- Jun 3, 2017
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I have a Kingston SSD with Windows 10 already installed on it that I've been using in a crappy media PC just fine. My HD on my gaming rig is slow and I don't really need two computers any more so I thought I'd move my SSD from my media PC to my gaming PC.
Problem is, when I try setting my SSD as the boot drive on that computer, windows never starts, I just get that dang blinking cursor mocking me.
That machine as an ASUS sabertooth X58 motherboard. I just recently updated to the latest version of BIOS to rule that out as an issue. I've tried just about every combination I can think of between the different SATA ports and configurations and nothing works. I tried the 6Gb/s port (IDE is the only option supported on that one), tried AHCI, IDE and RAID options on the 3Gb/s ports, tried different SATA ports (there is no 0, only 1). I tried unplugging all other drives so the SSD is the only thing connected, and nothing changes.
I'm at a loss, I don't know what else to try. I've set the BIOS to default settings as well. I poked around on the forums and have seen some other advice given here that has helped other people, but I don't have a CSM option to disable, or secure boot to disable or anything like that. So I'm reaching out, any ideas?
By the way I've confirmed my existing hitachi HD still boots windows 7 just fine in that computer, and I put the SSD back in my media PC and confirmed it is also still working just fine in that environment. So I'm thinking some kind of setting I just need to change or idk yell at ASUS for another BIOS update?
Problem is, when I try setting my SSD as the boot drive on that computer, windows never starts, I just get that dang blinking cursor mocking me.
That machine as an ASUS sabertooth X58 motherboard. I just recently updated to the latest version of BIOS to rule that out as an issue. I've tried just about every combination I can think of between the different SATA ports and configurations and nothing works. I tried the 6Gb/s port (IDE is the only option supported on that one), tried AHCI, IDE and RAID options on the 3Gb/s ports, tried different SATA ports (there is no 0, only 1). I tried unplugging all other drives so the SSD is the only thing connected, and nothing changes.
I'm at a loss, I don't know what else to try. I've set the BIOS to default settings as well. I poked around on the forums and have seen some other advice given here that has helped other people, but I don't have a CSM option to disable, or secure boot to disable or anything like that. So I'm reaching out, any ideas?
By the way I've confirmed my existing hitachi HD still boots windows 7 just fine in that computer, and I put the SSD back in my media PC and confirmed it is also still working just fine in that environment. So I'm thinking some kind of setting I just need to change or idk yell at ASUS for another BIOS update?
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