PM991 SSD Issue on FA706ICB – Drive Disappears from BIOS, System Fails to Boot

[Saurabh137]

I own an ASUS TUF Gaming FA706ICB. It came with an OEM Samsung PM991 SSD (firmware FXM7201Q).

Recently, I’ve been facing a serious issue:

SSD intermittently disappears from BIOS

System fails to boot (takes 20–30 retries)

Only starts once the system gets extremely hot (>75°C)

This began recently, despite the SSD showing 90% health in CrystalDiskInfo

Windows & MyASUS diagnostics show no issue — yet the drive is unreliable

 I discovered that this problem is common with Samsung PM991 OEM SSDs, as reported globally (e.g., Dell, HP, Lenovo). It's frustrating that ASUS bundled a known faulty drive and now blocks out-of-warranty support, even though it’s a manufacturing design issue, not user damage.

Please escalate this issue to your technical team. Hoping ASUS takes responsibility and helps resolve this, even out of warranty.

Thanks

Saurabh Singh Lodhi

[QY2]

OMG so its not only just me, i had this problem for about a year now
mine is laptop - ASUS ROG Strix G513QM, sometimes blue screens while I using it and sends me back to the BIOS screen with no boot option...

while waiting for a staff reply
do u happen to have any workaround for this or like me also deal with it by restarting a couple of times?

[QY2]

for whats worth mine is SAMSUNG MZVLQ1T0HBLB-00B00 with the same firmware FXM7201Q