SSD 960 Evo M.2

[ToxicKingz]

Hey guys, I was not sure if this thread goes here or troubleshoot. However, I came across SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 500GB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6E500BW 

 

I really want an M.2 SSD that is fast for my primary drive on my system. I have MAXIMUS 9 CODE motherboard and I had a SATA SSD that was not working properly. Will it be possible for the 960 EVO SSD to work on my motherbboard? If so, I also want to run 2 Hard Drive on my system

 

Is this possible

[Guest]

Yes but why? 

[Damascus]

You should be fine, a modern top shelf Z270 should work flawlessly

[ToxicKingz]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Yes but why? 

Why am I choosing this SSD? Mainly I have the motherboard to hide the SSD. So it gives it a sleek look

and I want this SSD, because it is fast :D??

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, ToxicKingz said:

Why am I choosing this SSD? Mainly I have the motherboard to hide the SSD. So it gives it a sleek look

and I want this SSD, because it is fast :D??

you won't benefit from nvme drive, unless the price you are paying is small

[ToxicKingz]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

you won't benefit from nvme drive, unless the price you are paying is small

I thought the mother board support nvme ssd?? What do you suggest me to do

[DocSwag]

4 minutes ago, ToxicKingz said:

I thought the mother board support nvme ssd?? What do you suggest me to do

His point is that nvme won't improve your boot times or app launch times at all over a sata ssd.

[ToxicKingz]

3 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

His point is that nvme won't improve your boot times or app launch times at all over a sata ssd.

Not even a little bit? Anyways I have a SATA SSD M.2 and i is not working. BIOS doesn't detext it

[DocSwag]

6 minutes ago, ToxicKingz said:

Not even a little bit? Anyways I have a SATA SSD M.2 and i is not working. BIOS doesn't detext it

nope, won't at all. The bottleneck is elsewhere, you'll only see benefits if you're doing prosumer stuff.

[ToxicKingz]

Why won't I benefit from the nvme feature? What shall you suggest me to do? Since I told you, SATA SSD did not work for me. It was not detected on my BIOS. I changed the settings and tried a lot of things. So I want PCIE SSD

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, ToxicKingz said:

Why won't I benefit from the nvme feature? What shall you suggest me to do? Since I told you, SATA SSD did not work for me. It was not detected on my BIOS. I changed the settings and tried a lot of things. So I want PCIE SSD

more like drive fault not mobo

[19_blackie_73]

3 minutes ago, ToxicKingz said:

Why won't I benefit from the nvme feature? What shall you suggest me to do? Since I told you, SATA SSD did not work for me. It was not detected on my BIOS. I changed the settings and tried a lot of things. So I want PCIE SSD

if your hdds are working, there's not reason why it shouldn't work with the SSD. If the ssd is not detected, you have 3 options:

cable is defective, ssd is defective or port is defect on the mobo

 

[ToxicKingz]

1 hour ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

if your hdds are working, there's not reason why it shouldn't work with the SSD. If the ssd is not detected, you have 3 options:

cable is defective, ssd is defective or port is defect on the mobo

 

I'll exclude cable or device defective! Since it detected it when I put it on a different port on my motherboard. Says PORT 2 not supported sata

 

 

 

user manual shows port 1 support Sata 

 

also no cable involved here it's m.2 lol

[19_blackie_73]

1 hour ago, ToxicKingz said:

I'll exclude cable or device defective! Since it detected it when I put it on a different port on my motherboard. Says PORT 2 not supported sata

 

 

 

user manual shows port 1 support Sata 

 

also no cable involved here it's m.2 lol

I don'T get it:

the ssd that didn't work: was it an m.2 sata drive or and standard 2.5 inch sata drive?

If it is sata and m.2, you can only use it in one of the m.2 ports of the mobo that's true. But if it is detected where is the problem?

 

 

[ToxicKingz]

1 hour ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

I don'T get it:

the ssd that didn't work: was it an m.2 sata drive or and standard 2.5 inch sata drive?

If it is sata and m.2, you can only use it in one of the m.2 ports of the mobo that's true. But if it is detected where is the problem?

 

 

Yes my mobo has 2 M.2 ports. 

 

The first one supports M.2 SATA SSD

The second doesn't. 

 

When my SATA SSD M.2 is sitting in the first port, I launch the PC and it tells me SATA drive detected in port 1. Please change it to sata

 

so I go in my BIOS, change onboard drive settings I change it from PCIEX to SATA and I also tried AUTO. Nothing works. It's as if not detected.

 

im afraid to buy another SSD and it doesn't work on my mobo

[ToxicKingz]

Bump

[19_blackie_73]

15 hours ago, ToxicKingz said:

Yes my mobo has 2 M.2 ports. 

 

The first one supports M.2 SATA SSD

The second doesn't. 

 

When my SATA SSD M.2 is sitting in the first port, I launch the PC and it tells me SATA drive detected in port 1. Please change it to sata

 

so I go in my BIOS, change onboard drive settings I change it from PCIEX to SATA and I also tried AUTO. Nothing works. It's as if not detected.

 

im afraid to buy another SSD and it doesn't work on my mobo

but that sounds more than a buggy mobo or a bad drive than a general problem with sata drives. and why not get a 2.5in ssd and hide it somewhere, they are most times way cheaper and you won't notice it.

first off, I'd try to update the bios and see if works, and if that doesn't work and help, rma the m.2 and ask for a new one or ask for a refund and get a 2.5in ssd

[ToxicKingz]

5 hours ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

but that sounds more than a buggy mobo or a bad drive than a general problem with sata drives. and why not get a 2.5in ssd and hide it somewhere, they are most times way cheaper and you won't notice it.

first off, I'd try to update the bios and see if works, and if that doesn't work and help, rma the m.2 and ask for a new one or ask for a refund and get a 2.5in ssd

Forget it I will get the Samsung nvme 960 I believe! I need to look into how to benefit from the nvme 

 

Thank you 

 

i doubt the mobo is working great  

[19_blackie_73]

22 minutes ago, ToxicKingz said:

Forget it I will get the Samsung nvme 960 I believe! I need to look into how to benefit from the nvme 

 

Thank you 

 

i doubt the mobo is working great  

do what you want i hope you succeed with that