Question ASUS B650 TUF GAMING board, having trouble getting both M2 SSDs to go full-speed

mikeymikec

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Board: ASUS B650 TUF GAMING, latest BIOS
SSDs: 2x 4TB Samsung 990 PRO, both on latest firmware
No other devices connected

CrystalDiskInfo reports one of the drives running at PCIe 4 x4, the other at PCIe 4 x2. I've tried switching the sockets they're connected to, the one in M2_2 went to M2_1, and M2_3 went to M2_2.

From the manual:



OS is Windows Server 2022. There is a software RAID1 mirror set up in Windows and I suspect that I'll have to sacrifice it and/or the whole install to try and figure this one out, but any easier suggestions would be appreciated.

The BIOS options allow one to change the PCIE gen setting for each PCIE/M.2 slot but not whether it's x4/x2 etc. I've tried forcing Gen 4 right across the board but Gen 4 isn't really the problem here
 

fralexandr

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What cpu is installed? Worst case you have an 8500g or 8300g series cpu limited to ~14 pcie 4.0 lanes (4 reserved for chipset).

Have you tried m2_1 and m2_3? If you use that orientation it should be using 4 chipset and 4 cpu? Maybe m2_2 is limited to 2 lanes due to the installed cpu.


 
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mikeymikec

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May 19, 2011
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What cpu is installed? Worst case you have an 8500g or 8300g series cpu limited to ~14 pcie 4.0 lanes (4 reserved for chipset).

Have you tried m2_1 and m2_3? If you use that orientation it should be using 4 chipset and 4 cpu? Maybe m2_2 is limited to 2 lanes due to the installed cpu.



Argh. That'll be it. 8500G. I'll switch M2_2 to M2_3 and that will hopefully resolve it.

Yup, tried that setup and I'm getting PCIe 4 x4 on both drives. Now to do a benchmark... the figures aren't maxing out PCIe 4.0 but they are a significant improvement (ie. well over 3GB/sec, when they were flattening out at 3GB/sec before).

Thanks for your help!
 
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