Hey, i bought a b550 tomahawk max wifi and i have 2 M.2s, a samsung 990 and a samsung 970. My Gen 4 SSD slot works fine however my other m.2 slot doesnt work at all. ive tried multiple different ways but just cannot seem to get it to work. Any help would be appriciated 🙂
#B550 Tomahawk MAX Wifi not working with 2 m.2s
shut lake
potent acorn
what processor are you using, and when you say the others arent working, i take it to mean that in windows they do not show up under the device manager to be able to format them?
shut lake
im using R5 5600x, the drive doesnt even show up in bios
potent acorn
and to confirm, the one that is showing up is the top most m.2 drive
shut lake
the only one showing is in the Gen 4 slot
below the processor
the gen 3 underneath the GPU is not showing
shut lake
1st
potent acorn
have you attempted to reseat the m.2
potent acorn
yes i got ya, im going through the manual currently
shut lake
ah ok, i seen some videos but if im honest. Dont really understand why its not working
potent acorn
this drive, is it a new one, or does it have older information on it
shut lake
1 is brand new
1 is old
but ive put both m.2s i have into the first and into the second. On the first (blue) its picking them both up. On the second(red) its not picking up any
potent acorn
okay, just making sure it wasnt an issue with legacy bios compatability. have you tried reseating the cpu? if some pins arent making full contact this can happen, it shares lanes with the 2nd pcie slot, plugging your graphics card into the 2nd slot would likely be a fast way to see if that is the cause
shut lake
na i havent tried doing reseating the CPU as have my pump ontop of it now
potent acorn
i can get that, try the graphics card in that 2nd slot and see if it works, should be a quicker way to test
shut lake
do you reckon it could be anything else?
potent acorn
does everything else show up in the bios
potent acorn
so at this point the options are, cpu not fully seated, damaged chipset, or damaged motherboard
as that slot goes through the chipset
shut lake
ah alright
potent acorn
of course, not saying you damaged anything, if it is either of those other 2, then may just need to do an rma
shut lake
yeah, might have to have a look tomorrow or something when i have more time. just seeing if it could be any like mobo drivers or something idk
as only built it yesturday
potent acorn
it is always good to update your drivers and look at a bios update if you havent, but not seeing it at all doesnt make me hopeful.
shut lake
fun times, well i appriciate the help and ill see what i can find i guess 🙂
potent acorn
feel free to keep us updated, and do try those updates first
shut lake
yeah
shut lake
i downloaded msi center when first booted. and that downloaded a bunch of drivers
potent acorn
okay, then that site should have the bios update, and a video on how to use m-flash for the bios, as i do not think msi center updates the bios
shut lake
alright
shut lake
so i managed to sort the issue, it was just a bios update