Hi all. So I built a gaming PC 4 months ago and its been working perfectly until now. When i turn it on, it suddenly goes into BIOS and doesn't recognize my M.2 drive where Windows 10 is stored. I tried changing the boot configuration, re installing the M.2 but it still doesn't recognize it. I even updated the Bios to the latest (BETA) version.
How can something that was compatible once suddenly lose it's compatibility???
PC specs:
Asus Prime B550M-A WIFI motherboard
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2 SSD
Ryzen 5 3600
Corsair Vengeance 16GB ram
No other storage drives in the PC
It does not. Have you reseated the M.2? If not, that is the very first thing I would do. In addition, you have two M.2 slots on that board. Try the drive in both slots. If it is still not detected, the drive has failed.
FWIW I have the gen4 version of that drive and it has been flawless for approx 1yr or so.
I did try re seating it on both drives. The PC is only 4 months old and I don't even play high intensity games on it either and has very good airflow. 😞How can it fail?
If you get a replacement, see if they will give you the gen4 version [you would have to pay the difference] I have used the sabrent rocket gen4 in a few builds and it is flawless.
If they just give you a refund, then either samsung or WD black M.2 drives are very good. My test system has a WD black M.2 and it has been running for approx 2yr and this drive gets moved almost constantly testing motherboards, so many installs I cannot remember; it just works.
If you get a replacement, see if they will give you the gen4 version [you would have to pay the difference] I have used the sabrent rocket gen4 in a few builds and it is flawless.
If they just give you a refund, then either samsung or WD black M.2 drives are very good. My test system has a WD black M.2 and it has been running for approx 2yr and this drive gets moved almost constantly testing motherboards, so many installs I cannot remember; it just works.
Samsung drives are fine. I have had 0 problems with samsungs. Note samsung does have a proprietary driver for their M.2 drives and it does improve performance.
I never shop on uk sites. The only thing I could do would be to post the link to the sabrent site however I doubt that would do any good; Rocket | Sabrent
There is a "Shop now" link for each product so you might be able to find a store.
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