Help with my M.2

[Leonel916]

Ok, so I bought ada XPG m.2 for my rog b350-f board. I planned it to use as a secondary drive rather than a boot drive. My issue is that when the M.2 is inserted bios doesn't even read my other SSD(installed windows or hard drive. It only sees the m.2. I found this really strange. I even updated the bios just to see if that helped? The only solution I can think of is to just install fresh windows on it but I'm worried that my other drives still won't detect. Help?

[butler1233]

Sometimes the M.2 drive slot takes bandwidth of other peripherals. Try plugging yout other SSDs into different ports and see what happens. Alternatively, make sure your boot order in your bios is correctly set up.

[manikyath]

read your mobo's manual, sometimes (well.. a lot of times) some SATA ports will turn off in order to provide bandwidth to the m.2 slot. just plug your SSD into one that doesnt get shut down, and you're good to go.

[SuperCloneRanger]

what the others have said above, specifically port 5 and 6. from the spec page for your board:

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When a SATA / PCIE mode M.2 device is installed, the M.2 Socket shares bandwidth with the SATA6G_5/6 ports.
 

When a SATA mode M.2 device is installed, the M.2 Socket shares bandwidth with the SATA6G_5/6 ports

 

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B350-F-GAMING/specifications/ (at the bottom of page under notes)

 

[Leonel916]

Thanks, guys,  That worked. I'm new to this whole M.2 ssds it's amazing.

 

Thanks again!