Best location for M.2 Drives? DIMM.2?

**EaglePC** · 10-12-2018 04:22 AM

same here dimm2 only reads 1 of them asus sent me a replacement dimm2 card no luck

**Mr. Fox** · 10-22-2018 02:49 AM

I have both DIMM.2 cards filled on my Rampage VI Apex and all four NVMe drives are detected and usable. I boot Windows 7 from one 960 Pro, Windows 10 from a second 960 Pro. Those are installed in the DIMM.2 slot on the PCH side. (The PCH side is the side of motherboard PCB with the SATA ports.) I have two Samsung 1TB enterprise NVMe drives in the DIMM.2 slot on the CPU side. (The CPU side is DIMM.2 slot closest to the rear I/O panel.)

The way I got all of them working right is going to the CPU Storage menu in the BIOS and setting all of the options to DISABLED with the SATA option set to AHCI. If you are attempting to use RAID or CPU RAID (Intel RST) options, all bets are off.

If the NVMe drive that is not detected has never been properly initialized or if it used to be part of a RAID membership, check the Secure Erase option in the BIOS. If you can see both NVMe drives on that menu, run a Secure Erase on it, then reboot. It may be detected after doing that.

If it does not show up in the BIOS on the Secure Erase menu, go into Windows. Open the Disk Management console. If you do not see it there, open a command prompt with Admin rights. Run Diskpart, list disk. If you see it in the list there, select it by disk number and clean it.

**Mappi75** · 11-05-2018 04:47 PM

Hello (R6E Board),

i installed 2x Samsung 970 PRO 1TB on the DIMM.2 bracket - but how can i install the bracket in the Dimm.2 Slot?

there is a silver plate with letters "Dimm.2" how can i remove this !?

Thanks for helping!

Edit: are there any bios options i have to set (a 960 Pro is already installed).

Edit2: ah ok i did not have to remove the plate ^^

**Raja@ASUS** · 11-05-2018 06:13 PM

Do not try to remove the DIMM.2 "clip" from the slot. It is supposed to be there.

**Mappi75** · 11-06-2018 04:33 PM

@Raja thanks!

Another question:

Which drive is the first drive and the second drive on the DIMM.2 ?
Is there any speed difference? Want to know on which drive i have to install Win 10.

EaglePC PC Specs
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING
Processor	I9-7900X
Memory (part number)	CMW32GX4M4C3000C15
Graphics Card #1	EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING
Monitor	ASUS ROG Swift PG348Q
Storage #1	SAMSUNG 970 PRO 512GB
Storage #2	SAMSUNG 860 EVO 500GB
CPU Cooler	CORSAIR H115i PRO

Mr. Fox PC Specs
Laptop (Model)	- NA -
Motherboard	EVGA Z490 Dark K\|NGP\|N
Processor	i9-10900KF @ 5.6GHz
Memory (part number)	16GB Patriot Viper DDR4-4000 @ 4600
Graphics Card #1	EVGA RTX 3090 K\|NGP\|N
Monitor	Predator XB271HU 2560x1440 165Hz
Storage #1	512GB 970 EVO x 2 (OS Boot Drives)
Storage #2	960GB Samung Enterprise NVMe SSD x 2 \| 2TB HDD
CPU Cooler	MO_RA 360 Radiator +1/2 HP Water Chiller
Case	Praxis WetBench
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1600W
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB
Mouse	SteelSeries Sensei Wireless
Headset	Skullcandy Crusher Wireless S6CRW
Mouse Pad	Black Anodized Aluminum
Headset/Speakers	Logitech Z506 5.1 Speaker System
OS	W10 Ent LTSC 2019 / W7 Ultimate (Dual Boot)
Accessory #1	Hailea HC-500A 1/2HP~790Watt Water Chiller

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