Question My ssd is not showing up in the boot priority options, any idea why?

Jan 13, 2025
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Greetings. During some troubleshooting i tried resetting the motherboard by removing and inserting the CMOS battery again, which i assume also reset the bios. However, now that i've got the computer working again, it just launches to bios, and doesn't give me the option to select any of my drives to boot with. The bios does register the drives, as they are displayed under storage configuration, so i assume they're properly plugged in. As you can probably tell i'm pretty new to this, so any help/information would be appreciated.

Edit: It seems to be working now, though i'm not entirely sure what i did.

Here are a couple of pictures of what the bios looks like: View: https://imgur.com/a/FoG4WsQ
 
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Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

During some troubleshooting
What were you troubleshooting that required you to remove the CMOS battery from the motherboard? Speaking of motherboard's, what BIOS version are you working with? Disconnect al drives(if you have multiple) except for the one that's supposed to have the OS on it.

Check to see if CSM is enabled or disabled. You should also keep a bootable USB installer handy in case you're needed to repair the OS install.

Please list the make and model of your PSU and it's age, as well as the GPU you're working with. You should also remove the 4GB sticks of ram, and merely work with the 2x16GB kit, populating slots A2 and B2.