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m2 boot

Forum discussion tagged with m2 boot.
  1. foreignsanxd

    Question My M.2 NVMe is not detected either by my bios or by my board

    5 days ago I've tried to use my PC as I normally do(all components were bought 6 months ago except by the disk in question) , but it doesnt boot and just appears the bios settings without boot options and doesnt show the M.2 where I had installed the OS(Windows 10), for more that I try and...
  2. Williedynabite

    Question How do I get my MPG B550 Gaming Plus BIOS to boot from my m2 drive?

    I recently installed an M2 drive after having countless issues with crashing, BSOD, and etc. which I believe was due to my hard drive. I got a Hynix P31 2 TB M2 drive and installed it on my mobo. I tried both of the slots and it didn’t seem to make a difference. When I am in BIOS (just updated...
  3. pyronaded

    Question "Reboot and Select proper Boot device" after computer restart...?

    I was doing some work on my PC and left the room to grab a drink - when I came back, my computer had restarted itself which I'm assuming means it crashed. Now, there is a message that says "Reboot and Select proper Boot device". I have 2 M2 devices, a Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB (Windows...
  4. AvgAmdUser22

    Question Pc wont load windows

    Please help i am at a loss. Was gaming one night and bsod. M2 drive stopped booting into windows. Could not recover or reinstall. Managed to install on new 2nd ssd. Worked ok for a day then bsod. Tried third ssd and w ould not load windows. Went to pc shop. They tested all drives, ram etc...
  5. 5Liter

    Question Installed new M2 SSD, old one with Windows now missing from Boot options

    I recently installed a new "Samsung 980 Pro M2 SSD" in my "X 570-E Gaming Motherboard", which resulted in my old "Samsung 970 Evo SSD" not being listed in the Boot options anymore. The only two options that are now being listed are the 980 Pro, and a drive (if I'm not mistaken), I'll have to...
  6. M

    [SOLVED] {RESOLVED} Cannot Detect M2 SATA SSD - Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Ultra & WD Blue M.2 2280 1TB & Intel i9 11900K

    I am unable to see the SATA SSD in both my BIOS and when I try to install Window through USB boot drive. Here is what I've tried: Updated BIOS to latest file (F4d 2021/04/16) Changing to all three M.2 slots on my motherboard. My manuals says that all 3 slot are M.2 SATA SSD or M.2 PCIe SSD...
  7. IcePickNYC

    Question 2 WD Black NVME M2 drives on MB best way to run them See Size and Lanes

    I have a B450 motherboard with 2 M2 drive slots. One is PCIE3x4 the other is PCIE3x2/SATA. my system currently has a WD Black SN750 500gb drive in the 3x4 slot. I just purchased a 2TB WD Black SN750 NVME.M2 drive. What’s the best way to go: leave 500gb as boot/programs drive in fast slot and use...
  8. D

    [SOLVED] Why is my M.2 port suddenly not working?

    AB350-Gaming 3 Motherboard RTX 2080TI Brand new Ryzen 7 3700x 4 sticks of DDR4-3200 TridentZ RAM 1TB EVO Samsung SSD Corsair RM750x PSU __ Hello. Today I updated my BIOS to F31 and then F40 in preparation of a new Ryzen 7. I installed the CPU and had an issue getting things to start. I had a...
  9. E

    [SOLVED] Lenovo D30 NVME M2 SSD boot

    Hi All! I have a Lenovo D30. There is no native NVME support on the motherboard, thus I bought a NVME PCIe card and M2 SSD. I cannot boot from this directly, because BOIS does not see it, so I am looking for an alternative solution for this issue. My current windows 10 on sata ssd detected and...