ASUS Z97-K i3 cpu

doug2016 · 18 Feb 2016 at 10:24

its a new build and all seems to have gone well, except every time i turn the computer on , i have to go in to bios and choose a hard drive to boot from. i have a ssd for my os (win 10 ) and a standard hdd for everything else. what do i need to do to sort this? in layman's terms please . many thanks.
Doug

marc2003 · 18 Feb 2016 at 10:34

Plug the SSD in to SATA port 0. It should be labelled on the board.

Really, it should boot regardless of port if it's the only drive with an OS on but it seems that's not the case for you. There is the other option of changing boot device priority in the bios. Have a poke around.

doug2016 · 18 Feb 2016 at 10:51

thanks for reply.
ive got 1-6 numbered sata ports. ssd in no,1 .hdd in no,2. i cant find an option to change boot order tho. there is no other os on the hdd either.
i have been having a poke but dont want to muck it up
cheers.
Doug

marc2003 · 18 Feb 2016 at 12:47

I know it's not very manly but have you looked at the manual?

doug2016 · 18 Feb 2016 at 13:15

hahaha yes i succumbed to that in the end, nothing i can find in there either. guess ill have a chat with some one at the shop. thanks any way,
Doug

pastymuncher · 18 Feb 2016 at 13:17

Have you set the boot order in the bios and saved it? It may be worth updating to the latest bios as well.

doug2016 · 18 Feb 2016 at 19:34

sorted thanks.there was something in the bios i overlooked.cheers all the same