[SOLVED] New PC. Adding extra drives causes reboot loop

[kumark]

Hi, recently i got a new PC and now I've been trying to add two additional drives to it. Both come from my previous PC (an HDD and a SSD) but are formatted and without any partitions.

The issue is that when I connect the drives and start the PC, it enters a reboot loop and I cant do anything. But if I remove the drives and leave only the one that constains Windows, it enters without issue.

Things I tried:

• Try to connect only one disc a time. But same result with both
• Connect only the power cable of the drives, start Windows then connect the SATA cable. The discs appear in file explorer and I can interact with them without problems. But if I connect them during boot time it starts the reboot loop

Also the component list of the new pC is:

• AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming Socket AM4
• KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6
• Alpenföhn Brocken 3
• Be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
• G.Skill Ripjaws V Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3200 Mhz (PC4-25600) CL16
• SF-750F14HG Super Flower Leadex III 80 Plus Gold Modular 750W
• Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB NVMe PCIe - M.2

Any ideas of what can be causing this?


Thanks!

 

[bmockeg]

Hi, recently i got a new PC and now I've been trying to add two additional drives to it. Both come from my previous PC (an HDD and a SSD) but are formatted and without any partitions.

The issue is that when I connect the drives and start the PC, it enters a reboot loop and I cant do anything. But if I remove the drives and leave only the one that constains Windows, it enters without issue.

Things I tried:

• Try to connect only one disc a time. But same result with both
• Connect only the power cable of the drives, start Windows then connect the SATA cable. The discs appear in file explorer and I can interact with them without problems. But if I connect them during boot time it starts the reboot loop

Also the component list of the new pC is:

• AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming Socket AM4
• KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6
• Alpenföhn Brocken 3
• Be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
• G.Skill Ripjaws V Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3200 Mhz (PC4-25600) CL16
• SF-750F14HG Super Flower Leadex III 80 Plus Gold Modular 750W
• Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB NVMe PCIe - M.2

Any ideas of what can be causing this?


Thanks!

Are you setting boot sequence in bios?

 

[kumark]

Yeah the boot sequence targets the correct drive (the one with Windows installed).

But now I've been rechecking the options in the BIOS and found one inside the "Boot/Secure boot" options that said "Os Type" the value was set to "Other OSs", then I changed it to Windows UEFI mode, and now I could add the drives without problems....

Still not quite sure if this was the issue :/

 

[bmockeg]

Yeah the boot sequence targets the correct drive (the one with Windows installed).

But now I've been rechecking the options in the BIOS and found one inside the "Boot/Secure boot" options that said "Os Type" the value was set to "Other OSs", then I changed it to Windows UEFI mode, and now I could add the drives without problems....

Still not quite sure if this was the issue :/

Best to just disable every boot device other than the one you want