SSD nowhere to be found, HELP

[MrThomsen25]

Who makes the SSD man. I ask becuase most mfg. make a ISO you can boot from and update the firmware from it. This will be good so you dont have to run anything in his OS.

Just make sure you disconnect all his drives before you do this. Its quick and this will avoid you installing anything on his rig.

I will contact manufacturer for firmware / iso.. I agree, im fairly nervous on running this .exe file on his perfectly working OS and SSD

 

[95Viper]

Who makes the SSD man?

Good question...

And I am still curious if you updated your SSD firmware for that board....? http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...em=vc-100296-1

And, ^this^ is only relevant, if, he has one of these SSDs listed in the prerequisites:

PREREQUISITES:
Usage of one of the following model Intel Solid State Drive (SSD) models:

INTEL SSDSA2BW080G3H - 80GB
INTEL SSDSA2BW120G3H - 120GB
INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3H - 160GB
INTEL SSDSA2BW300G3H - 300GB

Have you tried hot-plugging the drive?

Plug the power into the SSD(just the power cable, not the data cable).
Boot up your computer and OS.
While still on... plug in the data(SATA) cable.
If it is recognized, check the partition and format.

If, recognized and partitioned/formatted... re-boot and check.
If, everything works; now update the firmware, with, the proper firmware from the SSD manufacturer.

If that does not work, return the SSD for RMA or return to seller.

Just curious, is this a Crucial M model?

 

[MrThomsen25]

Have you tried hot-plugging the drive?

Plug the power into the SSD(just the power cable, not the data cable).
Boot up your computer and OS.
While still on... plug in the data(SATA) cable.
If it is recognized, check the partition and format.

If, recognized and partitioned/formatted... re-boot and check.
If, everything works; now update the firmware, with, the proper firmware from the SSD manufacturer.

If that does not work, return the SSD for RMA or return to seller.

Just curious, is this a Crucial M model?

Thanks for the input, i will try it as soon as i get home from work

 

[MrThomsen25]

I will try the SSD in a total of 3 PC systems today, and i really hope that its only my HP crap that cant find it..

And, also now when i think about it, i have an 60GB spare SSD, brand new.. Maybe i should put that into the HP Elite SFF 8100, and see if that gets recognized...

Thanks for help all!!

 

[MrThomsen25]

Just curious, is this a Crucial M model?

No, and its neither one of the listed Intel models, i guess the driver doesnt matter then.. ?

 

[OneMoar]

No, and its neither one of the listed Intel models, i guess the driver doesnt matter then.. ?

messing with drivers won't do anything because its not even getting initialized on POST

 

[MrThomsen25]

messing with drivers won't do anything because its not even getting initialized on POST

I meant the SSD Firmware, you asked me to run on my friends PC..

The disk is not from Intel, so i guess i should scrap that idea right ?

 

[95Viper]

I meant the SSD Firmware, you asked me to run on my friends PC..

The disk is not from Intel, so i guess i should scrap that idea right ?

Correct, that link you were given, was for a firmware update of the HP versions of the Intel SSDs listed; and, if yours is a different brand... it more than likely would not work.

You still do not say what your make and model of SSD is.
If you do get it going, you should, IMO, update to the latest firmware.
They usually issue them to fix little problems, but some do fix larger problems and may give an increase in performance & reliability.

Yes, if, you have access to another SSD, definitely try it to see if it is recognized in the bios correctly.

 

[MrThomsen25]

Update:

Just hot plugged it, and nothing happened at all

Now im on way into the basement to get my 8 yr old PC, will bios update it, and see if i can get the ssd to show up anywhere there..

My hopes are slimming

EDIT: http://www.asrock.com/mb/SIS/939S56-M/

Thats the MOBO of my basement PC! Can anyone tell my if i even have a chance to get the SSD running on this ? Before i start to draw conclusions from it..

Noteable info: - 2 x SeialATA 1.5Gb/s connectors supports RAID,0,1,JBOD, SATA_HDD Hotplug

Thanks in advance guys!