Howdy,
So I am using the following motherboard : Asus H110M-E/M.2 wiith a SSD (SATA 1) and a HDD (SATA 2). Somehow in the BIOS EZ MODE, both my drives are listed under the tab SATA INFORMATION, but only the SSD is detected in Boot Order.
I checked for SATA being enabled under Advanced mode. I switched cables and stuff, tried different plugging into the MOBO. Only the SSD is detected.
So I tried unplugging the SSD to check the HDD alone and, guess what, the HDD was detected in Boot order (but could not be used as such (?) meaning it would only loop in BIOS and not get into Windows), whereas it wasn't when the SSD was plugged in ! So I tried again different combinations, only SSD plugged, only HDD plugged, both but plugged in different ports, etc. etc.
My conclusion is that the BIOS seems to detect only one drive at a time in the Boot order, but when SSD + HDD are connected, both are listed in EZ MODE under SATA INFORMATION, but HDD is not recognized/detected.
I haven't found any AHCI option in my BIOS. I haven't tried removing the CMOS battery yet.
Anyone able with ASUS motherboards could give a little help, here ? My next step is to remove the CMOS battery but maybe I am forgetting something here. The fact that I don't find any AHCI option is strange by itself...
Thanks in advance !
So I am using the following motherboard : Asus H110M-E/M.2 wiith a SSD (SATA 1) and a HDD (SATA 2). Somehow in the BIOS EZ MODE, both my drives are listed under the tab SATA INFORMATION, but only the SSD is detected in Boot Order.
I checked for SATA being enabled under Advanced mode. I switched cables and stuff, tried different plugging into the MOBO. Only the SSD is detected.
So I tried unplugging the SSD to check the HDD alone and, guess what, the HDD was detected in Boot order (but could not be used as such (?) meaning it would only loop in BIOS and not get into Windows), whereas it wasn't when the SSD was plugged in ! So I tried again different combinations, only SSD plugged, only HDD plugged, both but plugged in different ports, etc. etc.
My conclusion is that the BIOS seems to detect only one drive at a time in the Boot order, but when SSD + HDD are connected, both are listed in EZ MODE under SATA INFORMATION, but HDD is not recognized/detected.
I haven't found any AHCI option in my BIOS. I haven't tried removing the CMOS battery yet.
Anyone able with ASUS motherboards could give a little help, here ? My next step is to remove the CMOS battery but maybe I am forgetting something here. The fact that I don't find any AHCI option is strange by itself...
Thanks in advance !
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