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Thatcherw
Jun 11, 2025Iron Contributor
Drive LED flashes once then nothing happens
I have a PC with Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC motherboard running Windows 11, version 24H2, with Samsung SSD 980 1TB. It suddenly wouldn't boot up today. Symptom is, from power up, one flash of drive LED t...
Treysil
Jun 18, 2025Iron Contributor
Enter BIOS/UEFI by pressing Delete or F2 during startup. Check whether the Samsung SSD 980 is listed in the storage devices. Verify that the boot order is correctly set, prioritizing your boot drive. Ensure that UEFI boot mode is enabled, and Secure Boot is configured per your OS installation.