PCI-E lanes question

[tensaixp]

So I have trouble setting up to boot from a new NVME SSD (after cloning from an old SATA SSD) on my friend's pc, who is using a Z170a Gaming Pro Carbon. It can read the drive, but if I set it to boot and restart, it doesn't boot. Could it be because there is not enough PCI-E lanes? It has a GTX 1060 and a pci-e wireless network card.

 

[xonix]

So I have trouble setting up to boot from a new NVME SSD (after cloning from an old SATA SSD) on my friend's pc, who is using a Z170a Gaming Pro Carbon. It can read the drive, but if I set it to boot and restart, it doesn't boot. Could it be because there is not enough PCI-E lanes? It has a GTX 1060 and a pci-e wireless network card.

Are all the sata connectors already in use ?

 

[SkyShroud]

update ur bios

 

[tensaixp]

Are all the sata connectors already in use ?

Nope, only 3 are used. Even if I unplugged all the SATA it doesn't boot from NVME.

 

[tensaixp]

update ur bios

Will try this.

 

[elmohootbigbird]

could it be your boot mode set to uefi when the clone disk is using legacy bios boot?

 

[tensaixp]

Update

The issue was primarily the BIOS. I updated it, and it finally can detect the NVME SSD as the boot disk. However, it fails to go into windows and attempts to repair windows but fails. Finally, I tried booting it to safe mode, then restarts, and it miraculously works. Like why does it even need that? I cloned the SDD from the old boot drive which is also an SSD, but a SATA one.

 

[Alphas]

Nothing to do with PCIe lanes. Create a repair disk or use another cloning software.

 

[xonix]

Update

The issue was primarily the BIOS. I updated it, and it finally can detect the NVME SSD as the boot disk. However, it fails to go into windows and attempts to repair windows but fails. Finally, I tried booting it to safe mode, then restarts, and it miraculously works. Like why does it even need that? I cloned the SDD from the old boot drive which is also an SSD, but a SATA one.

Could be your previous installation was in legacy rather than efi mode ?

 

[SkyShroud]

The old windows is using old settings, it doesn't detect the new changes during loading. It is designed to fast boot into windows then detect any changes there.

If is just changing from sata to another sata, is not a big change. Now is changing from sata controller to nvme controller, that is a big change. Naturally, if it try to use sata driver to load nvme, it gonna crash. Safe mode use a generic driver that work for everything.

 

[tensaixp]

Could be your previous installation was in legacy rather than efi mode ?

I can't remember, but it could be. For now its working, so ok.

 

[tensaixp]

The old windows is using old settings, it doesn't detect the new changes during loading. It is designed to fast boot into windows then detect any changes there.

If is just changing from sata to another sata, is not a big change. Now is changing from sata controller to nvme controller, that is a big change. Naturally, if it try to use sata driver to load nvme, it gonna crash. Safe mode use a generic driver that work for everything.

That's true, since it loaded from safe mode, it works now loading in normal mode.

 

[karlgantry]

You can't use a PCIe card in a PCI slot they are not wired the same and nor use the same voltages.

 

[trenzterra]

Try adjusting the raid and ahci options

 

[Rashkae]

You can't use a PCIe card in a PCI slot they are not wired the same and nor use the same voltages.

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