Samsung 970 Evo (1000 GB, M.2 2280)

Samsung 970 Evo

1000 GB, M.2 2280

Question about Samsung 970 Evo

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januzaj.korab

3 years ago

Hello Together I have a not exactly new Asus Gaming Pc with the motherboard Fx10cP https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/asus-tuf-gaming-fx10cp-ch009t-intel-core-i5-8400-8gb-128gb-1tb-ssd-hdd-pc-9269308 I have a M.2 connector and had a ssd with a M+B key, but I bought this ssd and it only has a M key. Why is the ssd not recognised in my bios? Are there older M.2 connectors that are not PCI Express capable? or are all M.2 connectors the same? How can I change the key? Greetings

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januzaj.korab

3 years ago

Thanks for your answer :)

Yes, so at the moment I have a 250 GB SSD M.2 with SATA logging that works.
https://www.mouser.ch/ProductDet...

I downloaded the tool CPU-Z but I can't attach a snapshot here but I'll write down the motherboard section:
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC
Model: FX10CP / 1.0
Bus Specs. PCI-Express 3.0 (8.0GT/s)
CHipset: Intel / Coffee Lahe / Rev. 07
Southbridge: Intel / H310 / Rev10
LPCIO : Nuvoton / NCT6796D

SPARTE Bios at CPU-Z:
Brand: American Megatrends Inc.
Version FX10CP.308
Date 10/16/2020

As I read your statements, does that mean that my M.2 slot is (PCIe) capable, but I would have to change this so that the SSD can be activated with (PCIe) and is visible under my bios?

Thanks again & greetings Korab

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gschwinds

3 years ago

There is no mainboard from ASUS called Fx10cP. This is the model name of the entire PC.
Try the following toll to find out the mainboard model https://www.heise.de/download...

The different keys are supposed to encode which data protocol is used to operate the SSD or the M.2 slot. There are two data protocols. The older and slower SATA (AHCI) and the newer and faster NVMe (PCIe).
The SSDs can only use one protocol at a time, i.e. SATA or NVMe. With the M.2 slots there are both. Either they can only do one or both. In order to be able to say more about your problem and what you need, you would have to know the exact motherboard model.

The Samsung 970 EVO is one that uses the NVMe protocol.
If you look through the few data on your PC here at Digitec, you will read that the original SSD (128GB) is a model with SATA.