a daughter adapter card

11 hours ago, -rascal- said:

Which PCI-E X16 slot are you using for the ASUS Hyper adapter?

 

The second reinforced one, or the black one at the very bottom?

tried both reinforced and the black one

[KurtB]

1 minute ago, huilun02 said:

Unless you ran out of sata3 ports or ssd mounting spots, no reason to get a sata based M.2 drive. It only complicates things. 

I already had it. 

[NumLock21]

13 minutes ago, KurtB said:

My 950s are on the main board. It's an mATX that supports 2 in RAID

The jumper is so the card can be used with a daughter adapter card

Saw user reviews on it and it works on other boards too, not just Asus. You might have a faulty unit. Update your motherboard bios.

[KurtB]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Saw a user reviews on it and it works on other boards too, not just Asus. You might have a faulty unit. Update your motherboard bios.

Good to know. 

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, KurtB said:

Good to know. 

Even if your bios does not see it, can your OS setup see the drive?

[KurtB]

11 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Even if your bios does not see it, can your OS setup see the drive?

Nope... checked that also. Moot point now, just requested a refund/defective. Bought the Twin Sata/NVMe card.

11 hours ago, huilun02 said:

Unless you ran out of sata3 ports or ssd mounting spots, no reason to get a sata based M.2 drive. It only complicates things. 

I'll have to disagree with that... M.2s are the future. One tenth the size and ten times faster. To each their own.