I'm having a serious issue with my M.2 drive—it just won't show up at all in either the BIOS or when I'm trying to install Windows 11. It's been frustrating for a couple of days now because I'm unable to get an operating system downloaded. Here are my specs: I'm using an ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac motherboard, and my M.2 NVME drive is a Corsair MP600 PRO LPX. My GPU is a PowerColor Reaper AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT with 16GB GDDR6, and I'm running a Ryzen 5 5600x CPU with a Thermalright Assassin X120 cooler. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
2 Answers
Don't forget to check if you're booting the Windows installer in UEFI mode. Sometimes, that can cause issues with detecting drives, especially if they're NVME. It’s an easy fix once you know where to check in your BIOS settings!
If your M.2 drive isn't appearing in BIOS, it could be an issue with either the drive itself or the M.2 slot on your motherboard. Have you tried reseating the drive? Sometimes, it just needs to be properly connected. Also, do you have another M.2 drive you can test with to see if the slot is working?
I don't have another drive to test. This is actually my first build!
I completely forgot to mention that! I'm actually using the Corsair MP600 PRO LPX drive but I’m not sure how to boot the installer in UEFI mode.