Loaded default settings for BIOS trying to make SATA and second PCIe slot work, and now m.2 doesn't work

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Daniel Doros

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Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16 Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.7GHz/144MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (WIFI 6E, DDR5, PCIe 5.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 4800MHz (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
24GB AMD RADEON™ RX 7900 XTX - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CORSAIR FORCE MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 4950 MB/R, 4000 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre European Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
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Hi,

Received my PC yesterday and tried to install my old HDD and SSD into my build, connected the SATA power and ports (the 2 ports visible next to the Video Card), and they were not showing up on BIOS, tried to remove the m.2 drive thinking that it would force a detection and reset the BIOS to default, still the same issue and now the m.2 drive doesn't show up after reconnecting it.

I'm guessing the SATA cables need to be connected to the ports under the video card?

Can I get the BIOS setting the unit arrived with yesterday so the m.2 drive and both PCIe ports (received an extra 200GB PCIe SSD as bonues I believe) will work?
 
B4zookaw

B4zookaw

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Assuming the SSD is SATA also, these are the only SATA ports on the motherboard. What ports do you mean by "the 2 ports visible next to the Video Card"?
 
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Daniel Doros

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B4zookaw said:
If drives are not visible in BIOS like OP says, they'll won't be available to windows, even through disk management
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Yup, both the SATA HDD and SSD not visible in BIOS; same for the extra PCIE SSD.

The C ports, the video card is covering the other ones from view.
 
B4zookaw

B4zookaw

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I don't think which SATA port you use matters, unless you were running RAID or boot drives:
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But I don't think this is the case (no RAID and HDD and SSD are not boot devices, correct?). In older motherboards, using the M.2 slot would disable some SATA ports, as they shared lanes. But this is not the case for your motherboard.

I wouldn't have set BIOS back to default settings to be honest, that was a rash move. I'd advise contacting PCS and getting them to help you restore the BIOS settings to get the M.2 drive alone working. Then move to getting the SATA devices working after that.
 
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