I built this PC back in 2012:
MOBO: ASUS P8Z77-V LX
CPU: i7-3770k
GPU: GTX 680
RAM: 8GB DDR3
Storage: 2TB SATA HDD
Bootloader got overwritten by a Windows update, it's been gathering dust for years. But I could use a desktop workstation and the hardware should still be decent for non-gaming purposes, right?
I bought an SSD (Samsung 970 EVO) and added it to the PCIe x4 slot with an adapter. Booted it with a live USB, installed linux to the SSD, everything worked fine until rebooting. The SSD will not boot, even if I select it manually and give it top priority, another drive boots instead. If I disconnect all other drives I get an error message telling me the drive is not bootable. Weirdly the boot menu gives the name of the SSD as Optiarc DVD-RW (this is an error with the boot menu, not the disk itself, since fdisk etc get the name right). Things I've tried:
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I wasn't sure where to post it. But I feel like this is a hardware compatibility issue and the mobo is just too old to work with the SSD, and possibly the GPU too seeing as it won't boot with pure UEFI. Is this fixable with a new mobo or should I just build a new PC from scratch?
MOBO: ASUS P8Z77-V LX
CPU: i7-3770k
GPU: GTX 680
RAM: 8GB DDR3
Storage: 2TB SATA HDD
Bootloader got overwritten by a Windows update, it's been gathering dust for years. But I could use a desktop workstation and the hardware should still be decent for non-gaming purposes, right?
I bought an SSD (Samsung 970 EVO) and added it to the PCIe x4 slot with an adapter. Booted it with a live USB, installed linux to the SSD, everything worked fine until rebooting. The SSD will not boot, even if I select it manually and give it top priority, another drive boots instead. If I disconnect all other drives I get an error message telling me the drive is not bootable. Weirdly the boot menu gives the name of the SSD as Optiarc DVD-RW (this is an error with the boot menu, not the disk itself, since fdisk etc get the name right). Things I've tried:
- manually setting boot flags with gparted
- trying multiple linux distros in case one had a software problem
- chrooting into said distros (everything works fine, grub is installed and fully up to date)
- booting from both UEFI and legacy BIOS, partitioning the SSD with both GPT and MBR
- updating mobo BIOS, tried multiple versions including the most updated version (published in 2014)
- disabling UEFI
- disabling legacy BIOS
- disabling legacy BIOS compatibility (doesn't work, GPU firmware only works with legacy BIOS)
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I wasn't sure where to post it. But I feel like this is a hardware compatibility issue and the mobo is just too old to work with the SSD, and possibly the GPU too seeing as it won't boot with pure UEFI. Is this fixable with a new mobo or should I just build a new PC from scratch?