WIndows 11 boot loop

jojymo1

jojymo1

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Good morning Lads,

I've seemed to be stuck in a head-scratching and frustrating error. No matter what NVMe drive or NVME slot I use on my new AMD-based system, after windows installation I get
the classic Boot Drive not found error. Below are details of my bios, PC specs, and bio settings changed,

Hardwear:
Mobo - X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE (brand new)
CPU - AMD ryzen 7 7800X3d
Ram - Corsair VENGEANCE 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 DRAM 6200MT/S
GPU - AMD Sapphire 7800xt Pure
NVMe - Samsung 980pro Gen 4 1Tb
NVMe - Netac NV5000-t 2TB Gen 4
CPU Cooler - Artic Freeze III 240 RGB

X870 Bio is updated to the latest F3b

TWO DIFFERENT INSTALL METHODS USED (RUFUS AND WINDOWS MEDIA)
1.) Rufus has been used to install Windows 11 ISO to USB as both GPT UEFI and MBR CSM alongside removing windows requirements
2.) Windows media program has been used to install Windows to a PC

Bios edits include changing CSM to visible and changing boot options (OS drive) alongside side few other tricks.
No matter what option I chose and how I installed Windows 11, I still get 'No boot device found' after the bios start screen.

Things to note
- NVMe only shows up in the bios boot sequence if CSM support is enabled. Even if selecting the OS NVMe using F12 at start-up still leads to 'No boot device found'
- Both drives have been swapped between both M2A_CPU AND M2B_CPU M.2 slots

Any help is welcome, I've hit a brick wall!

Thanks in advance team!
 
jojymo1 said:
I am only installing 1 drive per install attempt sadly with no luck
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The only other thing I could suggest is install windows from another computer if possible onto one of your drives and then see if its recognised in yours.

Not in ideal I know but then it mite be a case of sending the board back.
 
Just to confirm. you can go through the Windows install fine and when the PC reboots it then comes up with "no boot device found"?

What I would do is take out the cmos battery and drain the power from the system and leave it for 30 mins. Pop the battery back in and try again with the rufus install\USB stick.

From what I have quickly read to enable secure boot you need CSM Support disabled so the system will not meet the requirements for Windows 11.

Just for testing, have you tried Windows 10 install?
 
I would start again. Use diskpart clean and partition your nvme. Download windows media tool and setup on a usb. As ED209 said setup bios so it conforms to windows requirements.
 
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jojymo1 said:
TWO DIFFERENT INSTALL METHODS USED (RUFUS AND WINDOWS MEDIA)
1.) Rufus has been used to install Windows 11 ISO to USB as both GPT UEFI and MBR CSM alongside removing windows requirements
2.) Windows media program has been used to install Windows to a PC

Bios edits include changing CSM to visible and changing boot options (OS drive) alongside side few other tricks.
No matter what option I chose and how I installed Windows 11, I still get 'No boot device found' after the bios start screen.

Things to note
- NVMe only shows up in the bios boot sequence if CSM support is enabled. Even if selecting the OS NVMe using F12 at start-up still leads to 'No boot device found'
- Both drives have been swapped between both M2A_CPU AND M2B_CPU M.2 slots

Any help is welcome, I've hit a brick wall!
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With Windows 11 you shouldn't be using MBR or using CSM, since you need secure boot enabled in the BIOS.

If the NVME only shows up in the boot sequence with CSM enabled then it likely has an MBR partition instead of GPT.

You can only boot Windows 11 from GPT drives, though you can access MBR drives from within Windows.

To be clear, are you trying to dual boot or do you just want ONE Windows 11 install, on ONE NVME drive?
 
First off just have your Samsung drive in the slot near the CPU and make sure CSM is dissabled in bios.

Use the official Windows setup USB and when it asks about where to install, it should give you the option to wipe the drive.

Remove all partitions so all the space is unallocated.

Do not make a partition or format the drive, just click on Install.

It should automatically format the drive to GPT and create the partitions to install to.

In your boot order section of the bios, it should be something like "Boot From Windows Boot Manager" as the first option.
 
Did you try a different flash drive/usb ?

Could try a different version of windows
Or something like Ubuntu
Just to see if those work

Other option
Use the windows install usb
To get to command prompt
And try all the bootrec commands to see
If it makes it find the drive/makes it bootable
Bootrec /Scanos
Bootrec /Fixboot
Bootrec /Fixmbr
Bootrec /Rebuildbcd
 
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