Question Impossible to boot past BIOS

[p3terson]

A few days ago, I upgraded my gaming rig with a brand new ASUS Z690-A WiFi D4 & i5-12600k. I have kept my m.2 SSD with an existing Windows 10 installation. the BIOS recognizes the SSD but not as a bootable device and won't boot Windows 10. On motherboard, a greenish LED alongside BOOT is constantly lit up.

What I've tried :
- Bought a new 2280 NVMe SSD and installed Windows 10 (had to update Intel Rapid Storage in Windows 10 setup to use the SSD as installation driver) but once the installtion is over, redirects me back to BIOS.
- Disabled VMD controller and my storage devices went from Non-RAID to AHCI but still won't boot.
- Enabled CSM and it shows me "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" and pressing a key shows the message again.
- Updated the BIOS
- Disabled Fast Boot

The final step is to send the motherboard back to ASUS for a warranty claim, but I find it hard to accept there's nothing I can do. Please help me.

 

[boju]

Was old SSD/Windows install based on CSM? If it was and new motherboard set to Uefi only by default then booting from it won't work. Even if you managed to get it to boot, carrying an existing OS to a new platform usually has problems anyway so always best to clean install.

Rapid technology is meant for raid setups and not necessary.

So you did manage to get Windows installed. Why did you install Rapid driver for? To access your old SSD?

 

[p3terson]

Was old SSD/Windows install based on CSM? If it was and new motherboard set to Uefi only by default then booting from it won't work. Even if you managed to get it to boot, carrying an existing OS to a new platform usually has problems anyway so always best to clean install.

Rapid technology is meant for raid setups and not necessary.

So you did manage to get Windows installed. Why did you install Rapid driver for? To access your old SSD?

Was old SSD/Windows install based on CSM? If it was and new motherboard set to Uefi only by default then booting from it won't work. Even if you managed to get it to boot, carrying an existing OS to a new platform usually has problems anyway so always best to clean install.

Rapid technology is meant for raid setups and not necessary.

So you did manage to get Windows installed. Why did you install Rapid driver for? To access your old SSD?

In doubt, I set up a new bootable USB drive with UEFI and NTFS, formatted my NVMe and reinstalled Windows successfully and still can’t boot.
I thought Rapid Storage was the solution but have it turned off now.

 

[boju]

Is old SSD still connected? It could be fighting boot priority. Check boot priority in bios.

 

[geofelt]

Install windows on the new m.2 with NO other drives connected.

 

[p3terson]

Is old SSD still connected? It could be fighting boot priority. Check boot priority in bios.

The boot priority list is empty. Neither drive is recognized as bootable.

 

[p3terson]

Install windows on the new m.2 with NO other drives connected.

Wow that was it... I guess the old SSD was messing with the other drives. Thank you guys so much I'm so grateful!!!