I recently upgraded my PC with a new M.2 SSD for more storage. I did a clean installation of Windows 11, but now my computer won't boot past the motherboard logo. The system powers on, but my monitor shows no signal. I tried reinstalling Windows and formatting the disk, but it hangs at the same point during the installation process. It appears that the issue occurs when it tries to boot from the new SSD since I can see the partial installation in BIOS. I made some BIOS changes, like disabling CSM and secure boot, and switching to 'Other OS' from UEFI, but nothing has worked so far. Could this indicate a faulty SSD? Here are my specs: Motherboard: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING, CPU: AMD 5600X, Old SSD: Crucial P1 500GB, New SSD: Crucial T500 2TB, GPU: RX 6800XT. I also have a HDD connected that has important data but haven't formatted it yet. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Just to clarify, was everything working fine with the new SSD before this issue popped up? Did it boot okay earlier in the week?
I had a similar issue when I upgraded my M.2 SSD. It turned out my motherboard didn't recognize it as a bootable drive at first. What worked for me was to go into BIOS and first disable secure boot, then switch from UEFI to Legacy Boot, save the changes, and restart. After that, I set it back to UEFI and re-enabled secure boot. This allowed my new SSD to be recognized as a boot option properly.
Yes, I had it running smoothly up until three days ago.
Did you manage to boot from the new SSD successfully after those changes?