Question Installing Samsung 980 SSD

[Starwind Amada]

Trying to install the Samsung 980 SSD and I can't figure it out. Here are my specs:

• Ryzen 7 3800X
• Nvidea RTX 3070
• 24GB RAM
• Tomahawk B450 mobo

I think the last time I tried it I had to go into the boot menu but the SSD wouldn't appear in the boot drive list so I couldn't proceed.

 

[Colif]

I think the last time I tried it I had to go into the boot menu but the SSD wouldn't appear in the boot drive list so I couldn't proceed.

it won't show in boot listing as it doesn't have anything on it yet? Only drives with an operating system on them will show as a boot drive.

Have you tried running the windows installer? Does it see the nvme?

in a lot of bios, pcie drives don't show in the same place as SSD/hdd would as they aren't sata. So it might be showing on another screen. I think m.2 drives should show up on the boot/storage tab

page 30 shows how to install hardware - https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/E7C02v1.4-GSE-LITE.pdf

how long you used that ram for? Ryzen CPU can be picky with mismatched ram. Is it 3 x 8gb sticks or another combo?

 

[Alm]

A lot of the time new drives don't show up because they aren't formatted yet. If that's the case, there are some instructions here under "1. Initialize the SSD":

SSD Not Showing up in Windows 11: How to Get it Detected

Users have reported that Windows 11 is not recognizing their SSD which can be caused by improper connections or misconfigured BIOS settings.

windowsreport.com

 

[Slasken]

Sata 5 and 6 is unavailable when you use the M.2 slot.

Also check this page:

How To Enable M.2 In Msi Bios? – LiquidSky.com

liquidsky.com