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2018/11/30 19:19:11 (permalink)
Everything else runs fine, Talked with EVGA rep and said it should be compatible. But no luck on getting it to read in BIOS and Windows10.
It is seated correctly and properly.
It is a Crucial mx 300 275gb.
It does work for I just attached it to a m.2 usb adapter.
In BIOS m.2 key slot 3 is enabled.
I followed the Manual instructions carefully too.
My intel wifi card located on m.2 key slot 2 is working flawlessly.
I highly doubt this requires a drive for its Crucial. 
Am I missing something? BIOS is at 1.07
Is it even compatible with this motherboard?
 
 
EVGA Micro z370
Windows 10
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank you
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    GGTV-Jon
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 19:40:37 (permalink)
    Actual link to the Crucial sites product page please.. google search with "Crucial mx 300 275gb" just brings up actual SATA drives for me and not an m.2 device
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 19:44:26 (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby mystilez 2018/11/30 20:27:10
    @mystilez That ^ and Below.
    (The Crucial MX 300 is a Standard SATA SSD Drive) and make sure that you have set the Bios to AHCI for the SATA Mode. This will work but it is not a M.2 Drive.
    Also the Crucial MX300 M.2 2280 525GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT525MX300SSD4 But both are standard SSD SATA III Drives.
    The Crucial MX300 M.2 Drive Will Not Work on your Z370 Motherboard.
    You need a NVMe M.2 Drive Like the Crucial P1 500GB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD - CT500P1SSD8 or Crucial P1 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD - CT1000P1SSD8 Drive
     
    What is this Device "m.2 usb adapter"?
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 19:59:43 (permalink)
    The link for crucial m.2 SSD
    www.crucial.com/usa/en/ga-ax370-gaming-k5/CT10406956
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 20:01:19 (permalink)
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    The link for crucial m.2 SSD
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    Leave off the http:// or https:// and you can post the rest. But need the part in front of the  .com
    http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ga-ax370-gaming-k5/CT10406956 
     
    Crucial MX300 275GB M.2 Type 2280SS Internal SSD
    Interface:  SATA 6.0Gb/s This Dive is Not Going to Work on your Motherboard.

     
    You can Only Use A NVMe M.2 Drive
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 20:01:55 (permalink)
    leave off the http part and put spaces in your links, we can fix them on our end
    Your post count is too low for links at this time
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 20:07:13 (permalink)
    Thank you, 
    And @bcavnaugh BIOS setting is at AHCI mode, Stupid question but so only nvme works with this board? Asking cause i really don't know. 
    Anyhow thank you for advice and feedback
     
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 20:09:12 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby mystilez 2018/11/30 20:27:27
    mystilez
    Thank you, 
    And @bcavnaugh BIOS setting is at AHCI mode, Stupid question but so only nvme works with this board? Asking cause i really don't know. 
    Anyhow thank you for advice and feedback
     


    Yes, Only NVMe M.2 Drives will work, the same also for the Z390 and X299 Motherboards from EVGA.
    Also they support the Intel Optane Memory Drive but no one really uses them, I use the 32GB as my Swap Drive.
    I got one as well, it now is my backup drive for my Dell A15 Laptop, if I will ever need it
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 20:22:06 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby mystilez 2018/11/30 20:27:18
    Page 16 of the PDF -

    10. M.2 Socket 3 Key - M 80mm
    M.2 is an SSD form factor standard, which uses up to four PCIe lanes and utilizes Gen3 speeds. Most popularly paired with NVMe SSDs, this standard offers substantially faster transfer speeds and seek time than SATA interface standards. All M.2 devices are designed to connect via a card - bus style connector, secured by bolting into place, and powered by the connector – rather than a dedicated data cable and power cable. This socket will support Key - M devices of 80mm, 60mm, and 42mm length. This connector can utilize only PCIe/NVMe - based M.2 SSDs or Intel® Optane NVMe devices

     
    No mention of SATA based M.2 drives
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 20:24:19 (permalink)
    Sorry GGTV-Jon I was not trying to take your glory

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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 20:25:22 (permalink)
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    Sorry GGTV-Jon I was not trying to take your glory




    LOL,, I was only trying to support what you had posted
    And for whatever reason that quote was no easy copy paste from the browser opening of the manual (normally I down load them and open them with Adobe) - formatting was messed up and I used open office to fix it before I posted it. Probably would have been faster to have just saved it and opened it with adobe. Overall took away to long to post that simple quote
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    Re: M.2 Crucial Mx300 Help On Z370 micro atx 2018/11/30 20:25:39 (permalink)
    Ah Ok, Understood, Thank you guys so much I thought i was going crazy hahahah,
    I literary thought m.2 was just an m.2 T.T

    Thank you again guys!
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