Solved "Boot Device Not Found" - Then Blank Screen

FreeBooter · May 27, 2023

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RetLate · May 27, 2023

Okay. I removed the M2 and disconnected the SATA and the blue boot message appeared. I stopped there. I am not sure exactly what this means and what I should do next. Everyone has been such a great help. Thank you! BTW, the SSD is still under warranty.

FreeBooter · May 27, 2023

Follow my instructions at my video to fix "No Boot Device Found" error message.

james255 · May 27, 2023

RetLate said:
Okay. I removed the M2 and disconnected the SATA and the blue boot message appeared. I stopped there. I am not sure exactly what this means and what I should do next. Everyone has been such a great help. Thank you!

reconnect the sata drive and see if it still boots, im assuming your main boot drive is the m2 and it might be dead.

if after connecting the sata drive the the system still boot. add the m2 drive again and see if it still boot, but chances are one of the drive is bad and its stopping the motherboard from completing the boot process you it doesnt get to where it would display the boot screen.

RetLate · May 27, 2023

I connected the SATA only and it sill did not reboot. I got the blue message box again.

RetLate · May 27, 2023

By tapping F10 on start-up, I am able to get to the bios set-up utility now.

james255 · May 27, 2023

your m2 drive might have died and need to be replaced

RetLate · May 27, 2023

When I reinstall the M2, start up and tap F10, the bios utility will not come up. When I remove the M2 and tap F10 on start up the bios utility will come up. Does that conclude that the M2 SSD is bad, and that I should replace it?

RetLate · May 27, 2023

Thanks james255. I did not see your post before sending the last one. Thank you.

james255 · May 27, 2023

RetLate said:
Thanks james255. I did not see your post before sending the last one. Thank you.

youre welcome, the good news is nvme drives are dirty cheap lately

PenPusher · May 27, 2023

Did you leave the sata hd disconnected? when you tried to boot with the M.2 drive.

RetLate · May 27, 2023

Hey PenPusher - thank you for the follow-up and for helping me today. Yes, I left the sata hd disconnected when you tried to boot with the M.2 drive and vice versa. I tried all combinations - one, the other, both, and none. Thank you again.