Computer boots to bios every time

jsfitz54 · May 6, 2016

OneMoar said:
Because Rufus works YUMI doesn''t
1. Syslinux is terrible
2. it uses disk images to chain load which is dumb

How about this as an option? : http://joshcellsoftwares.com/products/zotacwinusbmaker/

http://old.zotac.com/us/z-zone/zotac-winusb-maker.html

Eliomiller · May 6, 2016

Ive actually been able to run my windows repair from the dvd drive and waiting actually to see where it takes me. Will keep you updated.

Eliomiller · May 6, 2016

Problem solved.after the windows repair on the disc which contained the information (contrary to what I though) I booted back (without the installation dvd drive) and it turned on without prompting to bios. Thanks for all your help.

Cvrk · Sep 28, 2017

Same problem with same title. PC boots directly to bios.
It first started happening like 1 week ago. Most of the times the SSD (witch holds the windows) is not visible in the bios. It only sees the HDD.

Today something more crazy happened. I was watching youtube, and the page stopped loading, after lets say 2 minutes, notices the windows was acting very slow, the computer crashed.
Booted into bios, no SSD was visible there. Turned off power,after few more attempts, after 20 minutes it turned on just fine.
So something wrong happened even when the computer was on ... is it power related?? Maybe i should try switching the cables around ...

Is the ssd dying ? Maybe software/windows related. Its a new install ,since i got the new computer.

I could also install windows on HDD, cuz i know there is no problem there,and use the ssd as a storage. Even tho that just is a bad decision.
What do you guys think ?

I will try to mess with the cables... thing is, i remember not long ago, at the beginning of the year, i had the same problems with the ssd. Many months later, they are back.

Any software that you can recommend to see / check if the ssd is still good ?

silentbogo · Sep 28, 2017

Cvrk said:
Same problem with same title. PC boots directly to bios.
It first started happening like 1 week ago. Most of the times the SSD (witch holds the windows) is not visible in the bios. It only sees the HDD.

Today something more crazy happened. I was watching youtube, and the page stopped loading, after lets say 2 minutes, notices the windows was acting very slow, the computer crashed.
Booted into bios, no SSD was visible there. Turned off power,after few more attempts, after 20 minutes it turned on just fine.
So something wrong happened even when the computer was on ... is it power related?? Maybe i should try switching the cables around ...

Is the ssd dying ? Maybe software/windows related. Its a new install ,since i got the new computer.

I could also install windows on HDD, cuz i know there is no problem there,and use the ssd as a storage. Even tho that just is a bad decision.
What do you guys think ?

I will try to mess with the cables... thing is, i remember not long ago, at the beginning of the year, i had the same problems with the ssd. Many months later, they are back.

Any software that you can recommend to see / check if the ssd is still good ?

It may be a failing SSD or malfunctioning SATA controller

Vayra86 · Sep 28, 2017

Cvrk said:
Same problem with same title. PC boots directly to bios.
It first started happening like 1 week ago. Most of the times the SSD (witch holds the windows) is not visible in the bios. It only sees the HDD.

Today something more crazy happened. I was watching youtube, and the page stopped loading, after lets say 2 minutes, notices the windows was acting very slow, the computer crashed.
Booted into bios, no SSD was visible there. Turned off power,after few more attempts, after 20 minutes it turned on just fine.
So something wrong happened even when the computer was on ... is it power related?? Maybe i should try switching the cables around ...

Is the ssd dying ? Maybe software/windows related. Its a new install ,since i got the new computer.

I could also install windows on HDD, cuz i know there is no problem there,and use the ssd as a storage. Even tho that just is a bad decision.
What do you guys think ?

I will try to mess with the cables... thing is, i remember not long ago, at the beginning of the year, i had the same problems with the ssd. Many months later, they are back.

Any software that you can recommend to see / check if the ssd is still good ?

To me this sounds like broken SATA cables. Yes they break and yes I have had this problem, spent MONTHS searching for the issue of hanging at random times, and eventually even BSODs because of it. I even went out and bought a new PSU before finding this.

Use a fresh cable that you are guaranteed is working for the SSD, see if problem persists. If you re-used old SATA cables, replace them all tbh

The slow Windows also matches this situation, because you cannot access storage reliably, that is, if it becomes slow when you request data from that SSD (such as starting an application or Windows itself).

Ebo · Sep 28, 2017

Cvrk said:
Same problem with same title. PC boots directly to bios.
It first started happening like 1 week ago. Most of the times the SSD (witch holds the windows) is not visible in the bios. It only sees the HDD.

Today something more crazy happened. I was watching youtube, and the page stopped loading, after lets say 2 minutes, notices the windows was acting very slow, the computer crashed.
Booted into bios, no SSD was visible there. Turned off power,after few more attempts, after 20 minutes it turned on just fine.
So something wrong happened even when the computer was on ... is it power related?? Maybe i should try switching the cables around ...

Is the ssd dying ? Maybe software/windows related. Its a new install ,since i got the new computer.

I could also install windows on HDD, cuz i know there is no problem there,and use the ssd as a storage. Even tho that just is a bad decision.
What do you guys think ?

I will try to mess with the cables... thing is, i remember not long ago, at the beginning of the year, i had the same problems with the ssd. Many months later, they are back.

Any software that you can recommend to see / check if the ssd is still good ?

Here is a link to Kingston, if you look at the right topside after Kingston SSD manager and also look for firmware update.

https://www.kingston.com/us/support/technical/products?model=SHSS3

Hnykill22 · Sep 28, 2017

This can happen if the battery on the motherboard is going empty. then it can't hold the BIOS startup options and boot's to BIOS right away so you can adjust the settings.

Shambles1980 · Sep 28, 2017

to the second poster with the new issue "a new thread would have been better, because most poeople will just reply to the OP..

Any way, id suspect the psu is a bit flaky, But 1st thing to do would be to swap the SATA cable for the SSD,
you can use any smart monitoring app to check the ssd. but you may end up with false positives until you eliminate the other possible variables.

Even a windows Chkdsk may throw up a few file system errors which can throw up issues in windows like the ones you described. (but bios should still see the ssd in that case)

Any way..
like i said swap out the SATA cables. and if your psu has multiple rails. try and use a diferent one for the sata..
use it for a bit and see if it still vanishes from the bios..
(if it does, then try a diferent SATA port too, one that things dont disappear from)

If it stays in the bios but you still get the windows errors then run a chkdsk. And any luck that will fix it.. But its up to you to figure out if the psu or cable was the issue after that.

years ago i had a psu that was failing and a HDD would often dissapear from the bios and had issues like you mention.
Took ages to figure out it was one of the 12v rails failing (probably a capacitor leaking inside or similar) replaced it and the hard disks were fine.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Sep 28, 2017

Cvrk said:
Same problem with same title. PC boots directly to bios.
It first started happening like 1 week ago. Most of the times the SSD (witch holds the windows) is not visible in the bios. It only sees the HDD.

Today something more crazy happened. I was watching youtube, and the page stopped loading, after lets say 2 minutes, notices the windows was acting very slow, the computer crashed.
Booted into bios, no SSD was visible there. Turned off power,after few more attempts, after 20 minutes it turned on just fine.
So something wrong happened even when the computer was on ... is it power related?? Maybe i should try switching the cables around ...

Is the ssd dying ? Maybe software/windows related. Its a new install ,since i got the new computer.

I could also install windows on HDD, cuz i know there is no problem there,and use the ssd as a storage. Even tho that just is a bad decision.
What do you guys think ?

I will try to mess with the cables... thing is, i remember not long ago, at the beginning of the year, i had the same problems with the ssd. Many months later, they are back.

Any software that you can recommend to see / check if the ssd is still good ?

I had the same issue with a Crucial MX (or BX i forget which) 256GB ssd while running on a z170 platform. Come to find out, it was an incompatibility with the motherboard that @FordGT90Concept pointed out to me as he had the same issue. I bought a new Samsung 960 evo m.2 and the issue went away.

I suggest getting a newer model SSD and reinstalling Windows and id bet that your issue will go away.

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Computer boots to bios every time

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