m.2 on aorus b450 pro wifi

[Deathguage567]

So i got a 500 gb m.2 wd ssd and was wondering how to use it? can anyone help?

 

[Arika]

remove one of these (depending on the length of the stick) and plug it into the connector

 

 

and then replace what you took off (its a heatsink essentially)

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

the manual should have instructions , 

 

NVME OR SATA

1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_SOCKET)

 

SATA
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe 3.0 x2 SSD support)(M2B_SOCKET)

 

just screw it in

[Deathguage567]

thanks but i removed the one on the bottom and placed it there but it still wont show up in windows 

 

[Guest]

Did you initialize and format it in (I am assuming) Windows?

Right click start button > Disk Management > Show us a screenshot

[Deathguage567]

here is a screen shot 

[Deathguage567]

disc 0 is a sata ssd while disc 1 and 2 are storage hdd's

 

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

it does not appear so you should check in bios and unplug all other drives

 

[Guest]

"The M2B_SOCKET connector supports up to PCIe x2 SSDs."

Not sure if you have an NVMe or SATA SSD, but the bottom slot is bandwidth limited.

Have you tried the top one?

[Deathguage567]

no i havent tried the top so ill try that and let you guys know

 

[Deathguage567]

so i just tried moving it to the top m.2 slot and it still is not detected. what other actions should i take?

 

[Deathguage567]

[bowrilla]

3 hours ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

it does not appear so you should check in bios and unplug all other drives

 

@Deathguage567 have you tried that? No point in fiddling around in Windows if your drive doesn't appear in BIOS/EFI

[Deathguage567]

yes i have tried that as well as some other settings with raid m.2 but it would not show up in the bios i have contacted my mobo's manufacturer and hopefully can get it resolved. i also updated to the latest bios firmware.