Bullitt
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- Sep 28, 2004
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I'm at my wits end here. I've had this system for many years, its been extremely rock solid since its system build but I'm running into an issue that I just can't wrap my head around.
System:
MSI Z77A-GD65 Bios v.8.1.50.1456 (most current)
Intel I7-3770K (not overclocked)
32GB Corsair RAM DDR3-1600
Sandisk Ultra-II 480GB SSD - Attached to Intel SATA-3 Controller port 0
Toshiba platter drive -- Attached to Intel Sata-3 Controller port 1
With this configuration, this system just works. I upgraded from a 250gb SSD about a year ago, did a fresh install of Win10 (not upgrade) to the current Sandisk 480gb drive. All is good. The old 250 SSD was sitting in my parts bin.
I have this old 250gb SSD that I was going to install on the Asmedia Sata3 ports on the motherboard, but when I do that, the system will boot, but not load to the OS. The system POSTs correctly, the drives are recognized in the BIOS correctly, but it will not load the operating system. When I unplug the extra drive from the ASmedia controller, all is well. The system boots to the operation system without a hitch.
Using the Windows disk manager snap-in and an external USB->SATA converter, I have deleted all volumes off the secondary SSD, removed existing partitions, and formatted to NTFS. When I plug this drive into the ASmedia controller, I the system will just not boot to the OS. I've attempted to force the BIOS into using the specific Sandisk Ultra-II using the boot options and manual boot (F11 in this case) option upon startup, but it just won't hit the OS with this secondary drive installed.
What am I missing here?
System:
MSI Z77A-GD65 Bios v.8.1.50.1456 (most current)
Intel I7-3770K (not overclocked)
32GB Corsair RAM DDR3-1600
Sandisk Ultra-II 480GB SSD - Attached to Intel SATA-3 Controller port 0
Toshiba platter drive -- Attached to Intel Sata-3 Controller port 1
With this configuration, this system just works. I upgraded from a 250gb SSD about a year ago, did a fresh install of Win10 (not upgrade) to the current Sandisk 480gb drive. All is good. The old 250 SSD was sitting in my parts bin.
I have this old 250gb SSD that I was going to install on the Asmedia Sata3 ports on the motherboard, but when I do that, the system will boot, but not load to the OS. The system POSTs correctly, the drives are recognized in the BIOS correctly, but it will not load the operating system. When I unplug the extra drive from the ASmedia controller, all is well. The system boots to the operation system without a hitch.
Using the Windows disk manager snap-in and an external USB->SATA converter, I have deleted all volumes off the secondary SSD, removed existing partitions, and formatted to NTFS. When I plug this drive into the ASmedia controller, I the system will just not boot to the OS. I've attempted to force the BIOS into using the specific Sandisk Ultra-II using the boot options and manual boot (F11 in this case) option upon startup, but it just won't hit the OS with this secondary drive installed.
What am I missing here?