Solved Installed a NVMe SSD, but Win7 doesn't detect it.

[Blake81]

So, just got myself a brand new WD-Black SN750 1TB NVMe Internal Gaming SSD - Gen3 PCIe, M.2 2280, 3D NAND - WDS100T3X0C on my PC. It fit the MoBo perfectly, and the Bios detects it OK. However, Win7 won't detect it as there doesn't seem to be a driver available.

I've been checking around, and I've heard mention of KB2990941; a hotfix Microsoft released to fix this. However, they've removed said hotfix from official websites to "encourage" people to upgrade to Win10, so I'm now trying to find that hotfix, as well as finding out if it comes with some kind of caveat or problem; I've heard from a few places it can cause your PC to start showing a 7E error.

So, does anyone knows where to find it? And once I have it, what can I do to avoid that 7E error? Thanks in advance.

 

[SIW2]

Blake81

what can I do to avoid that 7E error.

Install both KB2990941-v3 and KB3087873-v2

NVME-UPDATES-WIN7x64.ZIP

NVME-UPDATES-WIN7x86.ZIP

 

[Blake81]

Sweet! And I had just found out about KB3087873 and how it fixed the problems. Lemme try this out...

EDIT: Yup! Worked like a charm, and with seemingly no strings attached. Had to manually assign it a letter on Disk Manager, but that was no big deal. Thanks for the help.

 

[SIW2]

 

[sygnus21]

Can't speak on WD's NVME drives, but with Samsung's you need to install they NVME driver. Yes, the drive will be seen (by Windows, but not by Samsung Magician) and even work, but performance will suffer.

Point? If the WD drive requires a driver you need to install it.

 

[Blake81]

Can't speak on WD's NVME drives, but with Samsung's you need to install they NVME driver. Yes, the drive will be seen (by Windows, but not by Samsung Magician) and even work, but performance will suffer.

Point? If the WD drive requires a driver you need to install it.

Nah, they don't, and that's part of the reason I often avoid Samsung SSDs. Only SSD I've ever had die on me was a Samsung.

 

[sygnus21]

Nah, they don't, and that's part of the reason I often avoid Samsung SSDs. Only SSD I've ever had die on me was a Samsung.

Well you'd be one of 0.00000010 percent of those that say that. I've been using Samsung drives since 2014 (before that OCZ) and not one has died. For my I'd use nothing but Samsung drives - in fact my current rig has 5

Good luck

 

[SIW2]

0.00000010 percent

No disk manufacturer has a failure rate anywhere near that.

 

[sygnus21]

No disk manufacturer has a failure rate anywhere near that.

I didn't mean it literally

 

[SIW2]

The implication was there. There isn't any reliable evidence that one manufacturer is more reliable than another for any given type of disk.

Your own experience is anecdotal.

 

[sygnus21]

The implication was there. There isn't any reliable evidence that one manufacturer is more reliable than another for any given type of disk.

Your own experience is anecdotal.

I'm not here to get into an argument with you. I posted what I posted and replied to your query.

I also said in the post you quoted that I've been using Samsung SSD drives since 2014 and none has died yet; It was my countering experience to the OP's experience.

The 0.00000010 was tongue in cheek. As I've said many times here and other places... if it's man made it'll break. My philosophy didn't change.

Have a good day.

 

[SIW2]

Not an argument. It is thing humans often do. We are not very logical on the whole.

If Acme product type x has a one year failure rate of 5%:

Somebody might buy 10 pieces of x which all work fine.

Somebody else could buy 10 pieces of x and one fails.

Somebody else could buy 10 pieces of x and two fail.

etc.

They will have different experiences.

 

[Denpou]

SSD problem

Thanks for the availability of the NVME-UPDATES-WIN7x64 download that solved my problem of detecting the ssd disk.

 

[SIW2]

 

[TechnoMage2016]

An age old solution to a new drive, seen by the BIOS, but not seen by Windows.....
Windows cannot see a HD that is not partitioned and/or formatted.

I use EaseUS Partition Manager to format all my new drives before I attempt to use them. Eh?

Then I have no problem with Windows seeing the drive.

Cheers Mate!
TM

 

[taichi69]

Thank you to the people that put the fixes up. Worked for my Asrock Taichi x470 with new WD 1 TB SN750.

 

[SIW2]

 

[VitalArtifact]

Thank you!!

 

[RayJ]

NVMe SSD Windows7 doesn't detect

Just got a brand new Addlink S92 2TB NBVME Internal Gaming SSD - Gen3 PCIe, M.2 2280 on my PC. It fit the MoBo perfectly, and the Bios detects it OK. However, Win7 won't detect it as there doesn't seem to be a driver available. The MoBo has been configure for the M.2 SSD and the boot order has been assigned.

[FONT=&quot]Windows doesn’t start (blue screen of death), keeps rebooting up to the Windows splash screen and reboots after the screen of death.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The question I have is how to install both KB’s below when windows 7 doesn't start?
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[FONT=&quot] Install both KB2990941-v3 and KB3087873-v2

NVME-UPDATES-WIN7x64.ZIP

NVME-UPDATES-WIN7x86.ZIP[/FONT]

 

[SIW2]

You can borrow my boot media and use dism++. Point it at the win 7 installation and get it to install the nvme updates

17514x64v24.iso