[SOLVED] Bios doesn't detect my m.2 SSD windows boot drive.

[Krocan503]

So I bought a new m.2 NVMe SSD, because my old SATA SSD died. I plugged it into my motherboard through an M.2 SSD adapter. I fresh installed windows on it (Windows setup could detect it with no problems) and now I can't boot it up, because my BIOS refuses to detect my SSD. Looked through everything I found and still couldn't find an answer. My BIOS has no CSM option nor secure boot option to disable. Is it just incompatible? Is there any way to make it compatible? Should I update my BIOS, if possible?


SSD: WD Black 500GB NVMe
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H rev 1.0/1.1
Bios: UEFI DualBIOS version FB (BIOS date 06/19/2014) [BIOS ID:
PCIe adapter: Axagon PCIe to NVMe M.2 adapter

 

[rgd1101]

might have to look for unsupport mod bios. or return it and get a sata ssd

 

[USAFRet]

So I bought a new m.2 NVMe SSD, because my old SATA SSD died. I plugged it into my motherboard through an M.2 SSD adapter. I fresh installed windows on it (Windows setup could detect it with no problems) and now I can't boot it up, because my BIOS refuses to detect my SSD. Looked through everything I found and still couldn't find an answer. My BIOS has no CSM option nor secure boot option to disable. Is it just incompatible? Is there any way to make it compatible? Should I update my BIOS, if possible?


SSD: WD Black 500GB NVMe
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H rev 1.0/1.1
Bios: UEFI DualBIOS version FB (BIOS date 06/19/2014) [BIOS ID:
PCIe adapter: Axagon PCIe to NVMe M.2 adapter

That motherboard does not speak NVMe as a boot drive.
It will not work.

 

[Krocan503]

That motherboard does not speak NVMe as a boot drive.
It will not work.

That's quite unortunate. Thanks for the help though.

 

[USAFRet]

That's quite unortunate. Thanks for the help though.

That board was built before NVMe was a thing.

Even a newer generation with the Z97 level boards, support for booting from an NVMe was spotty.
And even then, they did not have the required PCIe level or lanes. Giving performance no better than a SATA III SSD.

Just put in a SATA III SSD and press on. You'll never know the difference.

 

[Krocan503]

That board was built before NVMe was a thing.

Even a newer generation with the Z97 level boards, support for booting from an NVMe was spotty.
And even then, they did not have the required PCIe level or lanes. Giving performance no better than a SATA III SSD.

Just put in a SATA III SSD and press on. You'll never know the difference.

Thanks for the tip. I'll just return this and buy a normal SATA. I was hoping far a small upgrade, but sadly this system is just too old for that. I would have to change most of the components which I don't have the budget for now, so I'll just have to wait.

 

[Krocan503]

That board was built before NVMe was a thing.

Even a newer generation with the Z97 level boards, support for booting from an NVMe was spotty.
And even then, they did not have the required PCIe level or lanes. Giving performance no better than a SATA III SSD.

Just put in a SATA III SSD and press on. You'll never know the difference.

Also I was wondering if I could just use this as an extra disk for games, or would it just be a waste. Perhaps my system can't utilise maximum speed of the SSD or something along the lines or would it fully use it's speed with the exception of not being able to be used as a boot drive?

 

[USAFRet]

Also I was wondering if I could just use this as an extra disk for games, or would it just be a waste. Perhaps my system can't utilise maximum speed of the SSD or something along the lines or would it fully use it's speed with the exception of not being able to be used as a boot drive?

Generally, yes.

That is what I'm doing right now, with my ASRock Z97.
An Intel 660p NVMe drive is in an adapter, just as a secondary drive.
The OS drive and all the others are still SATA III.

You'll not see any real speed difference, especially in games, but you can use it.

In my normal use of Adobe Lightroom, games, etc...I see ZERO difference between the Intel and the Samsung SATA III drives.
Timed and tested under controlled conditions.

The BIG difference is between spinning HDD and SSD.
The actual difference between SSD types is much much less.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3AMz-xZ2VM