Missing ssd's

[cookiemonster]

Hi I did a clean install off win 10 on my Samsung 250GB 960 Evo NVMe but before I did I disconnected my other 3 SSD's, after the clean install when I connect the other ssd's to where they were originally I cannot find them on my computer.

 

[Ahhzz]

I assume by "3 Dad's", you mean drive, and if so, do they show up in Disk Management?

 

[cookiemonster]

Yes it is 3 SSD's and no they don't show up in disc management.

 

[Gorstak]

there are two cables, one for power and other for data...the power one is from psu, and the data is from sata ports on mbo...if you connected all 6 then you probably need to enable them in bios...does the bios even see them?

 

[cookiemonster]

I will have a look in the bios.

 

[FireFox]

Stupid question: did you plug the ssd's with the PC on or off? Try turning off the PC unplug the ssd's plug just one and see if it shows, as i know and it happened to me installing 2 NVMes will automatically disable port 5 and 6 but that's not just case.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3156377/sata-ssd-disappears-installed.html
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/798616-hdd-disappeared-after-m2-ssd-installation/
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?94372-SSD-s-missing-after-installing-M-2-Drive

 

[cookiemonster]

Hi finally got it sorted, other than mainboard, gpu and soundcard I use Auslogics driver updater rather than leave it to Microsoft and I usually check what is being updated but I didn't and that was where the problem was it was down to one update the Standard sata controller, once I stopped that one all was okay. Thanks for the advice and help.

 

[FireFox]

Glad to hear you sorted it out

After driver Booster messed up my PC i learned not to trust those software.

 

[Ahhzz]

Hi finally got it sorted, other than mainboard, gpu and soundcard I use Auslogics driver updater rather than leave it to Microsoft and I usually check what is being updated but I didn't and that was where the problem was it was down to one update the Standard sata controller, once I stopped that one all was okay. Thanks for the advice and help.

That's a pain to sort, glad to hear you got it!

 

[newtekie1]

Hi finally got it sorted, other than mainboard, gpu and soundcard I use Auslogics driver updater rather than leave it to Microsoft and I usually check what is being updated but I didn't and that was where the problem was it was down to one update the Standard sata controller, once I stopped that one all was okay. Thanks for the advice and help.

Yeah, ditch any program like that, in my experience they always end up causing more harm than goo(and are often bundled with malware too). Either leave it to Microsoft(they actually do a decent job) or update your drivers manually, don't use a 3rd party program.

After driver Booster messed up my PC i learned not to trust those software.

I've fixed sooooo many PCs with these driver update programs on them it isn't funny!

 

[FireFox]

I've fixed sooooo many PCs with these driver update programs on them it isn't funny!

I used it for a while and never gave me any kind of trouble till one month ago, i dont reallly know what happened but i was forced to Reinstall windows

 

[newtekie1]

I used it for a while and never gave me any kind of trouble till one month ago, i dont reallly know what happened but i was forced to Reinstall windows

Yep, everything in this world works until it doesn't. It's when it doesn't work that's the problem. And when you're messing with things like drivers, you don't want something to mess up, because sometimes it messes up so bad you can't fix it.

 

[FireFox]

sometimes it messes up so bad you can't fix it.

And that is exactly what it happened to me