[SOLVED] NVMe SSD not showing in Bios ASUS Z390-A

[mashley278]

Hello,

Just finished a new build yesterday (specs below). I was previously using a Crucial (SATA) drive as my main drive. I bought a new WD NVMe SSD for the build. I formatted and removed all the files from the Crucial drive and did a fresh install on the WD NVMe. Two issues popped up #1 the WD NVMe drive is not showing in the BIOS #2 I get the option every time I boot to use the old Crucial drive.
To be clear, once I choose the NVe drive, it boots and works fine. But it's weird that I cannot see it (or my old HDD - 3rd drive) in the BIOS. So I cannot set a boot sequence only to my NVMe.
I have changed the SATA cable on the Crucial drive to the #3 slot, selected it as the primary drive in Windows, but nothing.
Occasionally it still tries to boot to the Crucial drive and I get caught in a repair loop. Any ideas? Like I said, the rest of it seems to be working fine. And because I use it as a work PC, I cannot go back and do another install (requires IT to remote in and add on all my software).

Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z390-A
i7-9700
32 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX
Gigabyte GRX 1660 OC
PSU Corsair RM 750X
Western Digital Black NVMe SSD
Crucial MX SSD
Old WD Raptor 10000RPM

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!


Which slot are you occupying on the motherboard with the NVMe drive?

Disconnect the Crucial drive from your platform, after it's been powered off and disconnected from the wall(and display). Fire up the system with the NVMe drive in the board, but go into BIOS and check to see what BIOS version you're on. If you have BIOS updates pending, gradually work your way to the latest version.

For the sake of relevance, did you recreate your bootable USB installer for Windows 10 using Windows Media Creation Tools?

 

[mashley278]

Ah thank you. It's been a while since I needed to come on here! It's in the M.2_2 (versus the M.2_1 that is closest to the processor). BIOS update was next. About to disconnect the Crucial drive and reboot.

 

[mashley278]

Well, I switched slots and it worked! It's showing now (I also updated the BIOS). Still showing the second OS when I boot though.

 

[mashley278]

And right back to not seeing in the BIOS. Who knows. I ran a benchmark test on the system, came out fine. Guess it is what it is for now.