Which brand M.2 SSD you use? MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI

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Hello guys,

Anyone with MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI motherboard; which M.2 SSD you use considering you don't experiance boot problems (random loss of M_1 or M_2 SSD)?

So far Samsung 990Pro 1TB/2TB and Samsung 980Pro 1TB/2TB has boot problems. I'm considering to get MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2TB -_-

Thank you in advance!
 
Solution
Update! Here is an interesting thing I noticed!

As long as I disconnect my 2 Samsung SATA SSDs (1TB and 2TB) it seems the boot problems are completely gone just like that.

I got my MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2TB so for now I will just try to use it as a data disk and disconnect all SATA SSDs. I don't wanna do Windows data migration -_-
Yes, no SATA drives, no problems. Could be that one of the SATA drives is quite old-ish, 6 years (Samsung 860 Evo 1TB).
Ok that's great.
Yes it's quite possible. To an extent I was thinking SATA or M.2 gets disabled if the other is connected, but then X670 has enough PCIe lanes to handle both M.2 and SATA drives.
 
Update.

After 3 - 4 days of successful (cold) boots in a row I had the first fail (Windows almost booted, screen went dark and it rebooted itself).
All BIOS settings are default except for EXPO1 is enabled.

Currently:
M2_1 MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 1TB
M2_2 MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2TB
M2_3 MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2TB

So far everything seems to be pointing to MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi BIOS problem. Once it boots successfully, it runs great! Which means CPU and RAM is also fine (same for PSU or GPU; tested in other setup). All is left is the motherboard.
 
So far everything seems to be pointing to MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi BIOS problem. Once it boots successfully, it runs great! Which means CPU and RAM is also fine (same for PSU or GPU; tested in other setup). All is left is the motherboard.

If you are running the last known stable bios: with AGESA 1.0.0.7c BIOS version: 7D70v18 (File Size 9.24 MB) that doesn't have any shenanigans with SSD's and whatnot and you made sure your PSU is rock solid then yes maybe it is time to send back the mainboard.
 
If you are running the last known stable bios: with AGESA 1.0.0.7c BIOS version: 7D70v18 (File Size 9.24 MB) that doesn't have any shenanigans with SSD's and whatnot and you made sure your PSU is rock solid then yes maybe it is time to send back the mainboard.

I was running the 7D70v18 for 4 months, and believe me, it did show the same detection problems !
 
I was running the 7D70v18 for 4 months, and believe me, it did show the same detection problems !
Do you still have these random M2_1 or M2_2 boot / detection problems?

We both basicly have the same motherboard, cpu and RAM...

Also, AGESA 1.0.0.7c BIOS version: 7D70v18 has the same problems.
 
I'm starting to wonder if this could be a design flaw in the X670E Carbon Wifi and other MSI AM5 boards.
No BIOS update helps, as if they are unable to find a solution. I would be surprised to hear they are not trying, because this damages the image of MSI among PC builders tremendously.
 
I'm starting to wonder if this could be a design flaw in the X670E Carbon Wifi and other MSI AM5 boards.
No BIOS update helps, as if they are unable to find a solution. I would be surprised to hear they are not trying, because this damages the image of MSI among PC builders tremendously.
That is a possibility, but it seems that Alan J T's (mod) has a fully working MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi, also with MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO drives, but without X3D CPU (7600X).

I have 2 ideas left; weather MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi doesn't like M.2 SSD as a boot drive or it has something to do with 7800X3D.
 
What if this hypothetical design flaw brings a silicon lottery of some board component into light where, depending on its manufacturing quality, it has difficulties to see a SSD in M2_1 or M2_2 or sees them every time. My 990 PRO with Windows 10 in M2_1 is recognized everytime, while my 990 PRO with games in M2_2 needs an OS restart. Others have that problem with the M2_1 slot, others have the problem on both slots, and others again don’t have any problem at all: just like silicon lottery.
 
What if this hypothetical design flaw brings a silicon lottery of some board component into light where, depending on its manufacturing quality, it has difficulties to see a SSD in M2_1 or M2_2 or sees them every time. My 990 PRO with Windows 10 in M2_1 is recognized everytime, while my 990 PRO with games in M2_2 needs an OS restart. Others have that problem with the M2_1 slot, others have the problem on both slots, and others again don’t have any problem at all: just like silicon lottery.
I have already went on my anti Samsung rant but it is always good to keep in mind that the Samsung Controller doesn't mix well with AMD, so better to stay away from their SSD's if you are on AMD, long history of reported problems that never really get addressed or fixed.

So frieren with his new MSI SSD's and if he was already on what was considered a 'safe' bios then things start to point out to a faulty board.
 
Tomorrow I will try to set all my M.2 SSD drives to PCIe 4.0 manually. Someone said it helped to fix this problem for them.

All in all, I can somehow live with this M.2 SSD bug, it's not that big of a deal considering I only cold boot my PC once or twice a day and it stays on. It's just that I didn't expect it from such premium board. Next time I guess I will wait and do my research beforehand...
 
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WD 850x's and Samsung 980 Pro's here. None of them work on m.2_1 unless I'm using 7E12v152 Beta bios. I have tried all of the recommendations posted here and then some.
I have already went on my anti Samsung rant but it is always good to keep in mind that the Samsung Controller doesn't mix well with AMD, so better to stay away from their SSD's if you are on AMD, long history of reported problems that never really get addressed or fixed.
First I've heard of this. It's just not true, unless perhaps you're referring to MSI.
 
First I've heard of this. It's just not true, unless perhaps you're referring to MSI.
First I encountered it was with a friends SSD's that worked great everywhere but in his AMD system until replaced with other brand.
Similar to this post beat for beat:

You can google, different forums and reddit of reported cases of incompatibility of Samsung SSD's on AM3+ and AM4 and even now AM5 that you might just experiencing yourself.

Plus the recent issues of general reliability with Samsung SSD's:
 
That is a possibility, but it seems that Alan J T's (mod) has a fully working MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi, also with MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO drives, but without X3D CPU (7600X).

I have 2 ideas left; weather MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi doesn't like M.2 SSD as a boot drive or it has something to do with 7800X3D.

FWIW:
I have 3 Western Digital Black 2TB NVMEs, and also a newer Samsung SATA SSD (some other person mentioned that disconnecting SATA helped them somehow), and I have a 7800X3D.
I have not ever had a detection failure.
So I don't think a 7800X3D has anything to do with it.
I'm not running any special BIOS settings, just "Auto" for the NVME/SSDs.
I'm running the 7D70v1B bios.
 
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