Using SATA Ports Prevents Computer from Booting

[actuallythedog]

Hello Everyone, I really need your help! 

 

Computer Specs:

OS: Windows 10 Pro (Ver. 22H2) 

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x

GPU: Evga 2060

Motherboard: AsRock B450 Steel Series 

Memory:  CORSAIR Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB DDR4 2133 MHz

PSU: EVGA 750w 

 

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 250 GB 512 (M.2) 

Storage 2: Samsung 870 Evo Sata 2.5'' 1TB (SATA SSD) 

Storage 3: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 3.5'' (SATA HDD) 

Storage 4: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 3.5'' (SATA HDD) 

 

My Computer is acting weird. 

 

Basically, If I try to use any of my SATA-connected storage devices the computer does not boot. When I unplug all my SATA devices and have only the M.2 Connected, the computer boots into Windows with no problem. I also cannot get into the BIOS, fast boot is not enabled, and using Windows Recovery to force restart into UEFI does not work either. I was hoping to maybe change boot priority to see if that was the problem but I cannot get into the BIOS. At first, it was just the SSD that was having issues, when that was plugged in, the computer would not boot, as I tried to troubleshoot, the problem got worse and now with any of the SATA drives connected the computer refuses to boot. 

 

Here is what I have already tried: 

• Trying different SATA Ports
• Changed out the SATA Cables
• Force Restart of the entire system

 

I am stuck, this issue happed out of nowhere. I was troubleshooting for 2.5 hours with my very tech-savvy friend and nothing we could think of worked. My fear is that I somehow fried the SATA ports, however, I am writing this on the computer that's broken so I don't think I completely destroyed the computer. Performance has not changed either. If anyone thinks they can help, I am all ears!!! I will be watching this closely, answering any questions that come up. 

 

 

 

 

[Fred Castellum]

You can't get into the Bios at all huh? Have you tried reset the cmos battery? See if you can get into the bios after a cmos battery reset. The sata controller or something else on your motherboard might be dead/dying. 

 

[UnusualDevices]

remove all storage, boot into bios, hot plug sata drives to see if they are recognized.

 

Also, from your manual:

 

Storage

• 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
• 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, sup-
port NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
* M2_2, SATA3_3 and SATA3_4 share lanes. If either one of
them is in use, the others will be disabled