Adding additional SSD to HP Envy TE01-0034 in PCIe x16 Slot with an Adapter

[CSAdmin]

I have added done this:

• Purchase a PCIe to M.2 NVMe adapter.
• Install the adapter in the PCIe x16 slot.
• Insert an M.2 NVMe SSD into the adapter.
• Secure the SSD and close the case.

by using a PCIe5. M.2 NVMe Adapter. 

My computer is not recognizing the drive 

[Bill_To]

Greetings @CSAdmin 

Welcome to the HP Forum.

First, are you checking Windows "Disk Management"? File explorer will not see a new drive until it is initialized and partitioned/formatted.

A PCIe Gen 5 M.2 NVME adapter might be backwards compatible with an older Gen PCIe slot but I am not sure about this. A Gen 4 graphics card will work on a Gen 3 PCIe x16 slot.

Newer NVME drives will run on older M.2 protocols but you might a have a problem using a newer Gen 5 PCIe adapter with older MB: CPU/Chipset/topology.

I would personally try: a PCIe Gen 3 M.2 adapter, if the new drive is not present in Disk Management, since the i7-8700 CPU is limited to Gen 3 PCIe support.

Edit: Maybe you have: a bad adapter, a bad drive, or a PCIe x16 slot problem.

Regards