optane Optane installation blue screen error

[NickM35]

Hello everyone! This is my first post here. I need some help asap and this is the best place I could think of when it comes to technical assistance by fellow pc users.

 

My problem is quite serious and it goes like this. When I try to install an Optane Module to accelerate my secondary HDD (Seagate Barracuda 2TB with 256MB cache) I get a blue screen with the error report "Inaccesible boot drive"

 

Let's take this from the beginning. My boot drive is a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500BG NVMe SSD installed in port 3 (the one with the heatsink) of my MOBO which is a Z390 MEG ACE with the latest bios (7B12v17 ver.1.70) and when I go to install the Optane module in port 1 (above the GPU) I go through these steps.

 

1. Turn off PC, turn off PSU, unplug PC

2. Go into BIOS and revert it to default. This was suggested by the MSI support but it didn't work. I got the same blue screen again.

3. Follow the MSI support instructions and change the following settings. Note that the manual suggests to just enable Optane Genie which I tried the first time but got the same blue screen

1. W10 WHQL Support set to UEFI
2. MSI fast boot set to Disable
3. Fast Boot set to Enabled
4. SATA Mode set to RAID/Optane
5. M.2 Optane Genie set to Enable
6. M.2_1 RST PCIe Storage Remapping set to Enable
7. M.2_2 RST PCIe Storage Remapping set to Enable

 

After I do those things I save and exit and reboot. I get the same blue screen and hit a dead end.

My only guess so far is that this has something to do with boot order.

That's all gamers. I don't want to own a useless Optane module. Can anybody help please?

 

 

EDIT

Please don't suggest me to use another caching software. Read carefully please. I can't even get into Windows. How can I use another caching software with an Optane module I'm trying to get to work?

If you have any suggestions about BIOS settings then those are welcome.

Thanks

Edited April 30, 2020 by NickM35

[Electronics Wizardy]

Changing the boot mode to optane/rst will change the driver needed to load the os, so it won't boot.

 

Id really either sell the optane or use a different caching software.

 

But otherwise your doing ugly driver fixing, or reinstall after you enabled optane in the bios.

[nick name]

Hello and welcome.

 

Isn't the problem that you're not accelerating the OS drive?  I'm not sure that Optane accelerates (in its native form) other drives.  You can, however, accomplish it with another caching program.  

[NickM35]

I didn't get you man, sorry. Are you saying I shouldn't change SATA Mode to RAID/Optane?

I didn't make any changes to the boot mode per se.

Btw I can't use another caching software. I can't get into Windows mate. Even if I could I'd use the Intel one.

[NickM35]

17 hours ago, nick name said:

Hello and welcome.

 

Isn't the problem that you're not accelerating the OS drive?  I'm not sure that Optane accelerates (in its native form) other drives.  You can, however, accomplish it with another caching program.  

Thanks!

With an 8th gen CPU and a 300 series mobo I can accelerate a secondary HDD. Linus has showed that in a video. I can't use any caching programs at this point. As you've seen I can't get into Windows in the first place.