crjdriver
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I was in a hurry last night. The actual reason why you want only the M.2 drive installed is that win10 setup will install to whatever drive you choose however setup will install the boot files to the root of the drive connected to the first sata port ie sata 1 or 0 depending on how the motherboard mfg numbers ports. With just the M.2 drive connected, setup has no choice and must install all files to the system drive.
This in and of itself is not a problem until you remove the sata drive. Now your system will not boot. While this is repairable, it does require a reasonably high level of skill. Better to alleviate the problem before it exists.
Glad you were able to get it up and running. Most [however not all] of the time your memory will default to 2133 speed. You will need to either enable xmp in the bios OR set speed, timings, and voltage manually.
IMO xmp does not work all that well on the AMD side; on intels, it works fine. What I do is set the ram speed manually along with the required voltage [usually 1.35V] save settings then test for stability with memtest.
This in and of itself is not a problem until you remove the sata drive. Now your system will not boot. While this is repairable, it does require a reasonably high level of skill. Better to alleviate the problem before it exists.
Glad you were able to get it up and running. Most [however not all] of the time your memory will default to 2133 speed. You will need to either enable xmp in the bios OR set speed, timings, and voltage manually.
IMO xmp does not work all that well on the AMD side; on intels, it works fine. What I do is set the ram speed manually along with the required voltage [usually 1.35V] save settings then test for stability with memtest.