SSD and HDD wont show in boot priority
- Thread starter Divibal
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First check and make sure your settings in BIOS are showing correctly for AHCI and RAID. Also note in your mainboard manual any potential RAID configurations of the drives. After that, remove all drives except for the drive that is having difficulty showing in Boot Priority. My guess is the SSD, that is having the problem. However, the initial information provided is not quite descriptive enough to verify this.
There should be a main block of SATA ports, and this is generally tied to RAID functionality. There should also be 2 SATA ports labeled SATA 3 & SATA 4. Your mainboard has a m.2 and I have seen some BIOS identify this as SATA1, along with the U.2 being identified as SATA2. This isn't always the case, but that may also help you identify drive order via the SATA cables.
If you're only using SATA drives, then I would recommend connecting your primary drive in SATA3, and connecting the secondary drive in SATA4, or even in the RAID block. However, if you're not using RAID, disable RAID (or choose AHCI Only) in the BIOS and all sockets in the RAID block should work independently.
Typical SATA setup would be primary Drive in SATA3, Optical in SATA4, and any additional drives in the RAID block [Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary, Quinary, etc.] If you want to bypass the problem altogether, you may even consider purchasing a m.2 SSD as your primary and skip all the SATA issues. Not always the quickest when coming to cost feasibility, but something to look forward to in the near future for an upgrade path. Enjoy!
There should be a main block of SATA ports, and this is generally tied to RAID functionality. There should also be 2 SATA ports labeled SATA 3 & SATA 4. Your mainboard has a m.2 and I have seen some BIOS identify this as SATA1, along with the U.2 being identified as SATA2. This isn't always the case, but that may also help you identify drive order via the SATA cables.
If you're only using SATA drives, then I would recommend connecting your primary drive in SATA3, and connecting the secondary drive in SATA4, or even in the RAID block. However, if you're not using RAID, disable RAID (or choose AHCI Only) in the BIOS and all sockets in the RAID block should work independently.
Typical SATA setup would be primary Drive in SATA3, Optical in SATA4, and any additional drives in the RAID block [Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary, Quinary, etc.] If you want to bypass the problem altogether, you may even consider purchasing a m.2 SSD as your primary and skip all the SATA issues. Not always the quickest when coming to cost feasibility, but something to look forward to in the near future for an upgrade path. Enjoy!
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