Intel Motherboards : x99 taichi NVME wont recognize

Author: parsec
Subject: x99 taichi NVME wont recognize
Posted: 17 Feb 2017 at 1:12am

arrowman413 wrote: Hi, so i have gone through 2 x99 taichi and 2 samsung 960 evo 256gb m.2 ssd to try and solve this issue. So i am able to install windows with no issues. I can restart my computer with no issues. But after leaving my computer off over night the m.2 is no longer recognized. Not even in windows install. Anyone know the issue? And yes my bios is updated. EDIT: I just tried to find the drive by booting linux off my flash drive. still doesnt see the drive. I can see my sata ssd no problem. Anyone know of any solution?

By the NVMe SSD not being recognized, do you mean in the boot order?

Does your board's UEFI/BIOS have an NVMe Configuration screen, in the Advanced section? Also, in the Tools section of the UEFI, the System Browser feature, does that show the 960 EVO in the M.2 slot?

Have you tried clearing the UEFI/BIOS?

Which M.2 slot are you using?

What CPU are you using?

What version of Windows are you using? What did you use to install Windows, an optical disk? ISO file on a USB flash drive?

When you installed Windows, did you only have the 960 EVO connected to the board, or did you have any other drives connected to the board and running?

What was the entry in the boot order for the 960 EVO?

Did you install the Samsung NVMe driver?

I have two 960 EVOs that I use in a different ASRock board (Z270) and they have no problem as the OS drive, even when used in RAID 0.

I have heard of some bad 960 EVO released by Samsung. I use an Intel NVMe on my different ASRock X99 board as the OS drive, and it has worked fine for many months.