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M.2 ssd not detected / notebook

OSAID720
By OSAID720
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first of all i apologize for my bad English :$
and for being a newbie with all pc parts stuff so please go easy on me

so guys , i have an ASUS Zenbook Pro ux501jw (on model) and ux501j (on its box)
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before buying the samsung 960 evo 250gb m.2 ssd ,
i visited asus website to check the compatibility
i couldn't find any ux501j  , so i entered my notebook's SN to register it and the website registered it as ux501jw .
here is the model https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-Pro-UX501JW/specifications/
it says in the specs ( PCIE x 4 512G )
the problem is that mine comes with no ssd mounted but a 1tb HD
anyway i bought the ssd  o.O
after installing it (the attached pics)

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i couldn't find it on the disk manger nor on the bios
i tried to google it , and looks like too many (not the same model) are having the same issue .
i tried upgrading the bios
tried turning it off and on again :D
anyone got a solution here ? please help !

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It could very well be that the notebook doesn't like NVME. 

 

Mine for example only supports sata ssd in the M.2 and no nvme. Could be that your machine has the same "issue"...

 

then one like this would be working: 

 

https://www.alternate.de/ADATA/SU800NS38-256-GB-Solid-State-Drive/html/product/1311748?

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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52 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

It could very well be that the notebook doesn't like NVME. 

 

Mine for example only supports sata ssd in the M.2 and no nvme. Could be that your machine has the same "issue"...

 

then one like this would be working: 

 

https://www.alternate.de/ADATA/SU800NS38-256-GB-Solid-State-Drive/html/product/1311748?

thanks for replaying sir
 how do i find out weather or not a notebook supports nvme if it's not stated on their website  ?

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11 minutes ago, OSAID720 said:

thanks for replaying sir
 how do i find out weather or not a notebook supports nvme if it's not stated on their website  ?

after a little googling for m.2 ssd for asus zen book ux501jw I could find a shop that carried several ones. all were model 2280 SATA. 

 

So no NVME isn't supported from your machine.

 

All those different standards for just one slot are quite annoying and confusing... so would have happened to me too, if I hadn't picked up the differences in the specs for that connector a while ago.

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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I have the exact same laptop and tried Samsung 970 Evo but it didn't work. So I was looking up on the internet and found this post. 


@Anghammarad the following link opens up the ADATA SSD but it has two faces at the edges from where it will be installed. Are you sure it will be installed properly in the slot that we have in the laptop? I am asking this because the slot is different and the points of the SSD you mentioned in the link are different. Please help. Thanks!

On 11/3/2017 at 1:35 PM, Anghammarad said:

It could very well be that the notebook doesn't like NVME. 

 

Mine for example only supports sata ssd in the M.2 and no nvme. Could be that your machine has the same "issue"...

 

then one like this would be working: 

 

https://www.alternate.de/ADATA/SU800NS38-256-GB-Solid-State-Drive/html/product/1311748?

 

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