Z690 Not detecting any NVME

Jonnibravo · 4 Feb 2023 at 18:04

I have recently upgraded to a z690 Maximus with a 13th Gen processor. I backflashed the BIOS to the latest version to ensure the processor worked and then installed my sata ssd and HDD's along with my Sabrent Rocket 4.0 NVME. I tried a number of bios setting before installing windows on my SSD. Since them I have been working on the issue for the last two days with no success. I have placed the NVME in the m.2 slot one and the PCIE express adapter I have also installed another NVME in slot one and it does see that NVME either. I have tried settings in the CSM and fastboot but I am stuck.

Any Ideas what the problem could be.

Tetras · 4 Feb 2023 at 18:25

Jonnibravo said:
I have placed the NVME in the m.2 slot one and the PCIE express adapter I have also installed another NVME in slot one and it does see that NVME either

I don't understand what you're saying here. PCI-E adapter? What adapter?

Have you tried the drive in other M.2 slots than just M.2 _1?

Have you tried installing Windows on a 'normal' disk and then seeing if the M.2 drive is visible in disk manager?

Are you installing Windows 10 or Windows 11? If 10, have you tried 11?

You have tried with CSM enabled, and CSM disabled, I assume?

How old is the USB image that you're trying to install Windows with?

Have you tried disconnecting ALL other drives (than the primary M.2 you want it on) before installing Windows?

Jonnibravo · 4 Feb 2023 at 18:32

The Z690 comes with a PCIE express adapter that slots into the second PCIE slot, in that adapter you can put two NVME's in. I have disabled the CSM and enalbed and played woith some of the secure boot settings. The usb image was downloaded the day of the install so I am assuming its the latest version. The problem with trying other slots is that the MB has so many panels it requires taking everything out and putting everything back in it's such a ball ache. But I will try removing the sata's first them try other slots and post back.

Tetras · 4 Feb 2023 at 18:51

Jonnibravo said:
The Z690 comes with a PCIE express adapter that slots into the second PCIE slot

I see, you're using the Hyper M.2 card in other words? From my understanding, you can get 2 M.2 slots functional in PCI-E slot 3, or 1 M.2 slot functional in PCI-E slot 2.

In the manual of the Hyper M.2 card, it says:

"For Intel® motherboards, go to Advanced > CPU Storage Configuration, then set the PCIE slot(s) that you have installed the Hyper M.2 x16 card(s) to [Hyper M.2 X16]."

Did you enable the card? Did you also set the PCI-E bifurcation mode (if necessary) in the PCI-E config menu?

There are quite a few further instructions in the manual of the two versions of the Hyper M.2 card, but I think they're mainly for enabling RAID mode.

From what I can see, CSM needs to be disabled for the M.2 card to work.

Jonnibravo · 4 Feb 2023 at 19:13

I set the PCIE to enabled but I don't see a setting for Hyper M.2, I have read the manual supplied but there is no mention if there is a specific setting other then the m.2 setting.

Jonnibravo · 4 Feb 2023 at 19:42

I have tried the bifacation8x/8x this stops my pc from booting, my keyboard goes off and the monitor goes of and I can't tell if the pc is even booting, I don't have integrated graphics on my CPU which I now regret as I am using a 1360kf. Not sure what to do here. I think I will remove the hyper card I just dont like the idea of sharing the 16x slot with my nvme. I will do a total reinstall using Win 11.

Tetras · 6 Feb 2023 at 15:26

Jonnibravo said:
I have tried the bifacation8x/8x this stops my pc from booting, my keyboard goes off and the monitor goes of and I can't tell if the pc is even booting, I don't have integrated graphics on my CPU which I now regret as I am using a 1360kf. Not sure what to do here. I think I will remove the hyper card I just dont like the idea of sharing the 16x slot with my nvme. I will do a total reinstall using Win 11.

From reading the specs, personally, I think the card is actually designed to be placed in the third full-length slot, not the second. I think it only takes 8 lanes from the CPU if it is placed in the second. By the way, on another thread, someone said that their hyper m.2 card was the other way around, slot 1 was actually 2 and slot 2 was 1, if that's true, then when the hyper m.2 card was installed in PCI-E slot 2, I think you'd need the M.2 in the other Hyper M.2 slot.

The primary m.2 slot (on the board, not the hyper m.2) does not share any lanes with the graphics card.