Asus prime x470 pro, no second m2-drive

Hattu · Dec 22, 2023

Hi,

Helped my friend to build budget gaming PC. He installed windows yesterday, everything is working. Except second nvme drive is not visible in bios nor in windows. He installed newest chipset drivers and I updated newest bios a few weeks back.

Are there some settings in bios that he must change? I told him to swap drives to see if the other drive is DOA. I'm still waiting for the result.

MB: Asus Prime X470 Pro
CPU: Ryzen 5700X
Nvme1: Kingston fury renegade 1Tb (near CPU, working)
Nvme2: WD black sn850x 2Tb (not working)

mx62 · Dec 22, 2023

can you see it in disk management?

Shou Miko · Dec 22, 2023

I hope OP has read the manual for the second M.2._2.

AMD X470 Chipset:
- M.2_2 socket 3* with M Key, Type 2242/ 2260/ 2280 (PCIe 3.0 x2 mode
and SATA mode) storage devices support
- 6 x Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors with RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10
support
* The M.2_2 socket shares PCIe clock with PCIe x1_1. When PCIe x1_1 or PCIe
x1_3 is occupied, the M.2_2 socket can only support SATA mode.
**Supports PCIe RAID conſgurations via onboard M.2 storages

Another note I have tried on AM4 a couple of times where I cannot see a M.2. device I would take off the heatsink and just re-seat the M.2. and than it would normally work, have you tried this @Hattu ?

Hattu · Dec 22, 2023

mx62 said:
can you see it in disk management?

It's not visible anywhere.

Shou Miko said:
I hope OP has read the manual for the second M.2._2.

AMD X470 Chipset:
- M.2_2 socket 3* with M Key, Type 2242/ 2260/ 2280 (PCIe 3.0 x2 mode
and SATA mode) storage devices support
- 6 x Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors with RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10
support
* The M.2_2 socket shares PCIe clock with PCIe x1_1. When PCIe x1_1 or PCIe
x1_3 is occupied, the M.2_2 socket can only support SATA mode.
**Supports PCIe RAID conſgurations via onboard M.2 storages

Another note I have tried on AM4 a couple of times where I cannot see a M.2. device I would take off the heatsink and just re-seat the M.2. and than it would normally work, have you tried this @Hattu ?

I'm aware about it's limitations. Only 2x pcie3 lanes available. And there are no other cards in pcie-slots, only rtx2070.

It's my son's old motherboard and he has used both slots, so they should work.

Or have I misunderstood something?

Shou Miko · Dec 22, 2023

Hattu said:
It's not visible anywhere.

I'm aware about it's limitations. Only 2x pcie3 lanes available. And there are no other cards in pcie-slots, only rtx2070.

It's my son's old motherboard and he has used both slots, so they should work.

Or have I misunderstood something?

Nope it should work, try to take the ssd out of the m.2. slot and put it back in, as from my experience I had this where some AM4 boards specially Asus would fint it this was on B550 and X570 boards I had.

Assimilator · Dec 22, 2023

Simplest check, swap the SSDs and see if the SN850X shows up. If it does then the problem is likely that it doesn't like PCIe 3.0 and/or only 2 lanes of it (basically you're running the drive at PCIe 4.0 x1).

Personally I'd buy a PCIe-to-M.2 adapter and drop it in the second PCIe x16 slot. That will at least give the drive you plug in there, 4 lanes of PCIe versus only the 2 it would get from the 2nd M.2 slot. Sure the primary (GPU) slot will only run at x8, but that's way less of a problem IMO.

Hattu · Dec 23, 2023

My friend went to his home brewery to come down and make some ale. :laugh:

He then swapped the drives later yesterday evening and now they are both working.

Maybe there was contact issue or something was incompatible.

He may buy adapter for the second drive. Or not. Newer MB may be an option too, but the whole idea was to build budget system, mainly for light gaming and some work.

Thanks everyone. :rockout:

meatwar · Dec 23, 2023

Too much "ale" can contribute to this kind of hw issues, its a common know issue among the communities... seems there's a "lack" of connection :banghead:

System Name	No name, yet..
Processor	AMD 1800X at stock settings.
Motherboard	AsRock X370 itx/ac, /diy vrm heatsink.
Cooling	Alphacool Eisbaer 240LT.
Memory	2 x 8gb G.Skill Flare 3200/CL14.
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 2060 oc rev2.
Storage	Samsung 960 Evo 500GB m.2, Crucial MX500 2TB sata.
Display(s)	HP ZR24W.
Case	DIY ITX.
Power Supply	Be Quiet 500W sfx-l
Software	Win10 home, Ubuntu linux.

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (Waiting on 9800X3D) \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 3.08 AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2 \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
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Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK \| Win11 LTSC UK / Arch (Fan)
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	No name, yet..
Processor	AMD 1800X at stock settings.
Motherboard	AsRock X370 itx/ac, /diy vrm heatsink.
Cooling	Alphacool Eisbaer 240LT.
Memory	2 x 8gb G.Skill Flare 3200/CL14.
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 2060 oc rev2.
Storage	Samsung 960 Evo 500GB m.2, Crucial MX500 2TB sata.
Display(s)	HP ZR24W.
Case	DIY ITX.
Power Supply	Be Quiet 500W sfx-l
Software	Win10 home, Ubuntu linux.

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (Waiting on 9800X3D) \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 3.08 AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2 \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC (Waiting on RX 8800 XT) \| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK \| Win11 LTSC UK / Arch (Fan)
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	Firelance.
Processor	Threadripper 3960X
Motherboard	ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming
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Memory	8x 16GB Patriot Viper DDR4-3200 CL16
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Storage	NVMe WD Black SN750 ; Samsung EVO 840 SSD and Mechanical TBs...
Display(s)	iiyama Black Hawk G-Master GB2745HSU
Case	CM HAF-X
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha AV Creative DTT2200
Power Supply	Corsair RM-1000
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival
Keyboard	MS Sidewinder X6
Software	Windows 10/11