Z620V2 and SSDs

[CplHicks24]

I have a Z620 v2 that I am running Kali on, but I discovered that it would make a kick ass gaming machine with the way I have it configured. Initially I tried to use some EVO 860s in it but the BIOS would not see these drives and I had to go with some spinners I had. In fact it would not see any other SSDs I tried either. I tried a Micron and a WD. Has anybody else had this problem? Is there a trick to getting SSDs to be recognized?

Thanks!

Hicks

[CplHicks24]

Hopefully somebody out there has the same issue. Every drive I tried in the 620 was recognized in every other machine I tried the in: Z420v2, Z600v2, and a ZBook 15 G2.

Here is my dmidecode | less output:
# dmidecode 3.4
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
114 structures occupying 4574 bytes.
Table at 0xCBA0D018.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: J61 v03.96
Release Date: 10/29/2019
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 16 MB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Function key-initiated network boot is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 3.96

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: HP Compaq dc7900 Convertable Minitower
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: TW#32112345
UUID: 0a82be00-946f-11e6-8be0-2c44fd269995
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: d7900eC/Q9400/250hq/2U/7k US
Family: 103C_53335X G=D

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: 158A
Version: 0.00
Serial Number: TW#32112345
Asset Tag:
Features:
Board is a hosting board
Board is removable
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: Not Specified
Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard

[frankr2994]

Hopefully somebody out there has the same issue. Every drive I tried in the 620 was recognized in every other machine I tried the in: Z420v2, Z600v2, and a ZBook 15 G2.

Here is my dmidecode | less output:
# dmidecode 3.4
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
114 structures occupying 4574 bytes.
Table at 0xCBA0D018.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: J61 v03.96
Release Date: 10/29/2019
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 16 MB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Function key-initiated network boot is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 3.96

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: HP Compaq dc7900 Convertable Minitower
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: TW#32112345
UUID: 0a82be00-946f-11e6-8be0-2c44fd269995
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: d7900eC/Q9400/250hq/2U/7k US
Family: 103C_53335X G=D

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: 158A
Version: 0.00
Serial Number: TW#32112345
Asset Tag:
Features:
Board is a hosting board
Board is removable
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: Not Specified
Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard

In your bios what do you have Sata operation mode set to? Should be in ahci. And you should be in UEFI non legacy.