Question Asus board, qcode 15 orange Qled. inaccesible bootdrive.

[jesterFTW]

Hi, i've been having issues recently with my PC, on boot it instantly goes to code 15 orange, for about 2 min it will sit there until it eventually loads into a BSOD with "inaccesible boot drive". the only work around is to reset CMOS, set up bios and exit out, it will then boot, into a rather unstable windows, things lag, stuttering, programs or the entire PC freezes for seconds to a minute, if i reboot i have to do the process over, the PC is 1 year old at this point. it does flash some random codes aswell, such as b4, b6, 31, 99, 00, but they're seemingly random and go away in a second at most.

i've:
ran crystaldisc, no issues found.
reseated and swapped around and ran solo all both the RAM sticks, same issue no matter what.
i've pushed in all the connectors properly, none were loose.
i've updated the BIOS, no change.

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ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Gaming OC
G.SKill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64GB (2x32GB) / 6000Mhz / DDR5 / 30CL / F5-6000J3040G32GX2-TZ5NR
ASUS ROG Strix 1000W Gold Aura Edition
Kingston KC3000 M.2 2TB SSD

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

Kingston KC3000
ran crystaldisc, no issues found

by the boot drive errors and the issues within the OS,
it definitely sounds like a problem with the disk.

though it could just be the board not handling the M.2 slot properly.
try different available slots, M.2_3 or M.2_4.

and make sure all of the latest storage related drivers are installed directly from the product support download page(s), not through Armoury Crate.

also, how did you run scan the disk with CrystalDiskInfo;
moved it to another system, ran within the malfunctioning OS, etc..?

 

[jesterFTW]

by the boot drive errors and the issues within the OS,
it definitely sounds like a problem with the disk.

though it could just be the board not handling the M.2 slot properly.
try different available slots, M.2_3 or M.2_4.

and make sure all of the latest storage related drivers are installed directly from the product support download page(s), not through Armoury Crate.

also, how did you run scan the disk with CrystalDiskInfo;
moved it to another system, ran within the malfunctioning OS, etc..?

i ran it after getting through with the CMOS reset tech.

https://imgur.com/a/JcwX3Vx

https://streamable.com/ssvndd Here is a vid of the bootup, BEFORE CMOS reset.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

ran it after getting through with the CMOS reset

this would also point to the board having some odd issue with this particular drive or just the M.2 slot itself.

if using a different slot enables the system to function as it should, return the board.
i would still recommend trying both slots 3 & 4.