Motherboard doesn't see Hard drives after flash

Hey guys,

I got a new motherboard yesterday, installed it, and installed windows. This morning, I decided it would be a good idea to flash the UEFI (BIOS) to the newest version.

Now, when I try to boot, it just sits with a gray cursor at the top left of the screen. I went into the UEFI and went to boot order, but it only shows my 1TB hard drive and my dvd drive. But I had a 750GB hard drive with windows installed. I think this is the reason it won't boot, because it doesn't see the drive with the OS installed.

What should I do? Flash it to the earliest version?

Thanks guys.

Hello mate.



Perhaps the boot sequence changed with the flash, is the HDD set as first boot device?

I tried changing it, but the 750GB HDD isn't even listed.

Perhaps you should go back to the default settings, why did you feel the flash was needed, it seldom is necessary at all and a lot more risk than people realize, it should only be a last resort to try and fix a known issue.

I went to advanced, storage configuration. It shows my 750GB hard drive. :O? Why can't I boot from it lol.

Should I still try default settings anyway?

What's 'storage config' set at IDE or AHCI?

The SATA Controller is set to IDE. Should it be AHCI?

Evilhugbear said:

The SATA Controller is set to IDE. Should it be AHCI?

Whay was Windows 7 installed in IDE or AHCI?

I don't know. What Is AHCI? I don't have any IDE devices, so I'm guessing AHCI

Set the BIOS back to default and I bet all will be OK then; and leave well enough alone!