m.2 drives not showing up | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

fiery plume Mar 10, 2024, 6:33 AM

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Hello i just swapped cpus from intel to ryzen and tried booting, my m.2 drives arent showing up in bios, could I have missed a pin connector or are they just not plugged in correctly

tame aspen Mar 10, 2024, 7:08 AM

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Depending on the motherboard, some m.2 or pcie slots are deactivated when another slot is occupied.

fiery plume Mar 10, 2024, 7:16 AM

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MSI PRO X670-P WiFi ProSeries Motherboard (AMD AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, Wi-Fi 6E,

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This is the motherboard i have

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I have one in the first slot and one in the last

tame aspen Mar 10, 2024, 7:21 AM

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https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/PROX670-PWIFI.pdf

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hmm

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What are the exact models of the drives

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Are you aure they're nvme and not sata?

fiery plume Mar 10, 2024, 7:22 AM

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They arent sata

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They are the pcie drives

tame aspen Mar 10, 2024, 7:23 AM

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Do they work in the original computer?

fiery plume Mar 10, 2024, 7:23 AM

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Yes, but one isnt working now,

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It looks loke its plugged in

tame aspen Mar 10, 2024, 7:23 AM

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Personally I'd have backed up the data before attempting a drive migration. I'm doing a smilar thing.

fiery plume Mar 10, 2024, 7:24 AM

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I dont have anything of value

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Its my gaming pc

tame aspen Mar 10, 2024, 7:24 AM

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if both arent working it might have just been that you didn't seat them properly.

fiery plume Mar 10, 2024, 7:24 AM

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Its the wierd little plastic one

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With the notch

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Ill lookup a video to doulbe check

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