The BIOS sees the new NVMe M.2 SSD, but not the DVD drive

[LuisFierro]

I have an Asus Z97 Pro Motherboard. I took out the SSD drive it had and replaced it with a blank (empty) NVMe M.s SSD of higher capacity. The BIOS sees the new NVMe M.s SSD, but not the DVD drive, (which I need to install a new Linux operating system). Any suggestions on how to fix this so that both the NVMe M.s SSD, and the DVD drive show up in the BIOS, so I can choose to start the PC from the DVD ?

 

[Harlow]

The manual shows the following:-

Intel® Z97 Express Chipset with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 support
- 1 x SATA Express port (black at mid-board, compatible with 2 x
SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)
- 1 x M.2 socket 3*
- 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray)
- Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start
Technology, Intel® Smart Connect Technology**
ASMedia® SATA 6 Gb/s controller***
- 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports (black)
* M.2 Socket 3 shares bandwidth with SATA Express, and supports
M Key and type 2260/2280 storage devices.
** These functions work depending on the CPU installed.
*** These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are
not supported.

If you connect your DVD to one of the two black ports, your optical drive will not work (ATAPI devices are not supported).
If you connect your DVD to one of the SATA Express ports, your optical drive will not work (M.2 Socket 3 shares bandwidth with SATA Express).
That leaves you with the four gray ports which should (in theory) work with your DVD.

Which SATA port is connected to your DVD? Try a gray port (SATA6G_1, SATA6G_2, SATA6G_3 or SATA6G_4).

 

[eidairaman1]

The manual shows the following:-

Intel® Z97 Express Chipset with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 support
- 1 x SATA Express port (black at mid-board, compatible with 2 x
SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)
- 1 x M.2 socket 3*
- 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray)
- Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start
Technology, Intel® Smart Connect Technology**
ASMedia® SATA 6 Gb/s controller***
- 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s ports (black)
* M.2 Socket 3 shares bandwidth with SATA Express, and supports
M Key and type 2260/2280 storage devices.
** These functions work depending on the CPU installed.
*** These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are
not supported.

If you connect your DVD to one of the two black ports, your optical drive will not work (ATAPI devices are not supported).
If you connect your DVD to one of the SATA Express ports, your optical drive will not work (M.2 Socket 3 shares bandwidth with SATA Express).
That leaves you with the four gray ports which should (in theory) work with your DVD.

Which SATA port is connected to your DVD? Try a gray port (SATA6G_1, SATA6G_2, SATA6G_3 or SATA6G_4).

SATA should be full implementation but they are getting away with it. Only other solution is a pcie sata card