Can I run 2 M.2 NVMe drives without having to put it in a raid volume?

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MSI MEG Z390 ACE motherboard with i9-9900k, gtx 1080, 32gb RAM at 3466.
I have had a 500 gb WD black m.2 nvme drive that I have my OS installed on as well as other applications and some games. This ssd is in the m.2_3 slot on my motherboard. I recently bought a Crucial P1 1TB m.2. The first time I installed it on the m2_1 slot. I then booted up and was able to format it. Since then every time the pc boots, I receive an m.2 genie error. I have tried a few different methods to disable the m.2 genie but seems like it stops my boot drive from functioning correctly (end up at windows blue screen). I do not want to run a raid configuration, although i had tried it and again windows would not boot when the two drives were in raid 0. I was wondering if there are any specific settings in the bios that I should have enabled/disabled so that I can run the new nvme drive as a simple storage device. Also wondering if anyone else has had issues with the m.2 genie or specific bios updates. Thanks for time and any help/consideration in advance.
 
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Thank you for you response and time. Unfortunately this didn’t work for me. As soon as I disable m.2 genie and put the SATA mode to ahci my boot drive no longer boots into Windows. I tried unplugging my other drives. Now my boot drive is not recognized in the bios. It now brings me to the windows repair screen when I leave the bios.
 
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Which BIOS version are you using? Have you updated to the latest version 7B12v18?
Were the 500 GB WD black m.2 installed with RAID Mode?
 
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I have much the same problem with the Z490 Gaming MB. Will turning off RAID/Optane effect SATA HD RAID arrays? Got 3 HDs in a RAID 5 and if turning this off means I lose that RAID set, this is a no-go.
 
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The first thing you’re gonna do is unplug all your SATA or any other drives I wouldn’t even put in my second NVME yet make sure you do a clean boot before you do your windows set up though going to bios turn off the M.2 Genie make sure the FTPM is enabled go to your settings, security trusted computing, security, device support and enable and then fresh install on the first NVME but make sure you set the boot device like USB or disc drive as your primary boot first then install sorry, once you get to the windows you can then put in your other drives. Turn off the computer plug them in and go from there as you see on my screenshot it took a bit to figure it out, but it will work if you take your time and do it carefully. and with anybody with an MSI board, I have the Z490 carbon Wi-Fi not motherboard with AIO at all I would not run the dragon center. It still has an issue with changing your in Windows power settings. If you touch anything in the dragon center, it will screw up your fan and pump speeds altogether.
 

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That’s ok I bought it as a discontinued board and I know quite a few people on Reddit still trying to figure it out so I figured I would post anyway. Never too late for some knowledge, lol seeing how when you googled the issue this is one of the first forms that pops up so I figured I’d throw it in there anyways can’t hurt right
 
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