05-27-2025 06:48 PM
Hey everyone,
I’ve got a weird issue with my ASUS Z690 Formula motherboard.
Basically, none of my USB flash drives or external hard drives work properly anymore — but all my other USB stuff like mouse, keyboard, fans, etc. works just fine.
Here’s what’s happening:
I have Windows installation on a USB flash drive.
When I boot from it, it loads the installer for like a minute, then black screen and the PC reboots.
It keeps doing that until I pull the flash drive out, then it boots normally from my SSD.
In Windows, the flash drive shows up in Device Manager, but it says “driver is unavailable”.
They don’t show up in BIOS at all.
Mouse, keyboard, AIO cooler, fans — no problem.