New Build - Boot issue

[gt1551]

Hey guys, before i get started, to make this easier i shall detail my specs below.

 

PSU: Corsair HX850i

GPU: Asus Strix 1080ti OC edition

CPU: i7-8700k

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X Hero (wifi ac)

SSD: Samsung NVMe SSD 960 PRO M.2 512GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 4tb

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB 3200Mhz

AIO: NZXT kraken x52

Case: Corsair crystal 570x

 

alright so im having 2 problems currently and i believe they have something to do with each other. Everything was going fine (ive done 3-4 builds before), i installed the OS and selected the M.2 drive to use to boot off of. Both issues will be detailed below

1. Whenever I turn on my pc, it goes right to the BIOS boot screen instead of the windows boot screen. I have already fixed the boot order and pretty much the only way i currently get it to boot into windows is by constantly turning it off and on again until it randomly does so.
2. When I am using the pc, i noticed that i can not see my Seagate Barracuda drive when in "my computer", all i see is my m.2 with 400 odd GB of storage left. However i can indeed see it in computer management as a disk 2 of drive (C:). https://gyazo.com/98f08cf16ff3466c63d08989c15694b4 

 

I am thinking I did something stupid, but have no clue how to fix it and would very very much appreciate your help

[suchamoneypit]

16 minutes ago, gt1551 said:

Hey guys, before i get started, to make this easier i shall detail my specs below.

 

PSU: Corsair HX850i

GPU: Asus Strix 1080ti OC edition

CPU: i7-8700k

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X Hero (wifi ac)

SSD: Samsung NVMe SSD 960 PRO M.2 512GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 4tb

RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB 3200Mhz

AIO: NZXT kraken x52

Case: Corsair crystal 570x

 

alright so im having 2 problems currently and i believe they have something to do with each other. Everything was going fine (ive done 3-4 builds before), i installed the OS and selected the M.2 drive to use to boot off of. Both issues will be detailed below

1. Whenever I turn on my pc, it goes right to the BIOS boot screen instead of the windows boot screen. I have already fixed the boot order and pretty much the only way i currently get it to boot into windows is by constantly turning it off and on again until it randomly does so.
2. When I am using the pc, i noticed that i can not see my Seagate Barracuda drive when in "my computer", all i see is my m.2 with 400 odd GB of storage left. However i can indeed see it in computer management as a disk 2 of drive (C:). https://gyazo.com/98f08cf16ff3466c63d08989c15694b4 

 

I am thinking I did something stupid, but have no clue how to fix it and would very very much appreciate your help

can you take a picture of your boot order and maybe connected drives? Could help solve the issue. Sounds like a boot order issue or a bad windows installation that needs to be redone/repaired.

[gt1551]

15 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

can you take a picture of your boot order and maybe connected drives? Could help solve the issue. Sounds like a boot order issue or a bad windows installation that needs to be redone/repaired.

I have my m.2 as my first, my seagate as my second, and the third and the fourth are there cause of the windows 10 media usb key

[suchamoneypit]

6 minutes ago, gt1551 said:

I have my m.2 as my first, my seagate as my second, and the third and the fourth are there cause of the windows 10 media usb key

 

Try making #3 , into #1 in that boot order.

 

I had similar issue on my server because I installed so many OS's and windows version on all my drives.

 

why is the USB still inserted? USB's typically have boot priority.

 

 

[Farden]

6 hours ago, suchamoneypit said:

Try making #3 , into #1 in that boot order.

 

I had similar issue on my server because I installed so many OS's and windows version on all my drives.

 

why is the USB still inserted? USB's typically have boot priority.

 

 

Indeed, don't boot with a bootable USB drive in as the mobo will prioritize that

[gt1551]

@suchamoneypit @Farden

 

i have tried without it. The only times i have been able to enter windows is when i access the boot settings and select boot override and choosing my HDD (while the windows media tool is in). This makes no sense to me, as i installed windows with only my M.2 drive in.

it still wont boot windows and i really dont know what to do.

normally speaking, i should be able to boot off of just my m.2 provided my OS is on it.

 

oh and i better add this in but, i dont have my case yet, i was just trying to get ahead by doing some of my installs before it gets here tomorrow. Doubt this would make a difference but felt like i needed to mention it nonetheless

[Farden]

Have you tampered with any legacy boot options? If your install is EFI and you've set things to legacy you're going to have a bad time.

[Ace McPlane]

Well, I don't know about your M.2 issue.

I haven't had the pleasure of working with one of those yet,

 

but I'd say with your seagate hard drive, you just need to format it and assign it a drive letter in disk management. 

 

[gt1551]

2 hours ago, Farden said:

Have you tampered with any legacy boot options? If your install is EFI and you've set things to legacy you're going to have a bad time.

This is what it says... what do i do?

[Farden]

What options do you have under the PCI-E/PCI drop down? Presumably the m.2 would count as PCI-E as it occupies those lanes. If you can set it to UEFI and see what happens (everything else looks right)

[Farden]

Did you get any further?