- Feb 20, 2017
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Hi,
I bought the SAMSUNG 960 PRO 512 GB M.2 SSD and I want to place it in my ASUS Q87M-E mobo to install Ubuntu as main OS. I also have and HDD where I used to run Ubuntu from. To do so I bought a M.2 to PCIe x4 adapter and I plugged it in the 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (yellow) slot.
Then using a UEFI Ubuntu USB stick I installed Ubuntu to the SSD, everything when fine till here. However, the SSD doesn't show up as a boot option. I have tried everything: Updating BIOS, changing value in the CSM BIOS part, UEFI and LEGACY, unplagged power from mobo for long time to reset it, etc.
The only thing I get as a boot option is a "Disabled" option which it is surely the SSD. So I don't know if the mobo can't boot from the PCIe slots? Or it just cannot boot from the NVMe SSD (This should be ok with new BIOS updates I have read)? Is actually Ubuntu the problem, so Windows would work in this case (I really don'y think so...)?
This link here seemed to explain a bit about this issue, but still I have not been able to come up with a solution.
If I buy a M.2 to SATA adapter to plug the NVMe in the SATA slots will it make any difference?
Thank you very much in advance.
I bought the SAMSUNG 960 PRO 512 GB M.2 SSD and I want to place it in my ASUS Q87M-E mobo to install Ubuntu as main OS. I also have and HDD where I used to run Ubuntu from. To do so I bought a M.2 to PCIe x4 adapter and I plugged it in the 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (yellow) slot.
Then using a UEFI Ubuntu USB stick I installed Ubuntu to the SSD, everything when fine till here. However, the SSD doesn't show up as a boot option. I have tried everything: Updating BIOS, changing value in the CSM BIOS part, UEFI and LEGACY, unplagged power from mobo for long time to reset it, etc.
The only thing I get as a boot option is a "Disabled" option which it is surely the SSD. So I don't know if the mobo can't boot from the PCIe slots? Or it just cannot boot from the NVMe SSD (This should be ok with new BIOS updates I have read)? Is actually Ubuntu the problem, so Windows would work in this case (I really don'y think so...)?
This link here seemed to explain a bit about this issue, but still I have not been able to come up with a solution.
If I buy a M.2 to SATA adapter to plug the NVMe in the SATA slots will it make any difference?
Thank you very much in advance.
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