AdamJarvis359
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Case
FRACTAL MESHIFY 2 LIGHT TEMPERED GLASS
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700K (3.6GHz) 25MB Cache
Motherboard
GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3300 MB/R, 2900 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Monitor
IIYAMA G-MASTER GB2760QSU-B1 27"
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery
Hi
This is my PC, It has a very slight niggle that has me confused, I built my own PC's for 30 years and cannot work out what else to try without replacing hardware.
PC is great, no issues (not caused by my, I'm studying Computer science and cause my own problems.
Anyway.
I have F7 BIOS which is what the PC shipped with. basically any other BIOS can't find a bootable drive. I actually have all of them on different flashes.
This is what happened:
PC is unchanged, the M.2 is now in the PCI lane as it's got a full heat sink (I have tried it in all slots) I also have a Samsung EVO860 2 TB SATA connected.
I had to (my own fault) do a clean install in November, Windows 11 Pro latest by thumb drive. I checked Gigabyte BIOS updates (I don't have any updaters) and there was one for security (there's 2 now )
The problem I have is after updating the BIOS to any other than F7 the bootable device is lost.
Without changing any setting other than defaults any other version of BIOS only see the SATA drive, The M.2 shows as a 2 megabyte unknown. Flash F7 and it just boots as normal again.
I have tried everything, I even installed Windows to the Sata drive and went into Disk manager and it shows as an formatted drive and trying anything fails, DISKPART just says too small.
I have tried everything in BIOS enabling CSM, Resetting keys, moving the drive to other sockets, many clear CMOS.
I didn't try the pre install driver, part of me thinks the firmware on the drive maybe corrupted, however the drive benches perfectly on F7?
Any thoughts?
I reset BIOS to defaults before flashing (using ezflash on a UPS)
Normal running settings I change are disable app download and install, enable XMP and resizable bar.
I spent a day trying almost everything, in the end, I had everything except the M.2 disconnected and tried in all ports, nothing.
But you can clear CMOS, reconnect everything, re-flash F7 and it's like nothing every happened (after you clean up secure boot from Windows.
Not a problem, I just cannot find any similar cases like this and it keeps me awake thinking...
Thanks for reading
FRACTAL MESHIFY 2 LIGHT TEMPERED GLASS
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700K (3.6GHz) 25MB Cache
Motherboard
GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3300 MB/R, 2900 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Monitor
IIYAMA G-MASTER GB2760QSU-B1 27"
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery
Hi
This is my PC, It has a very slight niggle that has me confused, I built my own PC's for 30 years and cannot work out what else to try without replacing hardware.
PC is great, no issues (not caused by my, I'm studying Computer science and cause my own problems.
Anyway.
I have F7 BIOS which is what the PC shipped with. basically any other BIOS can't find a bootable drive. I actually have all of them on different flashes.
This is what happened:
PC is unchanged, the M.2 is now in the PCI lane as it's got a full heat sink (I have tried it in all slots) I also have a Samsung EVO860 2 TB SATA connected.
I had to (my own fault) do a clean install in November, Windows 11 Pro latest by thumb drive. I checked Gigabyte BIOS updates (I don't have any updaters) and there was one for security (there's 2 now )
The problem I have is after updating the BIOS to any other than F7 the bootable device is lost.
Without changing any setting other than defaults any other version of BIOS only see the SATA drive, The M.2 shows as a 2 megabyte unknown. Flash F7 and it just boots as normal again.
I have tried everything, I even installed Windows to the Sata drive and went into Disk manager and it shows as an formatted drive and trying anything fails, DISKPART just says too small.
I have tried everything in BIOS enabling CSM, Resetting keys, moving the drive to other sockets, many clear CMOS.
I didn't try the pre install driver, part of me thinks the firmware on the drive maybe corrupted, however the drive benches perfectly on F7?
Any thoughts?
I reset BIOS to defaults before flashing (using ezflash on a UPS)
Normal running settings I change are disable app download and install, enable XMP and resizable bar.
I spent a day trying almost everything, in the end, I had everything except the M.2 disconnected and tried in all ports, nothing.
But you can clear CMOS, reconnect everything, re-flash F7 and it's like nothing every happened (after you clean up secure boot from Windows.
Not a problem, I just cannot find any similar cases like this and it keeps me awake thinking...
Thanks for reading