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Re: X299 FTW IO cover 2018/08/10 14:51:19 (permalink)
well that is news to me. Ill eventually go to NVE, cause why have crappy sata with a good motherboard but didn't know this. Could have stuck with a non Eatx size even or saved 3 thread pages of my whining :) But that isnt clear at all in the manual, all I can find is below.

All M.2 Key-M slots on this board support PCI-E, NVMe, and SATA M.2 standards. o (*) If a SATA M.2 drive is used in the 80mm M.2 the SATA 0/1 will be disabled.
 
I find it odd that cant use 2 sata ssds in a newer board then what my old z170 could do. Also that wouldn't explain why just using the single nonfunctional slot during initial troubleshooting wouldn't get bios to recognize. Who knows though, the RMA people said to send in and they would cover shipping. The hassle of downtime and OS reinstall if both are supposed to be functional doesnt seem worth it. 
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Re: X299 FTW IO cover 2018/08/12 13:29:58 (permalink)
The first M.2 slot is meant to be for CPU only for the Higher bandwidth capabilities so it will take advantage of higher end NVMe Drives due to it being for HEDT platforms.. The second slot is to use a second NVMe drive for VROC capabilities, or SATA / Optane drives.
 
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Re: X299 FTW IO cover 2018/08/12 13:39:49 (permalink)
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The first M.2 slot is meant to be for CPU only for the Higher bandwidth capabilities so it will take advantage of higher end NVMe Drives due to it being for HEDT platforms.. The second slot is to use a second NVMe drive for VROC capabilities, or SATA / Optane drives.
 
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thats not what one part of the manual says, but it does say in another that the 1 m2 expansion slot is PCIE based. But I think EVGA RMA people been reading this and eventually said same thing after saying to RMA it. Told them im calling it a day, not getting anywhere and they should update their manual. Ill work with what i have.
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Re: X299 FTW IO cover 2018/08/12 13:54:07 (permalink)
EVGATech_JacobB  is correct as what the Manual Shows on Page 25
 
M.2 and U.2 Slot Breakdown
 
PCI-E Lane Distribution (44 Lane SKX CPU’s)
U.2 1 – Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU (No Shared Lanes)
U.2 2 – Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU (No Shared Lanes)
M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (No Shared Lanes) (The First M.2 Slot)
M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (No Shared Lanes) (*)
M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane (No Shared Lanes)
 
PCI-E Lane Distribution (28 Lane SKX CPU’s)
U.2 1 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.
U.2 2 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.
M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (No Shared Lanes) (The First M.2 Slot)
M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (No Shared Lanes) (*)
M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane (No Shared Lanes)
 
PCI-E Lane Distribution (16 Lane KBX CPU’s)
U.2 1 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.
U.2 2 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.
M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (Gen3, x4 shared with PE5) (The First M.2 Slot)
M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (*)
M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane
 
(The First M.2 Slot) next to the First PCIe x16/8 and Called M2 Socket 3 (1) Key-M
 
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Re: X299 FTW IO cover 2018/08/12 13:59:57 (permalink)
Granted I am not trying to figure out lack of PCIE slots, plain ole old school SATA. In my case
 
PCI-E Lane Distribution (28 Lane SKX CPU’s)
U.2 1 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.
U.2 2 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.
M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (No Shared Lanes)
M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (No Shared Lanes) (*)
M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane (No Shared Lanes)
 
None should be shared, and even if were, would normally disable actual SATA ports, not the M2 slot. It has been figured out that only 1 M2 slot works SATA mode. I guess I could have googled what PCH vs PCIE lanes are beforehand(even though other parts of manual say all M2 slots works SATA mode), because I guess CPU side cant run SATA. My fault for assuming a newer board could at least do what an older less capable board was able to do.
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Re: X299 FTW IO cover 2018/08/12 14:05:32 (permalink)
Also to note the U.2 1 – Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU (No Shared Lanes) & U.2 2 – Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU (No Shared Lanes) are new, so SATA Drives really are Old School as IDE is to SATA.
This is New as well; VROC Header
VROC stands for Virtual RAID On CPU, the VROC headers works in conjunction with the upcoming VROC cards.
VROC cards are 4 device M.2 Key-M cards for PCI-E that allow RAID functions on the card.
The Header is for an Intel hardware key that will unlock advanced RAID functions, which in VROC’s case is anything other than RAID0.
Important note, as of the time this manual was written, VROC will work with many SSD’s but is only bootable with Intel SSD’s.
Also VROC is only compatible with Skylake-X CPUs
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