- Jan 25, 2015
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So fairly commonly, my PC will take longer to boot than I would like. Today I decided to go into BIOS and see if I could do anything to change that.
On the EZ Mode screen of my BIOS, I saw Intel Rapid Storage Technology. I decided to enable it. I didn't know that this would change the SATA mode from AHCI to RAID, so when I went to Save Changes and Exit and saw that it had changed, I was confused. I thought that it was changing by itself, so I decided to start fresh by selecting Load Optimized Defaults. When I did this, the system very briefly turned off and then powered back on. After this, I got an error message comprised of white text on a black screen which said something to the effect of "No drive with OS detected. Unplug all drives w/o OS and restart." I immediately thought that the boot order must be out of whack and it was.
So I go into BIOS and change it and am greeted by the INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE from Windows 10. According to BIOS, my boot order is still not correct, so I change it and still get the error. This happens multiple times, with me even disabling the other drives and attempting to repair through Windows. Finally, I select my OS drive under Boot Override and get into Windows.
I decide to make sure that the SATA mode can't change from AHCI to RAID anymore and follow this guide to do so: http://www.pingzic.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-10/
When I attempt to resart to get into BIOS to manually select AHCI, I cannot get into BIOS. And pass the ASUS splash screen, all I get is a black screen. I decide to physically unplug all other drives and remove the CMOS battery. When I next attempt to boot, all that is connected is my OS drive, GPU, RAM, and ethernet cable.
I still can't get into BIOS or Windows and I notice that the BOOT_DEVICE_LED on my MOBO is lit.
That is where I am currently at.
Any thoughts? What can I do? I'm thinking of just trying to reinstall Windows.
Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
System Specs:
Windows 10 (I honestly don't know the build. It's up to date, so the latest, whichever that is)
CPU - i7 4790K
MOBO - ASUS Z97-A USB 3.1
RAM - EVGA 1600 MHz 16 GB
GPU - AMD R9 Nano
Storage - SanDisk Extreme Pro 240 GB (OS drive), Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB, WD Caviar Blue 1 TB Blue, WD My Book external HDD 3 TB
EVGA Supernova 850 G2
On the EZ Mode screen of my BIOS, I saw Intel Rapid Storage Technology. I decided to enable it. I didn't know that this would change the SATA mode from AHCI to RAID, so when I went to Save Changes and Exit and saw that it had changed, I was confused. I thought that it was changing by itself, so I decided to start fresh by selecting Load Optimized Defaults. When I did this, the system very briefly turned off and then powered back on. After this, I got an error message comprised of white text on a black screen which said something to the effect of "No drive with OS detected. Unplug all drives w/o OS and restart." I immediately thought that the boot order must be out of whack and it was.
So I go into BIOS and change it and am greeted by the INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE from Windows 10. According to BIOS, my boot order is still not correct, so I change it and still get the error. This happens multiple times, with me even disabling the other drives and attempting to repair through Windows. Finally, I select my OS drive under Boot Override and get into Windows.
I decide to make sure that the SATA mode can't change from AHCI to RAID anymore and follow this guide to do so: http://www.pingzic.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-10/
When I attempt to resart to get into BIOS to manually select AHCI, I cannot get into BIOS. And pass the ASUS splash screen, all I get is a black screen. I decide to physically unplug all other drives and remove the CMOS battery. When I next attempt to boot, all that is connected is my OS drive, GPU, RAM, and ethernet cable.
I still can't get into BIOS or Windows and I notice that the BOOT_DEVICE_LED on my MOBO is lit.
That is where I am currently at.
Any thoughts? What can I do? I'm thinking of just trying to reinstall Windows.
Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
System Specs:
Windows 10 (I honestly don't know the build. It's up to date, so the latest, whichever that is)
CPU - i7 4790K
MOBO - ASUS Z97-A USB 3.1
RAM - EVGA 1600 MHz 16 GB
GPU - AMD R9 Nano
Storage - SanDisk Extreme Pro 240 GB (OS drive), Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB, WD Caviar Blue 1 TB Blue, WD My Book external HDD 3 TB
EVGA Supernova 850 G2
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