@Andy6565
Please open the „Advanced“ BIOS section and take a picture of the current and available „Intel Rapid Storage Technology“ settings. Can you choose any other option than “Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration”? If yes, which one(s)?
By the way - have you already tried to connect the ASUS Support regarding your USB issue?
What you can try is to manually update the in-use Intel RST RAID driver (current version is v17.11.0.1000 dated 09/30/2022) from within the Device Manager.
These are the options:
a) 64bit Intel RST RAID driver v17.11.3.1010 WHQL dated 11/25/2022
b) 64bit Intel RST RAID driver v18.37.7.1013 WHQL dated 02/06/2023
Both are compatible with your on-board Intel SATA Controller and your current configuration. You can find the download links within the start post of >this< thread.
Another question:
After having uninstalled the device named “Microsoft VHD Loopback Controller” does the Device Manager show anything with a question mark (“missing driver”)?