Solid State Drives Are Not Detected by My Intel® NUC
Content Type: Troubleshooting | Article ID: 000037166 | Last Reviewed: 09/27/2023
When the NUC is powered on, the SSD is not detected in BIOS and OS (Operating System).
This issue is caused by the drive or Intel® NUC, follow the steps below to resolve the issue:
Drive cannot be detected in BIOS.
Drive can be detected in BIOS but not the Operating System.
If the issue still persists and if the SSD drive is still not detected, you can try to downgrade the BIOS version. However, downgrading the BIOS can break features and remove security patches that are included with the latest BIOS version so Intel doesn't recommend BIOS downgrades.
See Downgrade Intel NUC BIOS to previous Version for complete instructions.