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April 12th, 2026 21:16
Optiplex 9010 MT no bootable device
Hey everyone
I have an optiplex 9010 that acts strange. It does not recognize the ssd.
I decided to reinstall windows 11 it just hangs and the screen goes dark around the end of installation.
The motherboard model is 0M9KCM it uses a 3rd gen intel cpu.
any ideas on what could be the problem?
I changed the bios from legay to uefi same as the win11 I created with rufus. This is the first time this has happened win11 used to work fine on the 4th gen optiplexes.
redxps630
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April 13th, 2026 16:37
enter bios>sata operation and save it as AHCI.
then complete clean Win 11 install
try above to see if it boot
Tesla1856
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April 15th, 2026 15:26
@Jon139 ,
Good.
Set BIOS to UEFI, SecureBoot, and AHCI.
DiskPart "clean" the SSD (down to completely raw and un-itialized).
Not Rufus ... use genuine Microsoft.com Media Creation Tool to create your flash-drive.
Then , use it to clean-install Windows to empty SSD (just install to un-allocated space).
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redxps630
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April 12th, 2026 22:55
try replace cmos battery with a new battery then clear cmos by motherboard jumper.
I have Win 11 run without problem on 7010 i7-3770 using rufus USB clean install.
Re: It does not recognize the ssd.
you can try Dell diagnostics to see if ssd responds to ePSA normally.
the ssd should show up during Win 11 install as Disk 0, whereas Disk 1 is your boot USB (made by rufus).
if disk 0 shows up, delete all partitions on that disk then proceed to finish install
Jon139
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April 13th, 2026 14:41
@redxps630
I am still trying and have done all those steps I will report back. Right now it's still boot device not recognezed I even tried a disc with linux mint on it no boot.
Tesla1856
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April 13th, 2026 15:47
Is the SSD SATA or NVMe (M.2 PCIe)?
Does it appear in BIOS ?
Jon139
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April 15th, 2026 03:16
@Tesla1856 Yes it appears in the bios. The ssd is sata 2.5 inch.
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Jon139
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April 16th, 2026 01:24
I managed to get it working. It was the bios settings.