SSD Help!!!!!

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 03:33 PM

Well I got my SSD in and installed her along with two other HDD. Everything went ok after a number of different installs and restarts. I rebooted one last time and now I get "Disk read error. Hit Ctl+Alt+Del to restart. Now I cant even get into my OS. WTF is wrong! Did I not set something up right in the bios or something???

t77snapshot · Nov 18, 2010, 03:35 PM

Can you at least get back into the bios?

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by t77snapshot

Can you at least get back into the bios?

Yup. And sometime when I reboot it loads fine. But its about a 10% chance.

1freedude · Nov 18, 2010, 03:41 PM

Try swapping data cables. I have had that problem.

ZenZimZaliben · Nov 18, 2010, 03:46 PM

Using AHCI?

Firmware version up to date on SSD?

slyfox2151 · Nov 18, 2010, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fullinfusion

Im assuming you did a clean os install?

Did you format the ssd? if so that's bad

.

its bad to format a SSD?

t77snapshot · Nov 18, 2010, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by slyfox2151

its bad to format a SSD?

correct.

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 04:21 PM

Why is it bad?

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 04:30 PM

Oh I wiggled the wire and it booted up. So I switched ports and it booted up again. I think the cable wasnt pushed in all the way or the cable itself is going bad. Would a bad cable cause this?

erocker · Nov 18, 2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMailMan78

Would a bad cable cause this?

Yes, or a bad port on your motherboard. Use a different cable for now to see if the problem goes away.

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by erocker

Yes, or a bad port on your motherboard. Use a different cable for now to see if the problem goes away.

I wonder if thats what happen with the other drive.

InnocentCriminal · Nov 18, 2010, 05:07 PM

A bad cable would cause any drive to not function correctly; temperamental behaviour or if not that it'll cause 'damage' to the drive.

I've formatted an SSD and it's not caused any negative issues with the drives, then again these we're all Gen-1 Intel based drives. I've always had it in my head that it's defragging that causes all the unnecessary reads & writes that reduces the life of the drive.

Sounds to me as if you've got a crappy SATA cable.

fullinfusion · Nov 18, 2010, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMailMan78

Why is it bad?

google it, I cant remember but I know it will shorten the life of the drive big time if formatted. Plus formatting the drive leaves dirty cells behind which slows the drive down.

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 05:28 PM

Well I changed out the cable and rebooted four times without a problem.

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 05:39 PM

Still going good. Leave it to me to find a bad cable installing a new SSD. How many reboots you figure till I'm safe?

Soylent Joe · Nov 18, 2010, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMailMan78

Still going good. Leave it to me to find a bad cable installing a new SSD. How many reboots you figure till I'm safe?

Over 9000 I'd say. Do you feel the speed difference with the new SSD?

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Soylent Joe

Over 9000 I'd say. Do you feel the speed difference with the new SSD?

Honestly......no. I mean some stuff is SUPER fast but over all not worth the cash IMO so far.

Soylent Joe · Nov 18, 2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMailMan78

Honestly......no. I mean some stuff is SUPER fast but over all not worth the cash IMO so far.

As is the case with most upgrades these days

1freedude · Nov 18, 2010, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 1freedude

Try swapping data cables. I have had that problem.

Come on give me some credit, post # 4!

Completely Bonkers · Nov 18, 2010, 07:21 PM

Are you using LATCHING SATA cables? Dont buy anything else. The (small) extra cost is well worth it to avoid the suffering and trauma of unreliability.

TheMailMan78 · Nov 18, 2010, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 1freedude

Come on give me some credit, post # 4!

Thank you man!

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