SOLVED NVMe blues

[Sebastian42]

After waiting many years, I have finally installed an NVMe SSD in my x32Win10ProV22H2 system, by fitting the NVMe into an adapter and inserting that into a PCIe slot. At first I could not get the SSD detected, but that came good when I got a replacement SSD from the shop where I bought it. That worked for a while, and then I got a BSOD, after which the NVMe was no longer detected. I moved it to the other PCIe slot I had vacant, and it worked there for a day (or several), but again BSODs. Upon putting it back into the original PCIe it was detected again, but there were all sorts of malfunctions in various programs until I removed it. I'm very confused by this 'behaviour' and wonder if there is a way of making it work satisfactorily permanently.

 

[Grizzly]

Have you considered a faulty adapter??
Are you using an X4, X8 or X16 slot??
Will the NVMe recognized in the BIOS (it should be)?

 

[Sebastian42]

Yes, the adapter COULD be faulty. I thought that was the case until I did get detection, (and temporary functionality).

'Are you using an X4, X8 or X16 slot??' It is very difficult to tell as the ACTUAL arrangement of slots is different from any description in manuals, so I have to determine it by inspecting the actual board, which is not impossible, but quite awkward.

'Will the NVMe recognized in the BIOS (it should be)?' I have not found any place in BIOS where I could expect that to show.

 

[Bighorn]

Yes, the adapter COULD be faulty. I thought that was the case until I did get detection, (and temporary functionality).

'Are you using an X4, X8 or X16 slot??' It is very difficult to tell as the ACTUAL arrangement of slots is different from any description in manuals, so I have to determine it by inspecting the actual board, which is not impossible, but quite awkward.

'Will the NVMe recognized in the BIOS (it should be)?' I have not found any place in BIOS where I could expect that to show.

The size of the PCIe slots matters, some cards like video use only the X16 but X4 and X8 can usually be inserted in the X16. It's the length and number of contacts in the socket. I haven't worked with a computer that could use the PCIe slots for booting, only the SATA ports on the board. T'were it mine I'd look for an NVMe adapter to SATA port then the choice of booting could be made in the BIOS/UEFI.

 

[Sebastian42]

The size of the PCIe slots matters, some cards like video use only the X16 but X4 and X8 can usually be inserted in the X16. It's the length and number of contacts in the socket. I haven't worked with a computer that could use the PCIe slots for booting, only the SATA ports on the board. T'were it mine I'd look for an NVMe adapter to SATA port then the choice of booting could be made in the BIOS/UEFI.

I am not interested in booting from it - which would not be available anyway as my BIOS does not have UEFI.
I've discovered that I had left 'films' on both the adapter and the SSD - a YouTube on the installation of NVMe, said it was important to remove 'them' - so with my third NVMe I have now done that, and so far the SSD is detected. Time will tell whether it will also fail or not.

 

[Grizzly]

I am not interested in booting from it - which would not be available anyway as my BIOS does not have UEFI.
I've discovered that I had left 'films' on both the adapter and the SSD - a YouTube on the installation of NVMe, said it was important to remove 'them' - so with my third NVMe I have now done that, and so far the SSD is detected. Time will tell whether it will also fail or not.

It is those things nobody thin ks about that make it or brake it, right? I would never have guessed that.
If your problem is solved after a while of testing, would you mind and mark this as solved??