Baconbaker5000

Do you mean bootable media as in windows installation media on a USB drive or similar? Also, If I turn M.2 genie back on and change AHCI mode to RAID, would that fix the problem? because if I did have a RAID volume on there then that would make it detectable, right? Or would just plain reinstalling windows and wiping everything on that disk fix it? I backed everything up important already.

I did, and it gives me the option of reinstalling windows by deleting apps or deleting everything. I'm alright with doing either but I'm not sure if it's necessary at this point or if that's even the problem. I wouldn't want to if that's not the issue.

my original boot drive is first in the order. is there anything else that needs to change there?

Hi all, I recently bought a new 1TB M.2 SSD on top of my boot M.2 (both Samsung 970 Evo) and when I installed the new one I received an "M.2 Genie Error" instead of booting to Windows. Some people on this forum helped me and told me to turn off M.2 Genie, because that feature was only there for creating RAID arrays (in which I'm quite sure I hadn't). After doing so, my PC gave the message "Reboot and select proper boot device". I think it was trying to boot from my new SSD, so I placed my boot drive first in boot priority like it was before. Yet for some reason, when rebooting with my original boot drive, it tries to boot once, restarts, and then goes to automatic repair. It didn't wipe my drive, did it? I backed everything important before because I knew it was risky but I don't know what's still on there. Do I have to reinstall windows? Is anything still on there? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

So I turned off M.2 Genie with the new drive installed, but when I saved my changes in BIOS and rebooted it started boot looping. changing the boot priority to any other drive before my old M.2 (the boot drive) gives the error "Reboot and select proper boot device". I tried removing the new drive yet my PC still boot loops. it's on AHCI mode and M.2 Genie is off. The only trace of windows is it "Preparing Automatic Repair" and then bringing me to that menu where I can boot off of a disk or USB or go back into BIOS. To put it simply, am I screwed?

Good to know, I will try that, and thank you very much!

Hi all, I recently bought a new 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus on top of my already existing 500GB drive (which is currently the boot drive). However, after being installed in my MSI Z390 gaming edge motherboard, when I boot up my PC I get an error screen that says "M.2 Genie Error". I can go to BIOS and I've found other videos that have a similar problem, but none that help. One video said to turn off M.2 Genie, however when I try to do this it says any existing M.2 drives could have their data lost. These are the things I have tried thus far: - Reseating the disk - Resetting CMOS - Changing the SATA ports my other hard drives are on (potentially freeing up those slots for M.2) Would I be best turning M.2 Genie Off? I'm not sure what it does, but I would only turn it off if there were no other options, because when I try to it gives me this: "Disable M.2 Genie would cancel RAID mode in this system, It could cause the data lost. Please make sure you already backup all the important data before you proceed to disable M.2 Genie." Or should I do something along the lines of creating a "RAID" volume? I've heard a little bit about that in my research but not sure if it's necessary. Thanks.

Alright, so I reseated the M.2 Drive, no dice, reset CMOS, no dice, and moved drives connected to SATA 1 and 2 to 3 and 4, and still no luck. I'm still receiving the same "M.2 Genie Error". Would I be best turning M.2 Genie Off? I'm not sure what it does, but I would only turn it off if there were no other options, because when I try to it gives me this: "Disable M.2 Genie would cancel RAID mode in this system, It could cause the data lost. Please make sure you already backup all the important data before you proceed to disable M.2 Genie." Should I do something along the lines of creating a "RAID" volume? I've heard a little bit about that in my research but not sure if it's necessary.

Oh, I see, okay. I'll try installing the M.2 again and see if that's the issue. SATA 1 and 2 are currently being used on the board, and when I installed the first M.2 there was nothing conflicting with those ports, but if reseating it doesn't do the trick then is there anything stopping me from moving my two SATA connections down to 3 and 4? Would they automatically be detected without any problems? They are connected to a SATA SSD and a hard drive respectively. (I also saw a video with the same M.2 genie error that reset CMOS by removing the motherboard battery temporarily, I might try that as well) Thanks for the help.

The M.2 I just installed is in the bottom (and last) slot on the motherboard. How would I go about resetting the M.2? are you talking about wiping the one with windows on it and reinstalling it?

Hi all, I recently bought a new 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus on top of my already existing 500GB drive (which is currently the boot drive). However, after being installed in my MSI Z390 gaming edge motherboard, when I boot up my PC I get an error screen that says "M.2 Genie Error". I can go to BIOS and I've found other videos that have a similar problem, but none that help. One video said to turn off M.2 Genie, however when I try to do this it says any existing M.2 drives could have their data lost. Even worse, the drive is not even detected in the 2nd M.2 slot when I check in BIOS. Any ideas? the first M.2 drive I installed worked fine, and it's the exact same brand and type aside from the size. Thanks for any help.

thanks, this really helped. i thought something was very wrong

Its the MSI P55A-G55. i had a choice between plugging in a 8 pin connector, and a 2 4-pin connector. i plugged in the 8 pin as shown in research. should i have gone for the 2 4-pin connector? just now, it stopped blinking and has remained on, but it didn't do this in the old case.

i recently switched my PC to a different case. i plugged everything back in, it turns on fine, everything is working as normal. but there is a blue blinking light in the top left corner. it seems to have no pattern to its blinking whatsoever. any ideas of what this is? this light was not blinking in the old case. it could be something with the BIOS settings, but i just don't know what. also, is this an issue? is this some sort of warning light? thanks.