Asus rog strix B650-A issues

[Gabrielrodon]

I just bought a new asus b650-a motherboard with AMd 7600x and I’m having a lot issues with m.2 ssd not reading. Not showing up as a boot device , no  nvem found. And I’m trying to update to windows 11 I have a gpt bootable device but when I turn off csm and change secure boot to Uefi it can’t find the gpt drive 

can anyone help me. Maybe my bio settings are stopping it from working 

please let me know what settings you guys have it on so I can try 

[achugh · Accepted solution]

Hi @Gabrielrodon I am sorry to hear about your troubles.

You have not specified which drive are you using and which slots you have installed what drives on your board. I am going to make some assumptions and hoping it will help you move forward. If you need more help, please provide your full system details.

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I just bought a new asus b650-a motherboard with AMd 7600x and I’m having a lot issues with m.2 ssd not reading. Not showing up as a boot device , no  nvem found.

Are you saying your drive is not being recognized in BIOS or it is not being recognized by Windows installer?

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I’m trying to update to windows 11 I have a gpt bootable device but when I turn off csm and change secure boot to Uefi it can’t find the gpt drive 

Once you set Secure Boot to UEFI, only GPT partitioned drive will be recognized for Windows installation. This is actually good as this is how Windows 11 should be installed.

May I suggest the following for you:

1. Start your PC and press DEL to get into BIOS.
2. Press F5 to load BIOS defaults followed by pressing F10 to SAVE and EXIT the BIOS changes.
3. Now your system will reboot.
4. Once your system has rebooted, using your USB Drive with Windows Installation Media, install Windows on you M.2_2 drive.
5. Once the get to the drive selection page, if there are any partitions already created on your M.2_2 drive, DELETE them first so your complete drive is shown as UNALLOCATED SPACE. Do not create a new partition. Just select this drive and continue. Windows installer will automatically created necessary partitions for you.

The above steps should get your Windows installed properly. To install required drivers as well as how to even install Windows including preparing Windows Installation Media, see https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/gaming-motherboards/can-asus-support-fix-realtek-audio-drivers-with-bo... post of mine.

I hope this information helps you get unblocked. Good luck!