M2 SSD location on the motherboard not detected
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Good evening. I bought a PC and there are 2 slots for SSDs, one of which is already occupied by the included SSD.
I wanted to add one to the 2nd slot, but it doesn't show up in the BIOS.
What should I do? How can I "activate" that slot?
Thank you for your help.
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Hi
ECS motherboards are very low-end, the second M.2 slot is usually inactive when certain SATA 600 ports are in use, Medion has a quite active technical forum, also ask the question there: https://community.medion.com/t5/Ordinateurs-de-bureau-Tout-en-un/bd-p/FR201
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Hello,
I’ve seen a poorly connected M.2 before.
Removing and reinstalling it might be a solution.
If you could provide more details like the models, that might help too.
The PC is a Medion Erazer Recon E20 MD35362
The motherboard is an ECS B660H7-M20
The SSDs are Nvme
The SSD is not the issue, it's the slot, it's as if it's fake.
We put the initial SSD in this slot and the PC doesn't start, well it does, but it gets stuck on the wood.
If worse comes to worst, I'll put an external SSD, but it would be a shame not to be able to use a slot.
If it wasn't connected to anything, it might not be in the specs: https://www.ecs.com.tw/en/Product/Motherboard/B660H7-M20/specification
But on a different model, perhaps similar, we respond that the second slot is SATA, not PCI-E (NVMe)
https://community.medion.com/t5/ERAZER-Gaming/Erazer-Recon-P20-MD35361-Connection-of-a-second-SSD/m-p/144576#M2457
It might be written in very small next to the slot like the link in the link.
According to Fabul's link, it seems that while the 1st M.2 port can accommodate PCIe + SATA M.2 SSDs, the 2nd is a 2230 M.2 intended for receiving WIFI cards.
Hello,
I’d like to follow up on this topic because I have the same issue with the same motherboard, have you found a solution since then please?
Thank you
Hello
This motherboard has, as the manual indicates, 3 m.2 slots, the main ones located under the processor and next to the RAM are NVME and SATA ports. To clarify, PCI-E is the same as NVME.
The problem lies with the processor (which we would need to know in this specific case), as not all can manage two PCI Express SSDs; therein lies the limitation, you need to install an m.2 SATA SSD as a second one.
The 3rd port is reserved for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth cards.
Hello,
Thank you for your response.
I have an i5-12400F as my CPU, and the motherboard indeed has 3 M.2 ports: The 1st SSD is connected to the main M.2 port, I installed a wifi card on the M.2 2230 port, and I'm trying to connect my new M.2 SSD to the 3rd port, and that's where I encounter the problem.
"and I'm trying to connect my new M.2 SSD to the 3rd port"
How can you try to install your new SSD on a 3rd port when your motherboard only has 2 SSD ports, one of which is intended for a Wi-Fi card?
I noted in my first post that these motherboards were very low-end, which implied that the second slot was either inactive or exclusively SATA. I also left the link to the Medion France forum; asking the question there allows you to get answers from the brand's technicians. I actually found a post about the same issue with the same motherboard, indicating that the second M.2 slot is a SATA; the mention of NVMe or PCI-E in the manual is a mistake.