ASUS B650PLUS Unable to detect 2nd GEN4 M2 stick

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Hi.

I have just added a 2nd M2 PCIe NVMe M2 card and its not being detected in windows or the BIOS.

I'm running the latest BIOS 1811 on a ASUS B650PLUS mobo

The 1st card is located in the nearest slot next to the processor (this is working fine)
The 2nd card is located in the bank of 2x M2 slots in the slot nearest the rear of the rig.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Apologies in advanced if I haven't provided enough info

Thanks
Mat
 
You mite need to initialize the m2 in disk management , did it show up in the bios after you installed it ?

learn.microsoft.com

Initialize new disks

Learn how to initialize new disks with Disk Management and get them ready to use. Also access links for troubleshooting.
learn.microsoft.com
 
It does appear in Disk management at all. Does appear in Device Manager. Doesnt appear in BIOS ?? I just don't get it?
 
Thanks for the advice. Still no joy.

I've reset BIOS.
Swapped M2 Slots
Still cant see if BIOS or Device Manager or Disk Manager.

SSD is brand new and unformatted.
 
Ok so I've now inserted the "faulty" card into the slot that had my M2 card that has the OS on it and the "faulty" card is still not detected in the known working M2 slot.
I put the OS M2 card in one of the other M2 slots and it worked fine and booted up.

So I know that at least 2 of the 3 M2 slots are working fine with the Kinston OS M2 SSD.

I can only presume that the new M2 card is faulty?
 
Ok so I've now got a replacement M2 and exactly the same thing. BIOS, OS etc doesn't see drive. Surely someone has got this drive working on this Mobo?
 
zappa69 said:
Ok so I've now got a replacement M2 and exactly the same thing. BIOS, OS etc doesn't see drive. Surely someone has got this drive working on this Mobo
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Can you back flash to 1807 please and see if it gets found then ? loads of reports of some of the AGESA updates from AMD is not distributing PCI-e lanes correctly which was showing itself as missing m.2 drives / slots, just have a look on the X670e ROG resource forums thread.

1811 for you/1801 for me never even made it out of beta for a lot of the ASUS x670e motherboards, my Gene included. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...meeDbEHYP-FHYW-PMyOk/edit?pli=1#gid=522016589

There is also a beta bios here, for my Gene this fixed all the problems I was having, make sure you select the right board, B650 boards is the 7th post down by Safedisk: https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/amd-600-series/x670-resource/m-p/978877/highlight/true#
 
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Jamin280672 said:
Can you back flash to 1807 please and see if it gets found then ? loads of reports of some of the AGESA updates from AMD is not distributing PCI-e lanes correctly which was showing itself as missing m.2 drives / slots, just have a look on the X670e ROG resource forums thread.

1811 for you/1801 for me never even made it out of beta for a lot of the ASUS x670e motherboards, my Gene included. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...meeDbEHYP-FHYW-PMyOk/edit?pli=1#gid=522016589

There is also a beta bios here, for my Gene this fixed all the problems I was having, make sure you select the right board, B650 boards is the 7th post down by Safedisk: https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/amd-600-series/x670-resource/m-p/978877/highlight/true#
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I have flashed Bios back to 1807 and still no detection of M2.

Should I try one of these below ? If so which one and is the flash process the same?

Many thanks

TUF GAMING B650-PLUS Beta Bios 2204
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SpuXE7sXeDSjZCeNWSl-_tKxlfUKxZoA/view?usp=sharing

TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI Beta Bios 2204
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JTwAdtDr9R-Iz4sUJ3ilXSl3SUKVPOGB/view?usp=sharing

TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS Beta Bios 2204
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NX1o7_j6nbaQwGfm7wQHl-XdaJ6IcSFw/view?usp=sharing

TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS WIFI Beta Bios 2204
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1llsHCcFUHSrqsvOSEKf-p68j_SnCkQhV/view?usp=sharing
 
zappa69 said:
Ok so I've now got a replacement M2 and exactly the same thing. BIOS, OS etc doesn't see drive. Surely someone has got this drive working on this Mobo?
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Is the replacement the same make and model? Might be some sort of strange compatibility issue. Rare these days but it does happen, often solved by a SSD firmware update or BIOS update.

As Kirby Wurm above suggests you could try it in another system or an external usb enclosure.

zappa69 said:
I have flashed Bios back to 1807 and still no detection of M2.

Should I try one of these below ? If so which one and is the flash process the same?

Many thanks

TUF GAMING B650-PLUS Beta Bios 2204
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SpuXE7sXeDSjZCeNWSl-_tKxlfUKxZoA/view?usp=sharing

TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI Beta Bios 2204
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JTwAdtDr9R-Iz4sUJ3ilXSl3SUKVPOGB/view?usp=sharing

TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS Beta Bios 2204
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NX1o7_j6nbaQwGfm7wQHl-XdaJ6IcSFw/view?usp=sharing

TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS WIFI Beta Bios 2204
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1llsHCcFUHSrqsvOSEKf-p68j_SnCkQhV/view?usp=sharing
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Assuming you sourced those beta BIOS updates from the Asus forums then any of them should be fine. Obviously if you have the WIFI version of the board those are the ones you should be using or if you don't use the regular ones. The flash process should be the same through the EZ Flash option in the BIOS.
 
Speed said:
Is the replacement the same make and model? Might be some sort of strange compatibility issue. Rare these days but it does happen, often solved by a SSD firmware update or BIOS update.

As Kirby Wurm above suggests you could try it in another system or an external usb enclosure.



Assuming you sourced those beta BIOS updates from the Asus forums then any of them should be fine. Obviously if you have the WIFI version of the board those are the ones you should be using or if you don't use the regular ones. The flash process should be the same through the EZ Flash option in the BIOS.
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I tried this one TUF GAMING B650-PLUS Beta Bios 2204 - but still not detecting M2? Are there any specific settings within BIOS that need configuring? Drivers ? I'm just clasping at straws here
Yeah the replacement is same make and model and there doesn't appear to be any firmware on their site??
 
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zappa69 said:
I tried this one TUF GAMING B650-PLUS Beta Bios 2204 - but still not detecting M2? Are there any specific settings within BIOS that need configuring? Drivers ? I'm just clasping at straws here
Yeah the replacement is same make and model and there doesn't appear to be any firmware on their site??
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If it isn't showing up in the BIOS at all then there isn't a lot you can do. It seems you've already ruled out the board by moving the OS drive to the other slots which prove they work so it all points to the new M.2 drive being the issue. Either both are DOA (not impossible but unlikely) or they have some sort of compatibility issue with your specific combination of hardware.

I don't think your board has M.2 slots that share bandwidth with anything else so there shouldn't be any settings to tweak. It should just work really.

Honestly at this stage just get a different brand / model of SSD from a reputatable source and see if that works. That will be the simpliest solution and then if that works just return the SK Hynix drive.
 
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