asus m5a99x evo r2.0 wont recognize dvd/cd rom as a boot device

drmick

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Jan 2, 2014
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I have a fresh build here. The bios recognizes my SSD but not my dvd/cd drive. I have been up and down the bios with no resolution. Any help would be appreciated!
 
Solution
Put SSD on SATA Port #1
Put Optical Drive on SATA 5 or 6

Go to SATA Configuration in the BIOS
Change SATA Ports5-Port6 from [AHCI] to [IDE]
Save and Exit BIOS.

clutchc

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I had that same problem once with a Gigabyte MB and one other that I can't remember the manufacturer of.
When connecting a SATA Optical drive to the SATA ports, I found that sometimes they won't be 'bootable' plugged into the 1st set of ports on the M/B if those ports are set as AHCI. If possible, move the optical drive to a set of SATA ports you can change to IDE.