Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S4:E3

[@zrkn1]

Anybody that has built PC's knows exactly how you felt on this one, good job holding back the rage LOL. Off camera must have gotten exciting. Very nice build!

[@GuidoDePalma]

yeah but drives not seen from bios has never happened to me... probably because i never used software raid

[@ElTeeger]

I’ve ran into other issue but this never with software bios

[@Dashcam-Media]

Happened to me when I got a new case and AIO cooler, rebuild mine a couple of times thinking I got something wrong. after 3 times of rebuilding, it finally checked the drives and I was able to boot in

[@adamtajhassam9188]

Small tip 4 greg bro- always have nvme driver on hand :) WATCHING THIS I have the exact same board :) same issue took me 9 hours to figure out

[@ilijazafirov4192]

@@GuidoDePalma it has happened to me a couple of times on drives that were new and weren't initialized, never happened to drives that were initialized

[@zr0dfx]

He had NVME Raid turned on in the bios. Which is why you needed to install the drivers. You could have turned it off or reset the bios to factory. It’s a puzzler for sure! 😅 great video

[@jaghine]

Does that not get reset on Clear CMOS...? If not, good catch.

[@SiliconPower74]

@@jaghine it should be. However, nowadays you cant trust brands to do sht right.

[@petergplus6667]

@@SiliconPower74 GNexus said there where BIOS versions that didn't wipe Voltage settings maybe this bug is bigger than assumed.

[@yodaddy719]

exactly man, I've ran into this issue so much. I was yelling at my screen wishing I could help him out lol.

[@Jay_kaying]

Ohhhh! 🙀

[@yodaddy719]

as a computer tech, I've ran into this problem a few times. In my experience, a good place to check would be in the SATA operation in the BIOS. Make sure that RAID is disabled and AHCI is selected if RAID isn't supported. I've gotten that blue screen with INACCESSABLE DEVICE so many times lol, this has saved my life many times. It's not always the case, but just something good to check on the list.

[@anthonycochran6492]

Greg, I really love this series! I have been out of the PC building game since about 2005, and this series has been invaluable in gearing up for my new build. Hardware troubleshooting was always a weak point in my knowledge, but Fix or Flop has really helped. I'm back to being the 'Tech Support Guy' for my group of friends...and I have to say it feels good. Keep up the good work.

[@GregSalazar]

I appreciate it, Anthony!

[@notrixamoris3318]

​@@GregSalazar Hi Greg I am sorry but can you so a super cheap PC BUILD using i3 13th gen and Intel ARC A380. I know it is not good but is it fine enough I mean 8GB RAM is not enough in todays standards but that build should work but is it really enough for aomeone to build it...

[@Gyffen1971]

@@GregSalazar During your Video near the end at around 16:27 to 17:00 there was a Hum that was being picked-up with your Mic when you moved near your Portable Screen. I don't know if, you noticed it or not. Also, Your series is Great! Believe me it is a pain when working on PC's that have "problem(s)" and i use that loosely because there can be multi-problems that are caused by just 1 thing! Sometime that resolves the rest of the problems but, not always! Repairing PC's does take a lot of time but, is worth the effort!

[@Ladioz]

Greg you're a legend. Troubleshooting takes real patience, the fix is a huge reward and a pleasure for us to watch. Cheers

[@bobbymoss6160]

I just have a feeling that some people have the worst luck when it comes to PC and technology. Thank God there are people like Greg who take pleasure in fixing these issues.

[@MrNota500]

Its more of a lack of PC knowledge and common sense. The owner spent all the money to make it look good but didn't add fans to provide air flow to cool components. Also the choice to go with an AIO if you are not savvy enough to identify a pump failure is a bad choice imo. Also wedging the block against the RAM is clearly not smart. Their is no such thing as luck, things happen for reasons.

[@SiliconPower74]

​@@MrNota500 Agree, however a lot of brands overlook some parts of the desing that could end up with issues like... Asus making those big VRM heatsink that are too close to the socket. NZXT with his nonsense USB. Microsoft for not including the IRST drivers that almost every intel computer needs. These issues are no challenge for a advance user but for lacking user, could be a wall that cant overcome

[@Mr.Ren96]

I can't stress how helpful this series is, I work as feild engineer fixing/ diagnosing issues with ATMs/Slot machines and betting terminals. Although it is just PCs focused, there are some similarities when it comes to these machine I work on but at the end of the day they are computers. I appreciate how I can take away the concept of each of these videos and apply them to work. Can honestly say this series has helped me so much with my job. Thank you so much Greg, keep up the good work man loving the videos 👍❤️

[@1Mrstephen]

Just found your channel yesterday I think. I’ve been watching nonstop… you make approaching builds doable and not so damns scary. I appreciate this greatly. My set up is older for sure and works fine for playing FFXIV and some others but I so am going to start setting $ aside to start my first build.

[@Woad25]

Good luck with the build when you get the money! :)

[@NYCamper62]

That was a nice clean system, glad you were able to solve the issue. I'd bet the owner was relieved & grateful.

[@inmitch]

So fun and informative to watch someone else do the absolute most difficult part of building a PC... troubleshooting. Thanks for these.

[@RVail623]

Might be best practice when working on a system repair to: first select "load default bios settings" (or simply clear the CMOS settings), re-boot, then double-check that the CSM setting is set to "off", and set to AHCI mode (instead of Raid mode). Raid mode setting should never default to "on". There is a set of DOS commands that may be useful: 1. Boot from the Windows installer USB thumb drive 2. Navigate to CMD prompt 3. Type "disk part" 4. Type "select disk X" where X=disk number 5. Type "clean" Note: for system data safety, only have the one target drive connected, so as to not unintentionally mess with any secondary drive.

[@justinsane332]

this is one of the best series on computer troubleshooting...never really know what is going to happen, and as a copier tech, who also builds computers once in a while, its great.

[@edwinwelch1946]

I have never missed a video and Im still never missing a video. Glad to see a new upload

[@GregSalazar]

I greatly appreciate that, Edwin!

[@edwinwelch1946]

@@GregSalazar btw i use a similar style case the ASUS GT 502 white. I ended up taking the stickers off the fans for a cleaner look because it looked weird having the stickers showing the details.

[@Zinkhal1]

17:40 thats what i love here you often dont just fix the problem and call it a day if there is anything that could lead into some problems even if it means to add some parts or "just" connect some cables or manage them to look as good as possible

[@lankyman5313]

as soon as you said "make sure you dont power off your system" (10:50) my phone died so now im watching on my laptop lol

[@zMeul]

you need the VMD driver because the VMD controller is enabled in the BIOS - either load the VMD driver in the OS install or disable the VMD in the BIOS

[@Mave-rick]

Exactly. This reminds me of the transition from IDE to AHCI, Windows didn't have built-in AHCI drivers, so you needed a Floppy Disk or CD-ROM with AHCI drivers to install Windows. Neither Windows 10/11 have drivers for Intel VMD built-in, so before installation, as shown in the video, you'll need to provide drivers so Windows Install can see the drive you want to install to.

[@ryangilson9391]

Greg your series has given me the ability to troubleshoot and do some of the easier and a few more advanced repair steps. Your content is amazing and I have helped several friends now with basic problems they have been having with their PC's.... Now if I could only do good cable management...

[@hahagager]

Corsair coolers come with right angle micro usb cables to the block should have tried one of those

[@AZFlyingCook]

I just finished my first build in literally over a decade (I call it my midlife crisis build, went as all-in as I could afford). Watching your videos really added to my confidence doing my first water cooled build. As for the AIO USB cable, the one with an actual screen just adds the USB header to that wire bundle, a lot smarter. Thank you for all the very useful info!

[@SwampFox178]

A good day so far just got better! Love fix or flop!

[@pbjames]

Starting off with the DMs, oh boy this is gonna be a ride

[@Faith.in.His.Grace.]

I had never even heard of the intel rst vmd driver. Where is the intel rst vmd driver being installed onto, the motherboard?

[@tuxpowerpc]

Definitiely a lesson learned on this one. Kudos to a great job Greg!

[@WornArsenic]

This series has made me so thankful that I didn’t run into any of these problems when I built my first gaming PC. Only strange thing that happened was my 4080 super came with a 3 PCIe to 12VHPWR adapter & 2 would plug in but the 3rd one wouldn’t for the life of me. I just bought a Cablemod cable & since then my PC hasn’t had any issues.

[@gregfisher216]

A great video Greg! Windows media creation tool is not without it's hiccups! I recently did a clean install of Windows on my computer from Windows 10 Pro and it was a nightmare ! I had go back on Microsoft's site and download another media creation tool on a USB drive and start over ,maybe it was about the third start over. I like the way you never gave up and how patient you were .We can all learn from this example.

[@KuntMane]

That was actually my first thought, the driver, at my work I've had to do this to multiple Lenovo PC's to get them to boot up. Good stuff man, I'm really happy I found this channel.

[@jdmcs]

11:39 “NVMe has left the chat.” This one’s unfortunate timing of the SSD failing, along with a DIMM not making good contact, after fixing a fan power issue, was a bit painful. I’m no stranger to building computers and I’d have probably needed a sanity check on this one… glad you got this one fixed!

[@CybrJames]

Great job with troubleshooting. I am on the older side, and I recall the days back with Windows NT when you had to load the driver like you did to see the hard drives. RAID (SCSI) was the worse. Once again, great job.

[@Notsoderpy]

i just built my first pc and i cant get anything to power up, when i turn on the psu nothing happends can you help?

[@1MiketheMechanic]

@Greg Salazar Hey Greg a couple of things about newer ASUS boards and the issues you were having. If you would have reset the BIOS it probably would have fixed your problems with the drive detection. The other thing you could have done is switched to EZMODE(F7) and turned Intel RST off (it is available in advanced mode but buried). This enables the RAID controller when on and all drives, including NVME, are under the RAID controller even when not set as a RAID drive. Most modern ASUS and Gigabyte (and probably others) motherboards don't show changes with certain items like drives until a reboot. If you were to turn off Intel RST the drive still would not show in BIOS until the reboot. Hope that helps if you run into similar problems in the future.

[@TheXeroLink]

Thank you so much for this series. I love learning and you do an excellent job teaching

[@GregSalazar]

I appreciate the support!

[@jakeisrad6]

Just finished building my first PC and the fix or flops series helped a lot along with the other informative videos. Thanks Greg.

[@luvingyouu]

at first when you were installing the fans I thought it would look realy ugly but it honestly came out well and looks like a yin and yang design. Very pretty pc for a first time builder and maybe their first custom pc

[@xsAMOR]

As good as the fans are, there are also those ugly bequiet stickers on them. I would definately put some black-cirlcled ones over original (or peel them off), because they mess up all the looks. And if they aren't positioned in perfect center spot, you have "concentricity error".

[@luvingyouu]

@@xsAMOR yeah that is true, especially the back stickers you see. I understand the front facing fan having sticks on it but I just wish they would give their own blank stickers included to put over the back ones that will be seen in the case. I doubt they'd want you covering the logo though so unlikely you'll get extra stickers to do that

[@kousikadhikary]

How did you get to the Driver option? Internet needed?

[@MrPruske]

14:35 you might be missing drivers for the gen 4 ssds, you can manually point to the folder the files are in if you put them on your install drive or a second flashdrive, or you can update your windows installation media, it might not have as up to date drivers installed, plus less updating when you are done.

[@MrPruske]

if that was the users boot media, probably more likely

[@jallen418]

I am binging your videos. I have had to install drivers to get drives to be recognized, but this is back when every mobo came with a driver cd, and it was standard to have a cdrom drive, which are now archaic. Love your videos. Its awesome you get to do what you love and get paid for it. I love troubleshooting.

[@victorm316]

Thanks Greg for the video. I just finished a build with the same case. Wish you would show how you fixed it and what you did. Installing the drivers.

[@luisneves210]

I am so happy with this video!!! I had exactly the same issue with a Kingston NV2 2tb gen 4.0 in my PC (Ryzen 7 5800x MB MSI Carbon Max Wifi x570s). The NVME worked fine on two other Intel platforms (different from each other) so i gave the SSD to my son and bought a new from Crucial and no problem after that. The OS was in another drive, this one was meant to be a secondary disk in my PC... there are mysteries in this area 🤪🤣

[@Leokyriacou14]

Never clicked so fast :) one of my favourite channel on youtube . Regards all the way from Cyprus/Europe Greg :)

[@ianmcleod6428]

I just keep learning something new. Thank you!

[@michaelthompson9798]

I had this issue going back to one of my old Intel builds for my itx 4790k pc needing a software driver to see my storage drive on my Z97 motherboard 👎😡which I needed to download separately from Asus website and install via separately usb while installing my Win7 OS🫣🤔. These series are a treasure trove of knowledge invaluable to any pc user / builder imo. Great work on these series Greg🥰😇💪. Cheers buddy 🥂🍻

[@jessemcclintic]

This fixed my problem... been on a headache past 3 days.... thank youuuuuuuuu

[@MurpheeLaw]

I have had this issue. It was the Drive controller on the board. I had to change it in the BIOS. Othewise the drive controller on the drive is dead. I also had to install those drivers. Back in Jan/Feb. I had multiple fsilures and almost had you work on my machine. But I had to replace a drive (I got one of those 980 Pro 2TB with the bad firmware, which was NOT conne ted to my board controller issue. I spent nearly 2 weeks trying to figure out the issue, when I had 3 issues. Windows 11 is garbage out of the box. You have to install a lot of minor things manually, and NOBODY tells you that. You have to go through this process like you did. Good job Greg!

[@Nataz06]

This was a great one! I haven't seen this issue happen before so it was fun to learn this!!! Thanks Greg!

[@ericb6309]

I like those Lightning fans - I put two 140 mm fans as front intakes in my Fractal North case so the circular RGB would provide a nice subtle backlighting to the North’s front wood paneling.

[@justamerewizard]

I love these videos most of the time I learn something new from you and the people that share their input in the comments. Which is nice since I will be getting into IT soon.

[@jaymietreadwell]

Slipping a little there Greg! Intel Rapid Storage Technology Drivers are amongst the first things I install into the system during Windows installs, regardless of the RAID config, AHCI vs NVMe modes, etc

[@zellar1]

Great! This is a little different fix video. M.2 issues, ram slot issue...etc. Love these videos! Thank you Greg

[@brandonbeasley1825]

Haha, I knew it! Reinstalling Windows onto Intel platforms that had the 12th gen processors had this issue where you had to install the VMD Controller. This gets wiped when you delete the partitions to reinstall. Thankfully, a quick Googling told me this lil secret. Great job finding that out!

[@ParTravels]

I love these series. I missed them. It has been too long since the last post

[@gtanner3592]

Great work as always, Ive built 7 PC's over the years. I always learn something from your video's. Thanks for the info!

[@thepoliticalstartrek]

He may have set the NVME slot to Optane Mode. That would explain why you had to load the Intel Drivers.

[@MrPruske]

7:35 if you really needed to, you can heat the cable up a little to allow it to bend a few more millimeters, i have alsoremoved some strain reliefs in the past too

[@ilijazafirov4192]

I have used new and old/used SSDs initialized and non initialized NVMEs, and HDDs on at least a couple of dozen builds made from scratch, I have never had this kind of issue where I needed to install drivers for the drives, it would have certainly made me crazy to troubleshoot this kind of issue. The most viable solution for the micro USB connector will be a 90 degree microUSB adapter if it can fit, if not then replacement cable. The build with the extra fans installed looks amazing, you did a great job!

[@raceclubboyz7512]

I had the same issue on my rig to fix it I just ran the rad tubes to the front of the case helped relieve tension on the far left ram stick

[@JTimbo007]

3:14 Do you need to plug in both cables in the 2 slots on the top left corner or is 1 enough? It's called Dubbele ProCool II right?

[@kashiffcollins5554]

paused at 12:00 its not a corrupted drive just bios does not support the drive or the windows installation. I have had that issue happen many times and i have had to do media creation alot of times so now i have 2 flash drives just for this particular issue

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

12:20 my initial reaction the setting was on RAID instead of AHCI, this is something Dells are really bad at (since a lot of their laptops and at least older desktops) are installed with RAID by default. However some of the HP laptops I think are permanently stuck on RAID since there’s no option in bios I typically always reinstall with AHCI even though there are some commands to covert from RAID to AHCI by booting into safe mode simply because fresh install+I don’t want to deal with it down the road. Love to see this happen in this series

[@pgo0263]

15:10 well, you know that now its sucks but its asus and i have the same issue with my mainboard B560M-A gen11. eveytime i need my driver for fresh installing windows😑

[@tdooz8400]

I'll keep this one in mind for the future if I'm having this sort of issue. Thanks for always posting these videos they are immensely helpful to build knowledge.

[@tyrobertson]

Awesome. I love watching you troubleshoot!!

[@umblapag]

"post a picture" - adorable 😁

[@robertmacdonald345]

You are a Good man Greg, This is why I enjoy your channel.

[@oMeGa0122]

Good video 👍🏻, A tip, I ran into this when I was trying to use the windows recovery environment WRE, no drive will show up even though I can boot normally into Windows and see all the drives. I scouted the internet for months not finding any post or thread mentioning that. The problem is with RTS aka IRS aka IRTS, Intel Rapid Storage Technology. Even with RTS drivers installed sometimes you cannot see the drives. And Asus always tend to have it on by default on their motherboards. The solution was just to turn it off in BIOS and then your BIOS will see all the drives. I'm loving this series and im currently watching the entire if it.

[@toxin3596]

Hay greg i always loved your video mostly this fix or flop series

[@galvinon]

I too have an Asus z690 board and for some reason intel RST is auto enabled by the bios I had to disable RST and then the PC was able to detect the drives and boot without the need for the intel RST driver in the Windows setup also when you update the Bios it will re-enable RST as for why Asus has this on by default? Maybe it was for Intel Octane when it did exist that is my guess

[@celalettinaltinisik9994]

i have been came across the same issue when i get my new laptop last year. Surprisingly that method solved the problem for me too.

[@sabkafather]

i learn so much from your videos. Thank You !

[@ZipplyZane]

I was expecting that you'd still order the right angle USB cable, since there still is some pressure on the DIMM. Do you not think there is likely to be any long term issues with that?

[@rbuschy]

Having recently faced this very same problem, I could have saved you some time. I too, like others in the comments thought it was a RAID issue, since I was transfering a drive that was part of an Optane Raid Array. Soon as I put that drive back into the original PC, it booted right up, but in the new PC I got the exact same issues you did. Turns out the fix was super simple. Turn off the stupid Intel Rapid Storage setting in the BIOS. Seems that if you don't have the driver installed in the OS (clean instal) it does not see it (wont boot from it). As soon as I turned off Rapid Storage in the BIOS, booted into Windows, installed all the mobo drivers and software, the problem went away. I could turn Rapid Storage back on in the BIOS and still boot without issue ever since. Also, like you, I had never seen this before. BIOS would see the drive, but any instillation software, and I tried MANY, would not see the drive at all.

[@bart8097]

Had this exact same issue with my nvne drive and older motherboard. Glad it's back up and running!

[@BadDayGaming]

I had the same problems when trying to build my computer with a Asus b550 ROG. The heat sync at the top was too close so I couldn't mount the radiator to the top of the case and the side heat sync was too close for me to mount the cooler to the CPU

[@erichagen3617]

I have the newer Karen Z73, they resolved the tubing pivots, changed the micro USB input, and made thinner cables. It didn’t come with RGB/ARGB fans though…..

[@thakillers]

I am at 14:33, is raid mode enabled? You can create a raid drive option, so..

[@kylianthehylian]

I had the exact same issue with my NZXT cooler fitting my board. My solution was to zip tie the cables as tightly together as I possibly could and squash them as close to the cooler as possible. May look into a different cooler in the future.

[@Cinematic_Jesse]

Another great learning episode 👏 thank you Greg for sharing! I've learned so much from watching you troubleshoot / build these complex rigs. Keep up the great work, I look forward to the next one.

[@mahdidadashpour]

I was literally yelling install rst driver. I had this problem multiple times. Good job 👍

[@Vgk_gamingtv]

Greg , u r amazing . I am watching Fix or Flop playlist for 3rd or 4th time.....all the videos . Good job

[@geoffroberts3065]

Like to learn something new every day , noticed the issue at bios, but would have never have though of installing drivers that to you used to fix it good tip and diagnostic.

[@saalihzorqane611]

Had the same issue when building my rig. M.2 drive didn’t show up. I had a SSD installed as well and luckily that one was picked up and I installed windows on there. Later on in disk management I noticed the m.2 was unallocated. Had to format and allocate the drive and then move all my files and windows to the m.2 and then reset my backup SSD. Ridiculously frustrating. I’m not sure why but I don’t think m.2 shows up before you get into windows and allocate the drive

[@mattdiego9000]

I had the same problem before while building my friend's pc. After a few hours of checking, the ssd was faulty. had a new replacement, works like a charm.

[@dogface313]

love this series and how helpful it is for troubleshooting

[@nebiyousolomon5282]

you learn something new every day thanks for teaching us and entertaining us keep it up props to you

[@Fender178]

I know how you feel Greg. With My Dad's older Precision T3600 I had to load drivers for the SAS ports in order for them to act like normal SATA ports into the Windows setup in order to see the hard drives. And With an older Windows Server 2003 server I had to load drivers for the RAID card or I would end up getting a BSOD via USB floppy drive. Very frustrating. Also very recently with the same T3600 my dad did some tinkering with it and some how his boot drive had a loose SATA connector and it was making his PC act weird until he restarted the PC and he ended up getting a BSOD with the same error message and it was caused by the loose cable it was loose enough to cause a problem but not for the BIOS to see the drive connected and after he plugged the connector back in it fixed his issue.

[@shaunakdsilva]

A quick Google search had fixed this issue for me when I saw that a Asus laptop also was not listing any drives in the windows Installer. You need the Intel RST drivers to be installed for the drive to be visible.

[@Deathgrip113]

Had a similar issue when I helped my friend build his PC. M.2 worked in my system but wouldn’t show in his. Tried all boot options and even the RST and still nothing. Sent the drive back and got another brand and it worked immediately. Was SUPER frustrating though so I feel your pain lol

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Excellent job on this fix. Keep up the Great work :).

[@jawnTem]

I've had this issue with windows installations in the past with new drives and found that it's easier, (providing you have another PC handy) to format the drive first and then install it in your desiggnated MB. I thought the case was way too white from the first, so you were correct that the be quiet fans would compliment it.

[@Sandmansa]

I've run into an issue like this before. But on an older system that doesn't natively support M.2 drives. You have to load an additional driver to get windows install to detect a M.2 drive on a pcie expansion card.

[@festivus7065]

I've encountered similar issues with M.2s a couple fo times. One tool I use is an external M.2 drive enclosure. When I get a drive acting like this, I'll take it out, pop it into the enclosure, plug it into another PC, and diskpart and clean the drive. That's "fixed" supposedly bad M.2s a few times. You can get an M.2 drive enclosure for around $20 or so. Worth it as a troubleshooting tool, has saved my bacon a few times.

[@robinstrahan]

As soon as you showed the M.2 drive in BIOS but not in the install screen, I knew it was because of missing drivers. Had the same issue previously on Intel boards, once the driver is loaded, drives are visible as expected.

[@robinstrahan]

Not often I get to the answer quicker than Greg does though! ;)

[@higlakol]

I just had this exact issue, along with some other small ones on an MSI z790 board. Super frustrating, eventually bought a new one and have not had a hiccup since.

[@TheAcadianGuy]

90 degree adapter for the USB type c plug near the pump. It will free up some space, reduce the pressure on the ram, and you could get a white cable to let the whole thing be white and aesthetic.

[@Sup_D]

Greg already mentioned about it, plus probably informed the owner as well. Now it's upto the owner whether they want it or not. Though i think AIO makers like NZXT should include those adapter in the box, for cases like this (they should cost more than $5).

[@shouldent]

This happened to me when I built my first PC. I was annoyed by the fact the driver was not detected (all the other drives SSD and HDD were detected). I made some change in the configuration of the nvme settings but I don;t remember exactly what but that worked. I am glad you finally did it...

[@paulpatio877]

Had a problem extremely similar to this where in the bios automatically places the drives into the raid manager. What i found worked was turning of the VMD setting in bios and completely fixed my rig. Still have no idea how that setting got turned on in the first place.

[@Splyngz]

Hi Greg! Im having an issue where i enable the XMP in the BIOS, it shows it's turned on but when i boot up my pc it sill says that it's running on 2666Mhz instead of 3200Mhz. Why is that, and how can I fix that?

[@TheBlueBunnyKen]

My buddy had this issue on his old setup, doing a quick google search on cpu ram limit it only allowed 2666mhz, the motherboard supported up to 2900mhz, but the cpu can't go any higher than 2666mhz. The cpu was an i5 10600k and it's ram frequency limit was 2666mhz. You would have to upgrade either your motherboard or cpu. (EDIT: just learned that non z variant motherboards for intel don't allow for higher ram frequency than the cpu limit.) Both have their own frequency limit, whatever has the lower frequency limit is the part you have to replace. I have an I7 10700 cpu and it's max frequency is 2933mhz, but my motherboard supports above that and I can enable xmp for 3200mhz. Due to my motherboard being an asus z490 I am able to go past the 2933mhz cpu limit; however your cpu downlocks your ram back down to the supported memory speed limit of the cpu

[@Splyngz]

@@TheBlueBunnyKen ty. i checked and it was the cpu

[@TheBlueBunnyKen]

@@Splyngz You can enable a frequency past that limit if your motherboard is a z series, if it's a b series or h series you can't go past the max cpu supported ram speed. I saw online that even though you xmp to 3200mhz and your cpu only supports a max of 2666mhz it will run at that speed always. Example the I5 10600k has a max supported ram speed of 2666mhz, you can use xmp to change your ram speed to 3200mhz if you have a z series motherboard; however the cpu will downclock the ram back down to the max supported speed it's compatible with

[@Splyngz]

@@TheBlueBunnyKen i will check that when I will be at my pc. Thank u

[@Grid21]

We had this problem at my work place, We were imaging some Dell desktops with NVME drives, and we had to create a custom windows install that had the driver for that particular drive pre-loaded so Windows installer could find and install it. This is actually an easy fix really. And it's not bios related, at least for us it wasn't.

[@ryanespinoza7297]

I had this issue when trying to install windows on my Samsung 980 pro. No matter what, bios would not detect the drive as bootable for windows install but it could see that it was there connected. I was too tired to keep messing with it so I dragged a sata ssd from my old pc over as the boot drive and just reinstalled windows on it instead.

[@HaikuOezu]

That’s very nostalgic, I used to have the same problem on my old Athlon XP machine that was set up for RAID and needed drivers to be loaded during Windows Setup or it wouldn’t detect any drives The worst part is Microsoft didn’t even have a “need drivers?” button back then, you had to know to press F6 while the setup was loading

[@larryhank6430]

That was a common thing back with windows 3.0, 3.1, 95, 98, and ME to have to load drivers for the on-board controller during installation in order for windows to see the drive. Didn't think I would ever see this happen again since XP.