Question PC is not booting after installing an SSD ?

May 3, 2024
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I bought a random SATA SSD yesterday, plugged it in and the PC was not booting. On the motherboard the troubleshooting LED for VGA or display was lit but the monitor had its backlight on with a blackscreen.

So, I unplugged the SSD and the PC worked
. I plugged it in again and this time I waited, same issue but since I waited this time the PC does eventually boot to Windows with that new SSD installed, but unfortunately thats where the good bit ends. Then I opened Disk Management to initialize the drive only for it to say the drive specified is not there or something along those lines. Even in bios, the drive was not showing up.

I tried doing a bunch of things to fix this issue only to come out empty handed. I gave up for a while then I tried to change some things in the bios and plugged the ssd in again. This time it didn't take that long for the display to show something, but it showed a error saying bios changes were not working properly and to press to f2 for default bios setting. Pressing f2 did not do anything, the pc was stuck on that error msg. I tried rebooting, same thing. So, unplugged the ssd, but it was still showing the same thing but fortunately pressing f2 did do something this time. The pc shut sown and started back up again, but this time nothing was displaying.

I rebooted the pc multiple times, but it is not showing anything anymore. This is what happens now, after powering the pc on the troubleshoot led for cpu flashes and turns off(normal) next the led for ram flashes and turns off(normal again) next the led for vga or display is suppose to flash and turn off, but that does not happen the vga does not even flash and the pc is not showing anything either. I have removed the cmos to reset the bios and no luck. I problem now is I think somehow the bios have become corrupted cuz of that ssd and I have to flash a bios to fix it which I cant do.

Pls helppp!

Motherboard: msi h610-b
Cpu: i3 12100f
Boot drive: hp ex900
Gpu: 1660super
 
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Motherboard: msi h610-b
Cpu: i3 12100f
Boot drive: hp ex900
Gpu: 1660super

When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

problem now is I think somehow the bios have become corrupted cuz of that ssd and I have to flash a bios to fix it which I cant do.
If the BIOS is indeed corrupt, then you could source a CH341A BIOS programming toolkit and reflash the board's BIOS though please be warned that you will need to verify that the rest of your parts aren't at fault here.

Might want to remove all storages, having merely one stick of ram on slot A1 with your discrete GPU and see if you're able to get display out of your discrete GPU(and essentially POST).
 
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