M.2 "not present" after extra SSD install
Hi guys,
I've been having a big issue with my pc. I'm fairly new to pc building and I can't seem to solve this issue. First things first, here is my setup:
- MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
- Ryzen 7 5700X
- Kingston A2000 M.2 nvme
- Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060XT
I wanted more storage and bought a Crucial MX500 SSD to install in one of my two left over SATA ports. At first i made the mistake of plugging in it in port 5 or 6, which should be disabled if the M.2 slot is occupied. To do this I had to remove the GPU aswell. After turning the pc back on it gave me a blue screen with recovery recommended with an errorcode: 0xc000000e.
After finding out the port is disabled i put it in sata 2 and it still wouldnt boot anymore. In my bios the bootmanager drive was now sata3, which contains a HDD for randomfiles. Ive tried CMOS resets, reseating of the M.2. The drive works in my brothers PC so that should not be the issue.
After a while i just decided to clone the A2000 onto the MX500 and use that as the bootdrive because i just feel the slot in my motherboard broke. I still can't really think of something that broke the slot, I mightve been a bit forcefull with removing the GPU against the board but nothing actually heavy or something. The cloning did not work either. It shows my drive in sata 3 but doesnt see it as a boot option.
I have absolutely no idea what to do anymore. Im thinking of buying a M.2 adapter and use it outside of the M.2 slot for now but I dont have time to get one and I want it to get to work ASAP.
Any help is appreciated!
EDIT: I did a bios update to the newest version aswell as a firmware update on the A2000.