New Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Setup

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So basically my GA-970A-DS3P(rev 1.0) shorted out on me and I ordered another off amazon only to receive the (2.x) version. I wanted the (rev 1.0) board in hopes that i'd be able to simply reassemble the computer, boot up from my SSD and go. However that isn't the case with this new board and I don't know what steps to take or if that's even possible (should i return it for the rev 1.0 board). Please I cannot wait any longer to get this up and running.

New board is installed, I can boot into the bios but my SSD & CDdrive despite being plugged in and receiving power, don't show up in the bios. SSD is plugged into sata port 0, configured as AHCI, tried port 1 with the same result.

What i'm unsure of still though is, if I get the board to recognize the SSD, given that it has all my old files, os, bios, drivers etc. will I be able boot from it? I'd like to get this to work somehow if it's possible. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.


System specs
CPU: AMD Fx 8320
Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (rev 2.x)
Power Supply: Corsair CX750M
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon R9-290x
RAM: 4x 4gb DDR3 Gskill Ripjaws Z
Storage: 120gb PNY XLR8 SSD


 
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The rev 2.x is simply a newer version of that motherboard; there are usually minimal differences between them and should functionally be the same.

And yes, you can simply plug in your SSD and it should boot, as long as there are no other bootable media attached to the system. If there are multiple drives with OS's, you might have to manually set the boot priority to your SSD.

Now, you have mentioned that the bios does not detect your SSD. Just to make sure, try having only the SSD connected and try to look for it in the bios again. If it really isn't detected, you could try hooking the SSD up to a different system. Since you mentioned you "shorted out" your previous motherboard, it could be possible that your motherboard took your SSD...
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The rev 2.x is simply a newer version of that motherboard; there are usually minimal differences between them and should functionally be the same.

And yes, you can simply plug in your SSD and it should boot, as long as there are no other bootable media attached to the system. If there are multiple drives with OS's, you might have to manually set the boot priority to your SSD.

Now, you have mentioned that the bios does not detect your SSD. Just to make sure, try having only the SSD connected and try to look for it in the bios again. If it really isn't detected, you could try hooking the SSD up to a different system. Since you mentioned you "shorted out" your previous motherboard, it could be possible that your motherboard took your SSD down with it.

 
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Great! The only other bootable media connected but undetected is my CD-drive.

That's assuming the drive is detected though right? These are my only options under "Boot option priorities" (will post picture)

I don't believe it shorted it too only because its LED come on and it 'whirls' but I will try your suggestions nonetheless to be sure. Just to clarify though, my drive should be recognized by my board out of the box? would updating the bios help?
 
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Appreciate the help friend. I tried "UEFI First" & "UEFI Only" but upon reboot still got the "No bootable device is detected message.
 
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Stick with the "UEFI First" option for now.

I feel like the drive might actually be detected, but no master boot record or GUID partition table is being found. Do you have another system that can let you transfer files out of that SSD and onto another drive? You might want to try fresh installing if this isn't working out.

You could also try looking through each of these settings in your bios. Like, what options come up for the "OS type"?
 
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Yes If I need to I can transfer all my data, the options for is type are "windows 8" "windows 8 WHQL" & "other os" currently the setting is other os. I figured this was right since I upgraded to windows 10? I'm in the process of testing the drive on my other pc now, I can try the other options once I confirm the drive is working?

UPDATE: The drive is hooked up to an old family computer, again it's lighting up and whirling but it isn't displayed in disk drives. I'm wondering though if it even would show up given this computers age, the board in question...
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c01701270


 
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Ahh...Set it to Windows 8. This is probably just an older bios; it is labeled as Windows 8, but doesn't mean it actually HAS to be windows 8. Most of the time, everyone interrupts that as meaning Windows 8/10.

Try it out and see what happens.
 
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I tried both the Windows 8 and windows 8 WHQL option, again booted up as no drive detected. :??:

Options:

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I feel like you might want to transfer your files over and give it a go at a refresh install then. Do so with the settings set to Windows 8 and UEFI first. Plug in your bootable USB with windows 10. Boot up your pc and get into the boot menu to select UEFI USB.
 
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I really didn't want to have to do this. I have no way that I know of retrieving the license key on my ssd (computer bought used), but i'll give it a go tomorrow nonetheless. I'll need to use a buddies computer to transfer over my files as the drive isn't showing on this computer. What do I need to do to the drive so that it is ready? format it in anyway? and as for the os on it now?
Appreciate all the help
 
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The licence isn't bound to SSD's or HDD's. The digital licence is bound to the motherboard. if your license was and OEM licence, you might be allowed to transfer it once to another system.

Also, you don't need to do anything to prep, other than transferring your files to a safe place. You can reformat the drive during reinstall.
 
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Took the drive to altec, they weren't able to get the drive to show up either. Presumed dead. Anyhow, the new drive should be here tomorrow. Thanks again for all your help!

New drive arrived and again it isn't detecting. The last thing to rule out besides the mobo of course, is the power connection or psu. Starting with replacing the connection, wish me luck
 
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