Question NVMe doesn't show up in BIOS as a bootable device

[RyanNaraine]

Hello I have an asus z390-a prime motherboard bios version/date of American Megatrends Inc. 2004, 11/2/2021. I bought a 4TB crucial PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 SSD P3.
When installing the motherboard into the NVMe slot, bios says there's a storage device but under bootable devices it's not there. I currently have a 1TB WD hard drive in right now but even in disk management the NVMe does not show up so if I can't even format it. Is this a motherboard/ NVMe problem? They only thing I haven't tried was installing it to another computer. I had abought the P4 version and there was the same issue so I returned it.

 

[rgd1101]

test in both m.2 slot? does it show up in device manager?
it is not bootable until you install the os on it

 

[USAFRet]

Hello I have an asus z390-a prime motherboard bios version/date of American Megatrends Inc. 2004, 11/2/2021. I bought a 4TB crucial PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 SSD P3.
When installing the motherboard into the NVMe slot, bios says there's a storage device but under bootable devices it's not there. I currently have a 1TB WD hard drive in right now but even in disk management the NVMe does not show up. Is this a motherboard/ NVMe problem? They only thing I haven't tried was installing it to another computer. I had abought the P4 version and there was the same issue so I returned it.

Its not a bootable thing until you install an OS on it.

 

[RyanNaraine]

test in both m.2 slot? does it show up in device manager?
it is not bootable until you install the os on it

tried both M.2 slots, and it won't be seen in the bios or disk management.

 

[RyanNaraine]

Its not a bootable thing until you install an OS on it.

I can't even install an OS on it since I can't format it or select it in the BIOS

 

[rgd1101]

did you have another storage connected? unplug those?
full system spec?

 

[RyanNaraine]

did you have another storage connected? unplug those?
full system spec?

Yes I have a 3 TB WD raid 0 configuration now. Kinda scared to unplug those sata/power connections for them since I don't want to break the raid.

I have an i7 9700k, asus z390-a prime motherboard, 16 gb DDR4 ram, gtx 970.

I mostly just want to format the m.2 so that I can install windows on it and it as my new OS drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes I have a 3 TB WD raid 0 configuration now. Kinda scared to unplug those sata/power connections for them since I don't want to break the raid.

Is there a known good full backup of the data in that array?

If not, that needs to be your very next move.

 

[RyanNaraine]

Is there a known good full backup of the data in that array?

If not, that needs to be your very next move.

Yes I was able to get all the data backed up.
Would removing the sata/power cables from the motherboard to HD break the raid?

 

[USAFRet]

Yes I was able to get all the data backed up.
Would removing the sata/power cables from the motherboard to HD break the raid?

If, after the OS install on the other drive, you connect these 2 drives in the same SATA ports...it will probably be OK.
Probably.

 

[USAFRet]

May I ask the purpose of the RAID 0 array?

 

[RyanNaraine]

I just wanted to increase the speed of my hard drives since I didn't have an SSD at the time but had those 3 1TB WD HD.

 

[USAFRet]

OK...
Disregarding the RAID thing....

With a properly constructed USB to install with, and NO drive installed except for this new one, what happens when you boot up?

 

[RyanNaraine]

OK...
Disregarding the RAID thing....

With a properly constructed USB to install with, and NO drive installed except for this new one, what happens when you boot up?

sorry for the late response, I work during the week.
I plugged my mechanical HDs that are in raid0, installed the nvme properly. When starting up with an usb that has a folder with windows 11 installation, it says Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device.

Before I got to that screen I checked the BIOS to make sure the NVMe is the first boot priority which it is.

When I originally had the raid0 installed the NVMe wouldn't even show in the boot priority.

 

[USAFRet]

When starting up with an usb that has a folder with windows 11 installation, it says Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device.

That indicates the USB is not bootable.

How did you make this?
The MediaCreation tool from MS would do it properly.

 

[RyanNaraine]

That indicates the USB is not bootable.

How did you make this?
The MediaCreation tool from MS would do it properly.

that's what I downloaded, i have the application in a folder on my USB

 

[USAFRet]

that's what I downloaded, i have the application in a folder on my USB

That "application" is not the bootable thing.

You run that, and it will put the necessary things on your USB.

MediaCreation.