Black screen on BIOs - even after clearing CMOS

[Chibified]

Hi,

I purchased a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD today to speed up my desktop. I want to use it along with my 1.5TB hard drive (SSD for boot and applications, HDD for data). I have successfully setup my SSD using Samsung's data transfer program, but I'm trying to access my BIOs due to the fact that when my PC boots, it prioritizes my HDD (with nothing on it) over my SSD, resulting in a blank screen. If I remove the HDD, everything runs fine (boot prioritizes SSD).

When I press F10 on startup (I have an HP desktop - h8-1534), it just results in a black screen. I have already cleared the CMOS and have received the message that the BIOs settings have been cleared - but I still get a black screen.

Here are my PC specs;

- CPU // AMD FX-6350
- RAM // 10.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3
- Motherboard // Gigabyte 2AC8 (Angelica2)
- Graphics // NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
- Storage // Samsung 850 EVO

Thanks.

 

[ko888]

Have you tried swapping the SATA data cables for the SSD and HDD around on the motherboard?

 

[Chibified]

Have you tried swapping the SATA data cables for the SSD and HDD around on the motherboard?

Hi,

I tried your solution, and my computer now boots up properly with both drives (HDD and SSD). I still cannot access the BIOs though - there's still a black screen. There's a bigger problem though, my PC isn't picking up on my hard drive.

On Disk Management, Disk 1 (HDD) is shown as Offline (The disk is offline bcause it has a signature collison with another disk that is online). I need to format this, but it's offline.

Here's an image of the Disk Management interface;

Thanks a lot.

*EDIT*:

What the hell? I managed to fix the "Disk is offline" issue by simply right-clicking the Disk and clicking on "Online" (really..?). And my BIOs shows up now after I press F10, not sure why it didn't work earlier.

Thanks for your support, k0888!