[SOLVED] M.2 NVMe not appearing in bios or boot order

[KrazilyCrazy]

I've recently been trying to install Windows 10 onto my M.2 drive, and my bios refuses to detect the disk. I can use it as storage, it functions perfectly fine, but it just does not show up in my bios. I am completely stumped on this one, if anyone can provide help that would be amazing.

Motherboard - GA-Z97MX Gaming-5 (Here)
M.2 in question - Gigabyte 128gb NVMe SSD 2880 (Here)

 

[rocktalkrock]

Have you installed Gigabyte's SSD Toolbox software to check the drive?

 

[USAFRet]

BIOS version? Booting from that may require the most recent BIOS.

But...that board came out on the cusp of NVMe drives.
It may not be able to boot from it. Not all of those can.

Storage, yes. Boot, maybe not.

 

[KrazilyCrazy]

Have you installed Gigabyte's SSD Toolbox software to check the drive?

It's displaying on the toolbox as perfectly healthy and operational.

BIOS version? Booting from that may require the most recent BIOS.

But...that board came out on the cusp of NVMe drives.
It may not be able to boot from it. Not all of those can.

Storage, yes. Boot, maybe not.

I'm running F4, I really hope it's not just a board issue. That'd require a new cpu and ram, seeing as I've pushed this build with last gen products as far as I can (ddr3 etc.)
I don't suppose you happen to know which version would be best, and if there's anything in particular I need to be wary of when updating?

 

[USAFRet]

The most recent is F6, 2015/09/18.

Says nothing about NVMe either way.
The last mention of "SSD" was F4.

https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/GA-Z97MX-Gaming-5-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios

 

[KrazilyCrazy]

The most recent is F6, 2015/09/18.

Says nothing about NVMe either way.
The last mention of "SSD" was F4.

https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/GA-Z97MX-Gaming-5-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios

I use an i7 4790k, which has F4 listed as the compatibility. I think if there's a chance it makes it work I should update, but do you know if updating to F6 would mean that the cpu stops working? Or can you go to newer versions and still be fine but just not older.

 

[USAFRet]

I use an i7 4790k, which has F4 listed as the compatibility. I think if there's a chance it makes it work I should update, but do you know if updating to F6 would mean that the cpu stops working? Or can you go to newer versions and still be fine but just not older.

Yes, the newer BIOS for that board won't cause the CPU to not work.

 

[rocktalkrock]

You say your M.2 NVMe drive does not appear in the BIOS but does work as a storage device in Windows, so what options do you see listed in "Boot Option Priorities"?

Have you checked the settings in your BIOS labeled "Windows 8 Features"? Is it set to "Other OS"?