ssd from snadisk not showing up in disk man? no way to format it!

[NotRichard]

this is on a ryzen 1600x system with the x370killer sli from asrock. my main drive is a HDD as im getting this ssd configured.

I just recently picked up this ssd and was super pumped to plug it in and move all my crap onto it. here i am 4+ restarts and no closer to my goal.

ive tried disk man, 3rd party disk managers, but the only 3 places ive found to show it are "create a new drive pool" "device manager" and the bios.

ive searched forum after forum for my answere but nothing has helped, ideas or suggestions? win 10

[aezakmi]

you sure it's a legit drive?

[NotRichard]

1 minute ago, aezakmi said:

you sure it's a legit drive?

yes lol, i bought it from amazon

[Speed Weed]

5 minutes ago, NotRichard said:

yes lol, i bought it from amazon

Does the BIOS detect the drive presence? 

[NotRichard]

1 minute ago, DaPhuc said:

Does the BIOS detect the drive presence? 

yes

[Speed Weed]

7 minutes ago, NotRichard said:

yes

 

[NotRichard]

did not work for me

[NotRichard]

this is my first ssd. how much should it weigh? its super light. little concerning but i wouldnt know

[Speed Weed]

1 hour ago, NotRichard said:

this is my first ssd. how much should it weigh? its super light. little concerning but i wouldnt know

How long do you have this SSD? 

[NotRichard]

i got it today

[Speed Weed]

3 minutes ago, NotRichard said:

i got it today

Request a refund from Amazon. Do you have another computer to test this? Do you plug it in SATA 3 6GB/s? 

[NotRichard]

not on me

 

[NotRichard]

hey i figured out how to format it! its unecsasarily complicated but it worked somehow!

the steps

-go to settings

-system

-storage

 -manage storage spaces

this opens up a control panel window

-create a simple parity drive pool with just the drive you need it to.

format it and it makes it a new drive!