ASUS Z690-P d4 More than 8 drives possible with W11?

[audi911]

Hello,
I have a very strange problem and I'm wondering if it's a mother board limitation.
I have an Asus Z690P Wifi D4 Motherboard and I have the following config
4X hard drives in 2x 2slot external hard drive bays
4x Sata drives directly on the motherboard
1x nVME drive (my Windows OS)

For whatever reason, I can never have more than 8 drives detected in W11 Pro
Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks

[JohnAb]

I can't reproduce you drives exactly, but I have just connected two external drives to give me the following:

3x NVME connected to motherboard
2x SATA mechanical HDs via motherboard
2x SATA SSDs via motherboard
1x NVME (external via USB)
1x mSATA (external via USB)
1x DVD RW Drive (external via USB)

That makes 10 right now, including the DVD drive and all seem to be working fine. So I don't think your issue is related to W11 Pro, I have the same OS. I don't know what your issue is I'm afraid. Any limitation mentioned on your motherboard manual? I have the 690 Hero, that's the only difference I think. Are you using a USB hub for your external drives? That might have a limitation, but seems unlikely unless it's faulty.