Argon ONE NVME case for the Raspberry Pi 5 - unbox and first impressions. 

Thanks , the pi5 with nvme is a beast , knocks the socks off the pi4 with sata ssd , I also have the pi4 with a ssd in an argon case .

Glad it was helpful!

scan in the uk www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-kioxia-exceria-plus-g3-nvme-ssd-pcie-40-read-write-speed-5000-3900-mb-s

Mine runs sweet , silly speeds from the ssd, no issues so fsr.

Thank you. I figured out the problem. 1. The case has to be closed and screwed. There are 2 pins in the case that need to be touching the other boards surface. Otherwise Argon won't send power to the M2 drive. 2. In my case, I had to add dtparam=pciex1_gen=3 line in /boot/firmware/config.txt on the SSD too. (But whoever boots up their RP5 with SD card and copy the OS to M2 drive won't need this) 3. I tried first Kingston 2TB KC3000. If I don't push and screw it, it works fine, but when I push it down and screw in the case, it doesn't work. I think the pins don't touch well the slots. But when I tried 1TB 970 Plus, it didn't have chips on the both side and it sit easily both in the slots and I could still run it while screwed. I think 2 TB drives are beefy due to the chips on the both sides and it makes it difficult to sit in the slot and touch the metals. I hope I don't get trouble with the 2TB 980 Pro that I just ordered. @@MicroChipz

Hi , i thought this might be it , on mine i seen those pins and closed the case before trying , i did look at the boot config and that line was already there , yeh maybe the 2tb is a bit thicker , these are new cases so im sure these things will come to light.

Have you installed the relevant scripts from Argon40?

NO

@@KevinKnox-vk6qg Yeah I know that now. I did end up taking the stickers off of the hard drive though.

It is a fantastic bit of kit tho., but yeh its come a lot more expensive than the original SBC concept.

It isnt like the cheaper offerings has gone away though, just that the range has expanded a lot to the higher priced tier

Did you push the daughter board on correctly

You are my hero. For some reason I had to use some force to push it all the way in. Connector is a little bit stiff

Yes I found this also , glad to of helped .

I got a warning , but after then seemed ok , the pi is running at full power .have to see if any other issues appear

Crucial P3, T500 I love this thing. added the BLSTR for sound all is well

Interesting info , thanks .