WD Black SN850X not showing up in Disk management but I can see it in Bios and also WD Software ! Whats going on ?

jasonsony735 · 26 Oct 2022 at 14:56

WD Black SN850X not showing up in Disk management but I can see it in Bios and also WD Software ! Whats going on ?
Can someone please help me get this to show up in my disk manangement as its driving me insane ! makes no sense why its not showing up but I can see it in my Bios and also in the WD Software ! I have updated the fireware.

Glanza · 26 Oct 2022 at 15:45

Does the drive show at all without partitions?

What motherboard have you got and what slot is it plugged into?

Was it brand new out of the box or have you previously formatted it, if yes what file type did you use?

jasonsony735 · 26 Oct 2022 at 15:53

Disk 4 Does not show on the Disk management - I can see it in the Bios and also in the WD Software just says its unallicated. but can't get it to show in the Disk mangment screen so I can format it ~~ any ideas

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jasonsony735 · 26 Oct 2022 at 15:54

Glanza said:
Does the drive show at all without partitions?

What motherboard have you got and what slot is it plugged into?

Was it brand new out of the box or have you previously formatted it, if yes what file type did you use?

Its slotted in one of the standard 3rd slots m2 slots , there are 4 on my board I believe , Brand new out the Box

Glanza · 26 Oct 2022 at 15:57

If you put it in one of your other slots, does it then show in Windows?

jasonsony735 · 26 Oct 2022 at 18:24

Glanza said:
If you put it in one of your other slots, does it then show in Windows?

Yes it does I just moved it to m2 1 slot and it shows in device manager and and it also shows in Bios , but it will not show up on the disk management section where I need to format it , I can also see it in WD Dashboard , But it will not let me format it in there, just says something about Driver , I really don't know what else to do..... maybe try format it in my brothers pc and then put it in to mine I don't know

bledd · 26 Oct 2022 at 18:50

Show a screenshot of disk management.

jasonsony735 · 26 Oct 2022 at 20:16

bledd said:
Show a screenshot of disk management.

Here https://www.flickr.com/photos/24526645@N05/52455849611/in/dateposted-public/
My MSI Board has 4 x m2 slots I'm guessing its compatible with WD850x ? This is the motherboard I have https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-Z790-P-DDR4
By going by that that 850x should be compatiable

4x M.2 slot
M.2_1 (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 22110/2280/2260/2242 devices
M.2_2 (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 2280/2260/2242 devices
M.2_3 (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA mode, supports 2280/2260/2242 devices
M.2_4 (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA mode, supports 2280/2260/2242 devices

jasonsony735 · 26 Oct 2022 at 22:25

I've just checked and the board is compatible with SN850X-WDS100T2X0E and that is the one I have. Anyone know why its not showing up in the Windows Disk management section ?

mickyflinn · 27 Oct 2022 at 00:17

I would try and install Windows on it just to see what happens.

Joxeon · 27 Oct 2022 at 01:02

jasonsony735 said:
Yes it does I just moved it to m2 1 slot and it shows in device manager and and it also shows in Bios , but it will not show up on the disk management section where I need to format it , I can also see it in WD Dashboard , But it will not let me format it in there, just says something about Driver , I really don't know what else to do..... maybe try format it in my brothers pc and then put it in to mine I don't know

Can you update drivers for it in device manager?

jasonsony735 · 27 Oct 2022 at 10:57

mickyflinn said:
I would try and install Windows on it just to see what happens.

I just tried to do that and it does not detect the drive when in he windows 10 install , format section , unless there is another way to format these drives ? , Its showing in the Bios and also on WD software

jasonsony735 · 27 Oct 2022 at 10:59

Joxeon said:
Can you update drivers for it in device manager?

I've deleted and uninstalled drivers doesn't do anything, the only thing I can think to do is format it in a friends pc and then it might work as I have other M2 drives in my pc working fine but they are all formatted.

mickyflinn · 27 Oct 2022 at 11:36

jasonsony735 said:
I've deleted and uninstalled drivers doesn't do anything, the only thing I can think to do is format it in a friends pc and then it might work as I have other M2 drives in my pc working fine but they are all formatted.

If not Send it back for something else seen a few have compatabilty problems with wd drives.

jasonsony735 · 27 Oct 2022 at 14:26

mickyflinn said:
If not Send it back for something else seen a few have compatabilty problems with wd drives.

I've sent it back as just tried it on my brothers system MSI Board and the same issue , will show up in Bios and also Device manager but will not show in the Disk management section ! Will get the New Samsung 990 when its released as I have 970 evo in my system and works great.

jasonsony735 · 27 Oct 2022 at 17:10

Just installed Samsung 980 pro right away ! No issues at all , Detected it in Disk management and formatted no problem ! Defo a problem with WD Driver software or not working well with MSI products

opethdisciple · 7 Nov 2022 at 00:17

Eek. I just bought one of these. Hope I don't have the same issues.

jasonsony735 · 7 Nov 2022 at 13:14

opethdisciple said:
Eek. I just bought one of these. Hope I don't have the same issues.

Maybe I got unlikely but tried it in two pc with MSI boards and couldn't format it, Samsung pro 980 worked right away.

Silicon Si · 8 Nov 2022 at 15:10

I bought a WD Black SN850X for one of my machines a couple weeks ago, cloned over the os drive with Macrium reflect , that pc is running a gigabyte z390 master, I just wanted a bigger os drive all went ok.

StephenJ · 8 Nov 2022 at 15:41

opethdisciple said:
Eek. I just bought one of these. Hope I don't have the same issues.

Mine has just arrived lets hope no issues