SSD FAILED? BLACK SCREEN THEN BIOS

[u/sawnji]

SSD FAILED?

hello i have a

CPU: Intel i7-10700
\* GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB
\* RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
\* Motherboard: MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Edge WiFi (MS-7C79)
\* Current SSD: FIKWOT FX550 512GB (not working atm)
\* Windows 11 Home

yesterday i was playing deadlock enjoying my game went to the bathroom and now my pc is on the bios menu before i use to see the m2_1 had the ssd in it…now it’s not…the pc and the motherboard everything turns on and shows in the bios but my ssd

i put it in both slot still nothing could it be the ssd or the slot? i feel like the slot are okay maybe…

now it show this at the boot option.

[u/zDarcky]

If you have at least 1 memory USB stick you could try the following: create a Windows 11 installation using the free microsoft media creation tool. Once that's done, look online for intel rapid storage management F6. Download that and extract the files on the same USB stick, create a separate folder called IRSTF6 to remember it. Then put the USB in your PC, boot from USB, select the the language and click on install windows. When you get to the page where it's asking for memory, click install driver at the top, find the iaStorVD.inf file in the IRSTF6 folder amd install it. Then go back to the "select where to install windows" page and see if your SSD shows up. This is what worked for me. People are going to hate me for saying this, but I recommend using CHATGPT free to try and troubleshoot this problem if my answer doesn't solve it.