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AlecMandell

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Help. I'm trying to install Mac OS X mavericks onto my Samsung 840 EVO SSD. It shows up in my BIOS for my Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H motherboard, but when I open up my Unibeast flashdrive to install OSX, my SSD does not show up in Disk Utility. Please help.
 
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Help. I'm trying to install Mac OS X mavericks onto my Samsung 840 EVO SSD. It shows up in my BIOS for my Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H motherboard, but when I open up my Unibeast flashdrive to install OSX, my SSD does not show up in Disk Utility. Please help.
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Is it showing up as P0? Has it been formatted on another computer or using another operating system before being connected up?

Adrian B
 
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It has not been formatted on another OS. Is that something I need to do first?
 
AlecMandell said:
It has not been formatted on another OS. Is that something I need to do first?
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You should not need to do that at all - it should be picked up by Disk Utility without any problems as long as it it showing up as a 'P' device in UEFI/Bios. No harm in trying to format it in a windows machine and trying it again with the Gigabyte motherboard.

Adrian B
 
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It does show up as "PM Samsung 840 EVO" but it is nowhere to be found in disk utility. Any suggestions?
 
Oh I found the issue. I had it set to IDE in my BIOS instead of AHCI. Once i did that it showed up as P0 like you said.
 
Want to just say thanks for people responding to questions. Found an answer to my ssd issue w/o having to ask. Great forum!!:thumbup:
 
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