HP Pavilion Desktop TP01-3002 with extra NVMe(M.2) at the PCI x1 slot ?

[Rockfire21]

I tried 2 different NVMe (M.2) Drive Slots -that carry an NVMe and connect to the PCI x1 motherboard slot-
and even if the M.2 SSD was recognised at the starting BIOS, later on, after Windows11 loaded, the disk was not shown at all..
Can you give some advice as to: if the Reno(2?) motherboard of the HP Pavilion Desktop TP01-3002
can accept an extra NVMe(M.2) at the PCI x1 slot  (that is near the PCI Express x16)?

Thanks in advance of your time.

[Bill_To]

Greetings @Rockfire21 

Welcome back to the Forum.

A new drive will not be detected in File Explorer.

This drive needs to be placed online, partitioned, and formatted in Windows Disk Management. Do a Windows search for "disk management" to run the utility.

Right-click on the specific newly installed disk (Disk 1. or Disk 2, or Disk 3, etc.) in Disk Management. Select "Online".

Then right-click on the online disk in the unallocated space area. Select "Format".

Follow prompts to format the simple volume using NTFS.

Regards

[Rockfire21]

First of all thanks for you time Bill! However, problem is that inside DiskManagement nothing appears.. Not even a question mark that I can right click and have a go at recognising the disk (even online). Also to ensure that the NVMe disk I am trying to put to the PCI x1 slot worked fine (was the original 512GB M.2 that was on the board).

Do you think it might have smth to do with power? (in fact, after putting the nvidia Geforce 1650 GTX, I think that the 310W power supply is barely enough...even got some blue screens lately.. can this happen due to loss of power?!). Will try some more ideas again next week (when I'll put the needed 500W power supply!) so if you have anything else in mind pls sent me a line.

[Bill_To]

Greetings @Rockfire21 

My pleasure.

Windows Disk Management should see the new drive if it is detected in the BIOS (the PCIe x1 slot appears to be okay). The BIOS would not see the drive if you had a M.2 to PCIe adapter problem or a M.2 drive problem. 

Look in Control Panel>Device Manager>Storage controllers. Is Windows using a Standard NVME Express Controller?

The Nvidia 1650 is a 75 watt TDP card. Tech Powerup recommends a minimum 250 watt PSU when using this GPU. I don't know if the 310 watt PSU is the problem.

Do you recall any blue screen error messages? The error message can sometime assist to isolate the cause of the blue screen.

Regards