Booting USB 3.0 drive in SS USB Port

[Scott_Williams_9]

I am having a problem with booting a USB 3.0 thumb drive in a USB 3.0 SS USB port on HP laptops.  The drive is just not recognized in the boot menu when it is in the USB 3.0 port.  When I have a laptop with a USB 2.0 port, I can plug the drive in there and boot without issue.  Normally this is fine, but I have a Revolve 810 G3 that does not have a USB 2.0 port. 

How can I use USB boot for a USB 3.0 thumb drive on a system like this?  I have found other forums mentioning this type of issue and they all suggest a legacy mode in the BIOS.  This is already enabled on these machines.

[1029rjmenvy17t]

Is It Called USB Key? If It Is Put It In First Place Restart The PC Then Press F2 For Boot Device Options Find It And Then Boot To It

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[Scott_Williams_9]

The USB drive does not appear in the boot menu (F9 to bring up, not F2) if it is a USB 3.0 drive in a USB 3.0 slot.  If the system has a USB 2.0 slot, then the USB drive is recognized.  If it's a USB 2.0 drive, then it is recognized in the USB 3.0 slot.  USB 3.0 drive in the USB 3.0 slot is not recognized by the HP Boot Menu.

I did find other articles for other platforms with similiar issues so I assume it must be chipset related.

[1029rjmenvy17t]

Try To Enable Or Disable USB 3.0 PreOS

[Scott_Williams_9]

Where is this option in the BIOS?  These are the only options I see related to USB:

Advanced / Device Configurations / USB Legacy Support (checked)

Advanced / Device Configurations / USB 3.0 (XHCI) (checked)

Advanced / Device Configurations / USB Charging Port (checked)

Advanced / Device Configurations / Wake on USB (checked)

Advanced / Port Options / USB Port (checked)

I have tried changing all of these options but nothing allows me to select the USB 3.0 drive from the boot menu.

[1029rjmenvy17t]

Try To Disable Legacy Boot Becasue That Is A Old Feature That Might Not Work With 3.0

Also You Can Try To Disable USB 3.0 (XHCI)

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

On the Advanced / Device Configurations / USB 3.0 (XHCI) menu, is there an Auto menu?

If so, see if selecting the Auto menu allows the PC to boot from the USB3 port.

[1029rjmenvy17t]

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[Scott_Williams_9]

There is no Auto option under the USB 3.0 (XHCI) option.  It's just a check box.  Checking the box or unchecking it does not seem to change the behavior. 

Here are the options in the Boot Menu:

PCIe/M.2 SSD Drive (UEFI)

Msata Hard drive partition: 2

Notebook Ethernet IPV4

Notebook Ethernet IPv6

Boot from EFI File

[Scott_Williams_9]

When I set Boot Mode to Legacy I get these options in the Boot Menu:

PCIe/M.2 SSD Drive

Notebook Ethernet

Note that the USB drive I have works fine to boot on other laptops as long as it is not in a US 3.0 port.