"Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device" from cold boot

ShellShock

ShellShock

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I have got a new Windows 7 SP1 install on my OCZ Vertex 2E SSD. When I do a cold boot I get this "Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device" error. If I Ctrl+Alt+Del it then boots fine into Windows.

In the bios the boot device 1 is my BlueRay drive (no disk in it), device 2 is the SSD, no other boot devices.

I am on the latest F5 bios for my motherboard. Motherboard, memory, CPU, cooler are all new for this Windows build. SSD is from previous build, where it worked fine.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?
 
SSD is on latest firmware already. I will make it device 1 in boot order and see. There other, intermittent symptoms: Windows restart sometimes fails on re-entering Windows with the option to start Windows recovery. If I go into Windows recovery it does not find any errors, and then Windows will start OK. Sometimes when Windows is loading, I get a blue screen for a split second, PC then crashes and reboots, and Windows starts OK.

It feels like something is not always loading properly...but it does not happen every time. Once Windows is running it is stable...
 
Changing the boot order to make the SSD the only boot device made no difference--may have been worse because it took about 5 goes to boot Windows OK--kept going into Windows Error Recovery.

In the BIOS I had:

Windows 8 Features Other OS
Boot Mode Selection UEFI & Legacy

I have changed Boot Mode Selection to Legacy Only and it booted OK! Could be a result, but I need to try it a few more times. Fingers crossed.

I notice the CSM options only appear if I set Windows 8 Features to "Enabled". But Boot Mode Selection appears even when Windows 8 Features is set to "Other OS" (which I have left it as because I am on Windows 7 Ultimate).
 
I set Boot Mode Selection to Legacy Only, Storage Boot Option Control to Legacy Only, and Other PCI Device ROM Priority to Legacy Only (also have a TP-Link TL WN881ND Wifi PCI-Express Adapter card). Cold boot: OK, Warm restart: BSOD, went into Windows Error Recovery, Windows then started normally.

I don't know what to make of this. Would a newer SSD be the answer?
 
Turns out this is a known problem with the OCZ Vertex 2 SSD and newer motherboard chipsets, especially based on Haswell. There is no fix from OCZ:

"I'm very sorry, but I've to inform you that the Vertex 2 SSD is incompatible to the latest Z97 Intel chipset. There is no way to get this drive working. Also, we're unable to replace the drive under warranty as the Vertex2 was released much more earlier than the new Intel chip."

Overclockers though have given me a discount on a new SSD, which is great customer service. I have been buying from them for over 10 years, and long may it continue!
 
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