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I previously used an M.2 SSD (on which Windows was booted) and an HDD (for external storage).
I have now acquired another M.2 SSD and installed it in my system (Mainboard: AsRock: B450m Steel Legend)
According to the motherboard manufacturer (and the number of slots lol) 2 M.2 SSDs can be used.
After installing the additional SSD, only my boot medium was recognized; no hard drive was recognized by Windows' hard drive formatting program, nor in the device manager.
I also looked in the UEFI, there only one M.2 SSD was recognized and the option of HDDs under the storage medium option was not displayed (I assume that the HDD was not recognized).
-> My other ideas would be a BIOS update and maybe looking for firmware for the M.2 SSD if available (Crucial P3 1TB). Otherwise, I can try removing the M.2 and see if the HDD is recognized again…
Has anyone had a similar problem and perhaps has a solution or another idea? Thanks in advance!
->Solution found on the manufacturer's website<-
My HDD worked again after changing the SATA slot but the M.2 SSD was not recognized due to the following reason:
My Asrock B450M Steel Legend motherboard only supports one M.2 NVMe SSD. I could use one M.2 NVMe SSD AND one M.2 SATA SSD, but I have two M.2 NVMe SSDs.
I'll get an adapter to test whether it works via the PCIe slot.
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There are mainboards (have like one) because the SATA ports are disabled when two M.2 SSD’s are installed. My motherboard, for example, has 6 SATA ports, but two of them are already disabled as soon as I have installed an M.2 SSD. I’m gonna put a second in a total end with SATA ports. I’ll be the case with you.
You should check out your motherboard’s manual. There should be a description of which ports are switched off when installing M.2 SSD’s.
Thanks for the info I didn’t know! Now I have a more approach and will try to fix the problem
The notice from the mainboard manufacturer that the second M.2 port divides the lanes with the SATA ports and if SATA is used, the M.2 port is deactivated, or vice versa have you read?
So if, as described in the manual, an HDD or a DVD/BD drive depend on SATA3_3, this is the reason. This SATA device is connected to another connection that does not share the lane with the second M.2 connection.
Okay, since I no longer own the manual, I didn’t know about it. Then I strongly assume that the problem will be.
Then, theoretically, I can also refit the SATA cable of the HDD until it works or? 😀