Samsung nvme 970 won't show in bios

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nilsen77

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Just bought a samsung 970 and it won't show up at all in bios when connected to the m2 ultra slot. When connected to the regular m2 slot it shows in the nvme menu in bios but can't do anything with it. Specs are: Asrock x99 oc formula , intel i7-6800k , 16 gb fury and radeon hd6970

Do I have any chance of getting it to run with this or do I need to update some hardware?

Thanks for any response
 
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I'll get with you on this tomorrow if nobody else does, but two thoughts come to mind right away.

One, you may have one slot that ONLY supports SATA M.2, while the other supports both SATA and PCI NVME M.2. If you are in a slot that only supports SATA, it's not going to work with an NVME drive.

Two, if you are trying to get this recognized as the boot device, it is likely there is a setting in either the boot section, or one of it's sub-sections, or in another section of the bios (Make sure you are not in some kind of EZ mode. You'll need to be in advanced mode to find any advanced configuration settings), to enable PCI device boot capability. If you are only trying to use it for storage you should not have to do that.

Keep in mind there are likely population rules regarding PCI lane allocation as well.

Probably the MOST important thing though, it to go to the manufacturers product page and make absolutely sure you have the most recent bios update installed. MANY if not MOST motherboards will not support the Samsung 970, or have issues with it, without a fairly recent bios firmware update.
 
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nilsen77

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Slot 1 works with sata and pcie up to gen2 and slot 2 ultra works with pcie up to gen 3, so I have it in slot 2.. If I put it in slot 1 it shows in the nvme menu in bios, but i can't do anything with it..My bios is up to date
 
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