[SOLVED] Gammix S11 m.2 SSD not showing in the BIOS

[TerceroIV]

Hello, I own a Vostro 3267 desktop and I figured I'd make good use of the large PCIe port it comes with, so I got a 512GB Gammix S11 m.2 SSD and a PCIe to nvme adapter.

So far I've tried cloning with Macrium Reflect. The cloning was successful once I initialized the unit.

But it wouldn't show in the BIOS no matter what I did. Only as mass storage but not as a drive and not as a bootable device.

Finally I created a bootable USB with W10 and went to town. The installer will let me install Windows on the m.2 SSD then ask for reboot. Upon rebooting it prompts to install again, infinite loop. If I take out the USB before reboot it will show a missing bootable device black screen.

I go into the BIOS again but still the SSD doesn't show, even though W10 IS installed on it.

I created a new boot option linked to the EFI file and assigned it as primary bootable device but still nothing, the SSD shows as mass storage but never as a drive I can boot from in the boot order menu.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[rgd1101]

sound like the bios don't support booting from nvme

 

[TerceroIV]

sound like the bios don't support booting from nvme

After a lot of tweaking and screwing around with different tutorials I think you're right. The BIOS should've detected it long ago. It's going to have to be a SATA.

Thank you!