Does replacing SATA HDD with Z Turbo Drive SSD require BIOS upgrade, or just BIOS setting.

[TraceyPM]

Hello all,

After upgrading my machine to a refurbished Z Turbo Drive w/1T Samsung SSD, the Windows 10 Media installation Flash Drive fails to recognize my new SSD. Could it be simply a setting in BIOS, or require update of BIOS ?

TIA

Tracey

[DGroves]

the hp z440 was released after ssd'd were commonplace, as such it has supported NVME/SATA bootable SSD's from it's release

the z240, series were released BEFORE intel /computer makers decided to support the nvme standard as such these earlier systems may require a specific bios revision to support booting from a ssd

[Mario445]

the hp z440  is better in SSD or HDD any solutions i thought SSD is best but i want more storage..

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[VH2000]

You have to do some homework first!
How is it possible to tell you whether you need a BIOS-update when you you don't mention your current BIOS-Version?

With a simple No-Name PCIe extension card 15 $ and a 1 TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO+ (100 $) you get appr. 3400 MB/s.

[TraceyPM]

thank you, this answers part of my question. I'm still not able to see a Disc Drive - SSD or HDD

[TraceyPM]

Thank you. I've have learned that my BIOS is not up to date. Though the version I have is supposed to support the Z Turbo Drive, I think I may have inadvertently mis-configured something in the BIOS that prevents it from recognizing any system Drive. I have some digging to do.