M.2 Sandisk x400 not recognized by Win10 install

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A few others had the same problem; no hardrive is found by install:

This is my hardware:

I tried:

I ordered a Samsung SM951 (AHCI) M.2 (it is on the approved PX1 list and uses the AHCI driver) - it will be here on the 27th.

forest.peterson

Posted 2017-02-21T19:51:30.967

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If your motherboard doesn't have a M.2 connector, is there a reason, your using a M.2 SSD? It is very likely your problems are because of the adapter. "I did not try the Intel Rapid Storage Technology since it is not offered for Win10" - Yeah, it actually is. – Ramhound – 2017-02-21T19:54:49.613

1Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver. Of course unless you want a RAID this driver isn't required. – Ramhound – 2017-02-21T19:56:34.180

Please clarify: M.2 Samsung x400 or Sandisk x400 M.2 – Ramhound – 2017-02-21T20:03:02.340

If you have the Samsung device, you can try using the Samsung NVMe Driver. If that doesn't work try the IRST drivers as I previously provided.

– Ramhound – 2017-02-21T20:04:46.497

I don't understand your last comment. I linked you to Windows 10 IRST compatible drivers. – Ramhound – 2017-02-21T20:15:18.123

There a reason, you are trying to install IRST on AMD hardware, IRST does not apply to your hardware. Would have helped to mention that fact, within the body, instead of just a link to the motherboard. I assumed, that you understood, IRST can only be used on Intel hardware – Ramhound – 2017-02-21T20:24:59.003

Answers

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M.2 is a form factor, not an interface: "Buses exposed through the M.2 connector are PCI Express 3.0, Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 and USB 3.0" (link)

It appears (from Newegg and Sandisk) that the Sandisk x400 uses the SATA interface.

The Samsung evo 960 on the "approved drives" list on the adapter card site is an M.2 device that uses the PCIe interface. I did not run down the full list to check them all.

One side-track link I followed to Dell support states: "Note : Not all SSDs with an M.2 Interface are PCIe SSDs." (link)

So I strongly suspect that you simply have a compatibility problem between the card which is for PCIe M.2 devices and an SATA M.2 SSD device.

Yorik

Posted 2017-02-21T19:51:30.967

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I ordered a Samsung evo 960 and a Samsung SM951 (AHCI); between these three cards hopefully one will work. – forest.peterson – 2017-02-21T23:29:51.483

^ I ended up buying three motherboards (one has an M.2 socket) and three M.2 drives (mix of SATA and PCIe and of NVMe and AHCI) plus a PCIe adapter. I had one that works (board with M.2 socket and I don't recall which M.2 drive), but, the CPU was not supported. I found another solution (PCIe adapter) that would have worked with some BIOS mods (I chickened out - at that point I grabbed my backup plan, dual SATA3 SSDs in RAID0). – forest.peterson – 2017-03-25T18:16:34.757

^^ Nice explanation here http://www.computershopper.com/feature/2017-guide-the-best-m.2-solid-state-drives-tested key advice "verify with the board maker that an M.2 SSD of the bus type you are considering will be bootable"

– forest.peterson – 2017-03-25T18:16:43.010

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