Help, Bios/nvme

[Jojo56]

Motherboard: ASROCK B450M PRO4

BIOS Version: P3.30 

GPU: Gigabyte 3060

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 

 

I recently bought an nvme drive (Crucial - P3 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 3.0 NVMe) and it isn't working. When I put it in the ultra m.2 my computer just freezes on the boot logo. (All other drives unplugged)

 

I feel as if a bios update might fix this? But I have no idea which one to choose as my CPU is old and probably isn't supported in the new versions. I could use some help figuring out which version to pick 

[Olaf2k4]

what other drives do you have? and what's your current boot drive ? or are you trying to make this one boot ?

[Jojo56]

Just now, Olaf2k4 said:

what other drives do you have? and what's your current boot drive ? or are you trying to make this one boot ?

I have an SSD and an HDD. Both are unplugged during this. All I'm trying to do is be able to get the drive set up. (It's unallocated) but I can't do that since it freezes at the boot screen 

[Jojo56]

Just now, Jojo56 said:

I have an SSD and an HDD. Both are unplugged during this. SSD is my boot drive. All I'm trying to do is be able to get the drive set up. (It's unallocated) but I can't do that since it freezes at the boot screen 

 

[Olaf2k4]

Try disabling secure boot and TPM then attaching the drive . Also it might be helpful to try the P3 in another environment ( pc / enclosure etc) . Is your other SSD and m.2 ? Does this occure in both slots ? 

 

[Jojo56]

2 minutes ago, Olaf2k4 said:

Try disabling secure boot and TPM then attaching the drive . Also it might be helpful to try the P3 in another environment ( pc / enclosure etc) . Is your other SSD and m.2 ?

 

I don't have another environment. Secure boot is off, and my motherboard doesn't have tpm. 

[Jojo56]

4 minutes ago, Olaf2k4 said:

Try disabling secure boot and TPM then attaching the drive . Also it might be helpful to try the P3 in another environment ( pc / enclosure etc) . Is your other SSD and m.2 ? Does this occure in both slots ? 

 

My other SSD is a 2.5 inch drive. I'm only using 1 m.2 port. The other m.2 is sata. If I put it there, it does get past boot screen. But doesn't show up in bios 

[Olaf2k4]

1 minute ago, Jojo56 said:

My other SSD is a 2.5 inch drive. I'm only using 1 m.2 port. 

Try moving it to the bottom slot, also bios v 3.5 should work ok for your as it still retains Summit Ridge compatibility. But I'd try to SSD somewhere else or try it with another SSD. Maybe you can use a friend as a guineapig  

[Jojo56]

5 minutes ago, Olaf2k4 said:

Try moving it to the bottom slot, also bios v 3.5 should work ok for your as it still retains Summit Ridge compatibility. But I'd try to SSD somewhere else or try it with another SSD. Maybe you can use a friend as a guineapig  

LMAO I don't have friends. I'll update to 3.5 and then get back to you 

[Jojo56]

7 minutes ago, Olaf2k4 said:

Try moving it to the bottom slot, also bios v 3.5 should work ok for your as it still retains Summit Ridge compatibility. But I'd try to SSD somewhere else or try it with another SSD. Maybe you can use a friend as a guineapig  

Do I need to install this weird AMD all in 1 vga driver?? How do I do that? Through instant flash? 

[Jojo56]

4 hours ago, Olaf2k4 said:

Try moving it to the bottom slot, also bios v 3.5 should work ok for your as it still retains Summit Ridge compatibility. But I'd try to SSD somewhere else or try it with another SSD. Maybe you can use a friend as a guineapig  

Nope. Updating to 3.5 didn't help. I was able to install windows on it with my laptop though. But it still won't work

[SpookyCitrus]

18 hours ago, Jojo56 said:

I feel as if a bios update might fix this? But I have no idea which one to choose as my CPU is old and probably isn't supported in the new versions. I could use some help figuring out which version to pick 

That's not how bios updates work. Once a CPU is supported in a board it doesn't get un-supported... Update to the newest bios version available and let us know if it works.

 

If you look here at the CPU support list for your specific motherboard your Ryzen 5 1600 is compatible with all available bios versions for it.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/b450 pro4/index.asp#CPU