Nitro 5 AN515-43 - Not able to see my 960 250 gigabyte m.2 sata drive for storage in windows 10.

Cisco408ca

Hello 
I recently purchased a Nitro 5 AN515-43 and removed the stock 250 gig SSD m.2 and installed a Samsung 970 Evo plus 500 gigs for my os and in the m.2 SATA, I installed a Samsung 960 Evo 250 gig for extra storage. Strangely it does not show the 960 in the bios or in windows but the 970 it does. In the bios, the SATA port is on but yet not showing. So does the SATA port work when using the PCI m.2 slot? 

In other words, can both m.2 slots work at the same time?

brummyfan2

Hi,
You have one M.2 slot for NVMe SSD and the second for M.2 SATA SSD, so replace the Samsung 960 Evo with a Samsung 860 Evo in the second slot.

Cisco408ca

Thank you for your help but what I meant is that my Sata m.2 slot is not functioning. It does not show the ssd in it in windows 10 .

batmalin

What about in BIOS? Does it show there? Nevermind I saw that you have answered already.

brummyfan2

Hi @Cisco408ca
You are trying to install a NVMe SSD in SATA slot, one of the slot is for NVMe SSD and the other is for M.2 SATA SSD, you have Samsung 970 and 960, both are M.2 NVMe SSDs.

Cisco408ca

I thought the nvme was backward compatible. I guess not. Thanks 

brummyfan2

Hi @Cisco408ca
Yes, you are right about backward compatibility but it was in the old models, nowadays, in models with two M.2 slots they make it clear what works in the particular slot.