W530: BIOS Not Recognizing External SSD

[Imperatrix]

Hey guys! I hope everyone's doing well! The title says it all. My BIOS can't read my external SSD, but Windows and my other OSes can read it just fine. I'm trying to boot Linux Mint off of the external, but the BIOS doesn't seem to recognize it. I tried to use different USB ports but no dice. I don't know if it matters that it's a PSSD or not.

I'm currently running v2.53 on the BIOS if that helps. I'm also not sure if it's the drive itself isn't bootable or its a hardware limitation on the W530. Anything helps!

[chakaponden]

Hey guys! I hope everyone's doing well! The title says it all. My BIOS can't read my external SSD, but Windows and my other OSes can read it just fine. I'm trying to boot Linux Mint off of the external, but the BIOS doesn't seem to recognize it. I tried to use different USB ports but no dice. I don't know if it matters that it's a PSSD or not.

I'm currently running v2.53 on the BIOS if that helps. I'm also not sure if it's the drive itself isn't bootable or its a hardware limitation on the W530. Anything helps!

Set Boot mode to Legacy in BIOS

[RealBlackStuff]

It should work if you set all USB options in BIOS to Enabled and connect it to the yellow Always On USB-port on the back.