HP 260 G2 DM stuck at BIOS with connected SSD Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB

[jerome_martin]

I have a 260 G2 DM too which was working with a 850 EVO 250GB. But, last week the motherboard died. A HP Tech came and changed the motherboard. Guess what ... computer doesn't boot. I put the latest BIOS firmware, no success. I tried to downgrade the BIOS firmware ... it seems to be locked and downgrade is impossible ... can't believe it.

[Marco_Trevisan]

I installed a SSD Samsung 860EVO 500GB on my HP 260-a115nl some weeks ago. It workd perfectly until I updated the BIOS at the latest revision! Now the BIOS dos not start if the SSD is connected. Works if the SSD is not connected. 

No chance to downgrade the BIOS!

[tmoulder]

I have a 260-p133w with this precise problem, trying to install a Kingston SSD.

I'm going to be less generous and say this is not a "bug", it's a "feature" - just not a feature for us.

It's highly suspicious that only HP-branded SSD devices work with this.  Regardless of wether the price is comparable, this seems very deliberate and shady to me.

[CharacterZer0]

Well I am sorry everyone dealt with this ridiculous mess from HP simply because they DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEIR BIOS WAS INCOMPATIBLE WITH VERY POPULAR MAINSTREAM, MASS PRODUCED, SSD DRIVES!!!!!!!! RIDICULOUS. ....But I believe I HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION!  So this is not the easiest for many people but it does work......

1.  DO NOT INSTALL ANY NEW SSD UNTIL THIS PROCESS IS COMPLETE! 

2.  Boot to your current or ANY HD that has Windows installed so you can access the internet

3.  Download & install latest BIOS update which should be available here and is version N24 (at time of this writing)

4.  Once the update is complete and you have rebooted and gotten into Windows - THEN YOU CAN SWAP TO ANY SSD (including Samsung EVO)

BIOS Update Link

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp95501-96000/sp95841.exe