SSD Boot drive not showing in BIOS but Windows Boots Fine. (SOLVED)

EpicSurvivor

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BIOS Is not showing my Boot drive SSD but it does recognize the 2TB Storage HDD. When I check the SATA it shows that its Active and it shows the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB but its not showing in the BOOT option in BIOS.

I don't have a clue what to do. Everything works fine. Being using the Computer with no issues for 3 months now. No idea what I can do. I need to see my SSD IN BIOS for something I need to do.
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Darren

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Change your storage boot option on the bottom from UEFI and see if it comes up.
 
EpicSurvivor

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EpicSurvivor said:
So set it to legacy? I thought this would make the computer not work properly? I'll go ahead and do it. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Isn't it crazy? its not under the BOOT Option once you enter the BIOS but oddly enough its showing the SSD as Boot option when you enter the menu from start up instead of entering the menu through BIOS by pressing the F12 Key for Boot Option. So strange, but its there.

Appreciate the help, no idea what could be doing this or why lol so strange.
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TheRealSwede

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I think you need to plug the SSD that you want to boot from into SATA 0 (zero) or SATA 1 (one).
Due to the fact that few motherboards are able to boot to devices plugged into higher SATA connectors than SATA 3.. (4 and above are usually not available in boot options)

And the disks should be set in AHCI-mode for better performance and function.
And it´s good to connect the disks in a logical way:
1:st SATA connector = boot disk,
2:nd SATA-connector = storage disk,
3:d SATA-connector =DVD, etc.
 
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johnb35

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What bios revision is installed? The latest is F22I, I would contact gigabyte to see if they would require another bios update.
 
EpicSurvivor

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TheRealSwede said:
I think you need to plug the SSD that you want to boot from into SATA 0 (zero) or SATA 1 (one).
Due to the fact that few motherboards are able to boot to devices plugged into higher SATA connectors than SATA 3.. (4 and above are usually not available in boot options)

And the disks should be set in AHCI-mode for better performance and function.
And it´s good to connect the disks in a logical way:
1:st SATA connector = boot disk,
2:nd SATA-connector = storage disk,
3:d SATA-connector =DVD, etc.
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Will really keep this in mind it makes a lot of sense. Where do you see the AHCI-Mode? I don't see it.

johnb35 said:
What bios revision is installed? The latest is F22I, I would contact gigabyte to see if they would require another bios update.
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Not sure if its F22I But I am pretty sure its latest johnb35

The issue is resolved for me now not the best way but I found a work around.
Thank you all.
 
TheRealSwede

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EpicSurvivor said:
Will really keep this in mind it makes a lot of sense. Where do you see the AHCI-Mode? I don't see it.
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Usually you have some option to choose between: Legacy IDE, IDE-mode etc. and AHCI-mode!

I have no idea how it looks in your BIOS (UEFI), but you may download the manual for the motherboard, This is usually somewhere in the beginning (where they talk about the BIOS and its functions..) Sorry I can´t help you more!
 
EpicSurvivor

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TheRealSwede said:
Usually you have some option to choose between: Legacy IDE, IDE-mode etc. and AHCI-mode!

I have no idea how it looks in your BIOS (UEFI), but you may download the manual for the motherboard, This is usually somewhere in the beginning (where they talk about the BIOS and its functions..) Sorry I can´t help you more!
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Sure its no problem I'll take a look. I only see UEFI and Legacy tho that's why I was curious.

Thank you very much.
 
johnb35

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I would highly recommend putting the SSD on the SATA 0 or 1 connector. Then put any DVD drives on the next port. So if you have an SSD, HDD, DVD drive, put SSD on Sata 0, HDD on Sata 1 and DVD on Sata 2
 
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