SSD disappears?

Pierre3400 · Oct 11, 2013

Hey guys,

I finally got around to setting up my 4770K fully today.

Before i even got started formatting today, my Kingston SSD started to disappear?

It will be there sometimes when it boots, and other times it wont be there?

The ssd i 2/3 years old, is the signs of death? When its there, it works fine :-/

Robert17 · Oct 11, 2013

Something similar happened to me a couple of times and each time it was the SATA cable. Either I hadn't attached it snuggly or it had vibrated loose, and another time I simply replaced the cable and all was well. Something to try if you have spares.....it will at least eliminate that possibility.

Pierre3400 · Oct 11, 2013

Thats a b****. Its custom length cables, and i only have the 3 i use.

I tried to switch them around, and so far it works. Seems to disappear after restarts.

clash · Oct 11, 2013

Thats how i lost my first OCZ ssd drive. It just started disappearing and one day would just no longer show up.

ATMINSIDE · Oct 11, 2013

Back it up to an HDD, prepare for an RMA. I've lost three Mushkins like that now.
Seems to be a common issue across all Sandforce SSDs.

wingman99 · Oct 12, 2013

Don't take a chance backup your data and RMA your drive.

Pierre3400 · Oct 12, 2013

wingman99 said:
Don't take a chance backup your data and RMA your drive.

It too old for RMA.

Im not bothered about losing my data on the drive. I use the drive to store games on only. From Steam and Origin, so its not a huge loss if it goes.

When i boot i can now see a pattern for when it'll work and when it wont.

When it'll work, bios boots fast, when it wont work, the rig hangs around in bios boot screen for a while.

Robert17 · Oct 12, 2013

BIOS update time?

Pierre3400 · Oct 12, 2013

Robert17 said:
BIOS update time?

Its a brand new motherboard, i looked, there are no bios updates for the Maximus VI Formula, i am running the latest, and since its only one ssd with issues, i doubt its a bios error.

pqwoerituytruei · Oct 12, 2013

ssd firmware update?

SSD disappears?

Pierre3400

annnnnnd it's gone

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annnnnnd it's gone

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