Hi all,

I've got a freshly assembled rig and I'm trying to install Windows 10 into the NVME drive.
However, in the windows installer, it can't detect any Drives for it to install.
I've went into BIOS and M2_1 says not present. I've updated the BIOS to latest from MSI's website.

Any ideas how to get it to identify?

I've tried making the Windows USB stick to be UEFI load type using RUFUS toolkit but it still does not detect any drives when installing windows.

Motherboard: MSI b450i AC PLUS
SSD: Gigabyte NVME m2

get the mobo storage drive driver into the usb windows and install it.then it only can detect your storage nvme.

https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/b450
AMD RAID Driver (SATA, NVMe RAID)
should be the one with 1.71mb file size,

Or just donwload the chipset driver too, just to be safe, extract all into usb then you can load the drivers from the drive, good luck

Absolutely unnecessary for Windows 10 unless you enable RAID in the BIOS
For normal usage, that NVMe driver is not required at all
Also, as mentioned by TS, the NVMe SSD cannot even be detected in the BIOS, not just Windows installer

swks26 Try plugging in that NVMe SSD on another motherboard or another laptop
If the other motherboard or another laptop still can't detect it, that means the SSD is faulty. Yes, there is a possibility that even a new SSD may be dead from the factory

If you have another NVMe SSD, try plugging into the motherboard, if that NVMe SSD also cannot detect it, that means the M.2 slot on that motherboard is faulty

not so sure thought...

i was setup a new pc with no os inside. nvme. OS cant detect any internal storage too nor the mobo also unable to read any storage on the board.

then i download the raid driver for the mobo laptop. and put into the OS usb drive. install it during inslation the raid driver. then only can read the nvme drive.

I have encountered before that it is possible to install windows in uefi bios if you used a MBR prepared installation disk. Just include the chipset driver and it will allow you to install. Failure to see the drive is because of MBR Vs got prepared installation. A dell service support the me that all dell pc with uefi will only detect drives in installation so long you set it up as gpt. which I tried and is true.

Try put the bios in legacy mode

try not to use Legacy mode except for troubleshooting, it named legacy for a reason,
UEFI has faster boot and lot more advantages.

B450 should support NVME out of the box, i dont recall i changed anything with my b350 mortar arctic with 960evo, or any driver needed, except samsung has its own nvme driver.

Thanks for the feedback.
I did try updated the storage drivers and stuffs, but still didn't work.

So I brought it to a shop - the guy tried nvme on his test unit and it worked but he has no idea why it doesn't work on mine.
Replaced the nvme with a different one and now it works.

Not sure what was wrong tbh. Maybe there's compatibility issues between nvme and mobo? :\