Hi folks,
I just replaced my motherboard, CPU, and RAM with an ASRock AB350 Pro4, AMD Ryzen 7 2700, and Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 RAM. I also have a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card. I already had Windows 10 installed on an SSD.
After the replacement, I can get to BIOS settings and see whatever drives are plugged in in the boot devices list. If my DVD drive is connected, there are two options for it: one prefixed with "AHCI P1" and one with "UEFI." But there's only ever one option for my SSD, prefixed with "AHCI P0." Not sure if this is related to UEFI, but I think I had disabled everything UEFI-related on my previous build. In the new motherboard's BIOS settings, Secure Boot is disabled and CSM compatibility is enabled, and "Launch PXE OpROM Policy," "Launch Storage OpROM Policy," and Launch Video OpROM Policy" are all set to "Legacy only."
If I try to boot from the SSD on the new build I always just get the blinking white arrow in the upper left.
I am able to boot from a Windows 10 recovery DVD (if I select the UEFI listing for my DVD drive). But if I try to do "Reset this PC" (and "Keep my files"), I get the message "The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again." (I'd prefer not to reinstall if at all possible, but I tried this anyway to see what would happen.)
If I hook everything back up to the old motherboard, I can boot Windows from the SSD.
Any ideas what's going on?
I just replaced my motherboard, CPU, and RAM with an ASRock AB350 Pro4, AMD Ryzen 7 2700, and Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 RAM. I also have a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card. I already had Windows 10 installed on an SSD.
After the replacement, I can get to BIOS settings and see whatever drives are plugged in in the boot devices list. If my DVD drive is connected, there are two options for it: one prefixed with "AHCI P1" and one with "UEFI." But there's only ever one option for my SSD, prefixed with "AHCI P0." Not sure if this is related to UEFI, but I think I had disabled everything UEFI-related on my previous build. In the new motherboard's BIOS settings, Secure Boot is disabled and CSM compatibility is enabled, and "Launch PXE OpROM Policy," "Launch Storage OpROM Policy," and Launch Video OpROM Policy" are all set to "Legacy only."
If I try to boot from the SSD on the new build I always just get the blinking white arrow in the upper left.
I am able to boot from a Windows 10 recovery DVD (if I select the UEFI listing for my DVD drive). But if I try to do "Reset this PC" (and "Keep my files"), I get the message "The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again." (I'd prefer not to reinstall if at all possible, but I tried this anyway to see what would happen.)
If I hook everything back up to the old motherboard, I can boot Windows from the SSD.
Any ideas what's going on?
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