I have to poke my M.2 drive to get my BIOS to recognize it on boot.
Hey all, looking for some help here with my recently finished build.
I am using a single NVME M.2 drive. Soon after installing Windows, I noticed that my drive would go missing after my computer went to sleep. I did a BIOS upgrade, reset BIOS settings to default, and still could not get the BIOS to see the drive. Eventually after a bunch of reboots it came back up, and the consensus from my Google searches was to disable sleep mode as this is a known issue with some NVMEs or maybe ASUS motherboards. Disabling sleep worked well enough, and the drive usually survived reboots.
After a few months now, I've noticed that the drive does not always survive a reboot (or shut down / start up) and it has gotten more difficult to bring the drive back online, as rebooting 5-10 times isn't working anymore. I tried re-seating the drive, swapping which M.2 slot it's in, etc. with no luck.
When the drive is not recognized, I found that the red power/activity LED on the drive does not light up at POST. I can get the drive to be recognized by simply poking the drive with my finger at boot, and then there are no issues. My fiancee and I built identical computers, and hers does not have this problem. I can try to steal her PC for a bit to try isolating whether the issues is the motherboard or the drive, but I'd prefer not to if possible. Has anyone ever had an issue like this, or know what the heck could be going wrong?
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| CPU | Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor | $174.99 @ Newegg |
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| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory | $157.99 @ Newegg |
| Storage | TEAMGROUP MP33 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | $138.99 @ Newegg |
| Video Card | MSI MECH 2X OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card | $479.99 @ Newegg |
| Case | Fractal Design Torrent Nano RGB Mini ITX Tower Case | $144.98 @ Newegg |
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Posted Oct 1, 2022, 8:56 PM UTC
I’d bet on dirty connectors, honestly.
Or bad drive.
But dirty connector seems likely. Clean with 99% ethanol and something lint free and not too abrasive.