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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: SilverZ06 on January 01, 2014, 05:20:02 PM
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Hey guys,
Today out of the blue I got the dreaded BSOD. I restarted my pc and it booted right up like normal. After about 15 minutes or so windows crashed on me. I had to press my power button to shut down. It shut down the instant the button was pressed, not a hard reset where you have to hold down the power button for it to shut off. I rebooted again and the computer booted up again with no issues. I went to go get a bite a eat and when I returned my screen was frozen and locked up. I powered down the computer again and installed my memtest 86 cd to start troubleshooting. The memtest ran and showed I had 0 errors. I booted into windows and ran malwarebytes and that came up clean. I'm in the process of doing a full system scan on MSE but so far nothing has been found. I also used ssdlife to check my ssd and according to that my ssd is fine. I find it strange that I have only gotten the BSOD one time and that was at the beginning of these issues. Does any one have any suggestions on what to check next?
System Specs:
I5-2500k @4.6
H80 cooler temps in the 38-42c range
Asrock p68 extreme4 gen3
16GB Gskill RAM 1600
64GB Crucial SSD for OS
1TB WD Black for storage
XFX HD6950 2GB running 3 ASUS VS247 monitors
W7 Home Premium 64bit
Thermaltake 800watt Black widow Power supply
Built August 2011
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Screen freeze
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/freeze_zps487e1ac1.jpg)
BSOD: NOTE:This is not the same BSOD error I originally got.
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(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/BSOD_zpse95e4b90.jpg)
EDIT: I did some searching on that BSOD and it seems a lot of people get it with poor overclocking. My PC has been running on this overclock for over two years. I went ahead and set the bios back to default to see if that helps. I am not too optimistic though since my pc has been running trouble free with that OC for so long. I would think I would have gotten these problems a long time ago. I beginning to wonder if my power supply isn't starting to crap out on me. I will be very disappointed if it is.
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Stock clock speeds did not help. The computer just keeps freezing and now I have to do a hard reset and then it only works for a few minutes at a time until the next freeze. I guess I need to buy a power supply tester tomorrow and see what that says :bhead
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Stock clock speeds did not help. The computer just keeps freezing and now I have to do a hard reset and then it only works for a few minutes at a time until the next freeze. I guess I need to buy a power supply tester tomorrow and see what that says :bhead
Not sure this would be a power supply problem.
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Not sure this would be a power supply problem.
Yeah I agree. I'm reading up on PS failures and it doesn't sound like what I am experiencing. It seems PS failures are more like someone unplugged the computer, not just freezing it. I wasn't sure if a possible voltage trailing off would cause my issues but it seems like most of what I am reading indicates its either on or off in terms of power supply issues.
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whats your CPU temp showing?
Is your cooling system working?
How long since you put the cooling system on the CPU? Badly applied or dried heat sink compound may not be transferring the heat well. Also the cooling system may have slipped off.
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Yeah I agree. I'm reading up on PS failures and it doesn't sound like what I am experiencing. It seems PS failures are more like someone unplugged the computer, not just freezing it. I wasn't sure if a possible voltage trailing off would cause my issues but it seems like most of what I am reading indicates its either on or off in terms of power supply issues.
I was gonna say, if you payed for an 800 watt power system it darn better work!
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whats your CPU temp showing?
Is your cooling system working?
How long since you put the cooling system on the CPU? Badly applied or dried heat sink compound may not be transferring the heat well. Also the cooling system may have slipped off.
CPU temp 40*C on the hottest core the rest of the cores are around 37*C. the one core has always run hotter from the start.
It's an H80 water cooling system that has been installed for over 2 years.
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Well I don't think it's the CPU either. I'm running a burn in test and so far so good.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/Burnin_zps2d55dd7d.jpg)
Hmm..maybe not a hardware problem? :bhead :headscratch:
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I put my windows cd in and did a windows repair and so far it seems to be working okay. I didn't see what (if anything) was actually repaired by the windows repair tool but it seems to be working as of now. If anyone still has any suggestions on what to check/look for I'm all ears. :salute
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Well I don't think it's the CPU either. I'm running a burn in test and so far so good.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/Burnin_zps2d55dd7d.jpg)
Hmm..maybe not a hardware problem? :bhead :headscratch:
It is most likely a hardware problem, but then again I am no computer expert.
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Well that didn't last long. I went down stairs to let my wife in the door, came back up and my pc was rebooting and I ended up with this screen. Once powered down and back up it booted just fine. :mad: :furious :bhead
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/reboot_zps03c2e466.jpg)
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I'm thinking it's either your PSU or your mobo since memtest came up clean. One thing you could try is to make sure everything's clean and seated properly including all your PSU connections and give it another try.
Have you opened it up when it does this to see if the mobo's giving you an F code error? Do you get any beep codes when it happens?
Another thing since it's asking for a boot device would be to try plugging your HD into another port and trying a different connector cable. You'll probably have to reassign it in the BIOS. Speaking of that have you tried resetting the BIOS to default settings?
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If your old stable overclock fails, the reason may well be your PSU. I had a computer that did exactly this - previously stable overclock refused to boot one day. Dropping the clocks helped for some time but with time the system become unstable even on near stock settings.
Replacing the PSU with a new XFX black series made the overclock rock steady again.
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Is there any way to actually test the power supply besides the cheap testers? I read the cheap testers have been known to pass intermittently failing power supplies. I just pulled the power supply out of the machine and inspected what I could see and it doesn't look bad. The capacitors are not bulged or blown from what I can see. The big capacitor has a yellow goo on the side of it but looks like something from the assembly process because that same yellow goo is present on some connectors on the opposite side of the circuit board in the power supply. I have not taken the PS apart because there is a 5 year warranty on it but I want to make sure that is the problem before I go through the hassle of trying to return it.
One thing I did notice is I can now make my pc freeze on command. Anytime I try to run a hardware monitor application like cpu-z the machine will freeze while the program starts to detect the hardware. I'm wondering if that is more related to a MB or PS issue?
EDIT: Also worth noting. The MB posts fine every single time and there are no codes showing on the onboard "dr. debug" diagnostic led panel
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There actually is a way to test the power supply, but for what I've heard, the testing equipment would cost about 50 000, yes, fifty thousand... There may be other methods, too, using oscilloscopes and such, but not everyone has access to those, nor the skills needed to use them. And you've read correctly about he cheap testers. Since they provide no load, even a failing PSU may be able to produce good values. And yes, the yellow goo is factory applied stuff.
The easiest and cheapest way is to use a known good PSU to see if the problems reappear. In your case the testing shouldn't even take long.
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I guess I'll go buy another PS today and see if it works. If it does work I'll just RMA this one and shelve the new/fixed one they send me for later use. Hopefully this is the problem.
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Before you run out and buy a new PSU,have you cleaned the comp lately? I ask because maybe something isnt seated properly!
I would check to see that everything is locked inplace,memory and vidcard especially!
I agree with getting a quality PSU,I have an 850 watt XFX and a 750 watt corsair in my second comp and both have run perfectly for quite some time.
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Before you run out and buy a new PSU,have you cleaned the comp lately? I ask because maybe something isnt seated properly!
I would check to see that everything is locked inplace,memory and vidcard especially!
I agree with getting a quality PSU,I have an 850 watt XFX and a 750 watt corsair in my second comp and both have run perfectly for quite some time.
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I haven't moved the pc in months so nothing could have come loose. When I originally bought my thermaltake 850w PS I was under the impression that it was a quality PS made by seasonic. Doing some research now I see that it isn't but it does have a 5 year warranty. If the new PS I buy tonight fixes the problems my thermaltake will be rma'd. I wonder if my cooling fan obsession may have killed the PS early. I have 7 120mm fans and 2 larger fans (cant remember the size). plus the cooling fan for the PS and 2 small GPU fans for a total of 12 coolings fans being powered by the psu.. overkill maybe?
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I haven't moved the pc in months so nothing could have come loose.
Yeah thats what I thought to. Things is much of the crapola in a box is attached to cables of some kind and the simple weight of the cables can make things come loose. The most common thing is the graphics card coming loose due to the weight of the monitor cables, that and the angle of the cable/connection. You dont have to move anything for this to happen. Heck I bet even living next to a busy street can cause loose attachments over time. No matter how it does happen the fact is it DOES happen.
Ive had BSODs from cards coming loose. Usually I'll get a warning message first about a video driver issue but Ive also gotten BSOD. A simple reseat of the video card solved everything. It might not be your problem but it should be the first thing you try.
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Yeah thats what I thought to. Things is much of the crapola in a box is attached to cables of some kind and the simple weight of the cables can make things come loose. The most common thing is the graphics card coming loose due to the weight of the monitor cables, that and the angle of the cable/connection. You dont have to move anything for this to happen. Heck I bet even living next to a busy street can cause loose attachments over time. No matter how it does happen the fact is it DOES happen.
Ive had BSODs from cards coming loose. Usually I'll get a warning message first about a video driver issue but Ive also gotten BSOD. A simple reseat of the video card solved everything. It might not be your problem but it should be the first thing you try.
Ive removed and reseated my gfx card this morning and ran it on a different monitor with an hdmi cable and it still locks up. I dont see how my card could come loose anyway with the pci slot lock and two screws on the rear cage hholding it tight.
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I guess I'll go buy another PS today and see if it works. If it does work I'll just RMA this one and shelve the new/fixed one they send me for later use. Hopefully this is the problem.
one of the most noted signs of a bad power supply is a loud squeeky sound coming thru the speakers.
semp
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one of the most noted signs of a bad power supply is a loud squeeky sound coming thru the speakers.
semp
I never heard any sounds out of the ordinary from the speakers. I am running a new PS right now and so far so good. Of course my old one would work at first as well. I'm going to try and run my hardware monitor software and see if it still freezes. Wish me luck.
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Well crap :furious The computer still froze. :bhead I was beginning to think for sure it was the PS going out.
So Cpu temps are fine under load or not
Changed the Powersupply and still having the same issue
multiple virus/malware scans come back clean
POSTs fine with no error codes on the diagnostic LEDs
Memtest shows no errors
SSD test shows no errors
visual inspection of the motherboard looks good. No visible blown capacitors
I'm running out of ideas to check. Should I take this PS back and try a new MOBO instead? I'm getting annoyed with this.
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maybe the temp is not reading correct?
the only time I ever had a BSOD was when the PC got too hot...
you obviously have it opened and its clean? so its probably not that.... :headscratch:
if its not heat...try your RAM....RAM causes BSOD at least when I was having the issue, thats what I was reading.
take all the ram out and just put in one stick at a time...or find some cheap ram and try it out.
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Here is a screen shot of my latest freeze. This is how far I usually get into the program.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/latestfreeze_zpsd58e5784.jpg)
Ink memtest already cleared my ram but I will try it anyway. I'm getting desperate to get this damn thing fixed.
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Here is a screen shot of my latest freeze. This is how far I usually get into the program.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/latestfreeze_zpsd58e5784.jpg)
Ink memtest already cleared my ram but I will try it anyway. I'm getting desperate to get this damn thing fixed.
Try booting with a linux boot dvd and try if its stable. If yes then you may have a corrupted windows installation. Even though your drives check ok you may have a bad checksum somewhere in the OS.
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Here is a screen shot of my latest freeze. This is how far I usually get into the program.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/latestfreeze_zpsd58e5784.jpg)
Ink memtest already cleared my ram but I will try it anyway. I'm getting desperate to get this damn thing fixed.
I figured out your issue...... :rock
its that damn Honda wall paper...... your PC is pissed as hell at you :D
hopefully you get it figured out :pray
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I figured out your issue...... :rock
its that damn Honda wall paper...... your PC is pissed as hell at you :D
hopefully you get it figured out :pray
I wish it were that easy. That was just the best looking background I could find for a triple monitor setup. I'm not partial to honda, I had a gsxr myself. Anyway I tried pulling the ram and still same problem. Im seriously considering a new mobo but I just hate to keep spending money throwing parts at the computer and not being sure that is the problem. :cry
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that sux man....
wish I could help more....
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Well I pulled the mobo out so I could see all the capacitors and they all look fine. No bulges or bursts. I'm thinking it still may be the mobo considering all the first symptoms I had were all different. I was just hoping I could visually see something wrong. Now I'm torn between trying a fresh install of w7 or getting a new mobo. I'm just worried about buying a new mobo and that not being the problem. Then I'm stuck with an extra mobo and a thinner wallet. Decisions decisions. WWSD (what would Skuzzy do)?
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Well I pulled the mobo out so I could see all the capacitors and they all look fine. No bulges or bursts. I'm thinking it still may be the mobo considering all the first symptoms I had were all different. I was just hoping I could visually see something wrong. Now I'm torn between trying a fresh install of w7 or getting a new mobo. I'm just worried about buying a new mobo and that not being the problem. Then I'm stuck with an extra mobo and a thinner wallet. Decisions decisions. WWSD (what would Skuzzy do)?
I would reinstall windows. you gonna do that anyway if you buy a new mobo.
semp
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Would replacing the battery on the mobo help? I had some advice to do that once.
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Would replacing the battery on the mobo help? I had some advice to do that once.
I pulled the battery and checked it on a digital multimeter and it is reading a solid 3v so the battery is still good.
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Take a picture of the motherboard and let me take a look at it. Who knows, my mother always says computer problems always miraculously disappear when I come over and look at it :neener:
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Pull out all USB devices and try to restart, just had a usb keyboard that BSOD'd my computer.
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Pull out all USB devices and try to restart, just had a usb keyboard that BSOD'd my computer.
You know I did add my unicomp usb board recently, but it has been running flawless since christmas when I got it and first installed it.
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Is the BSOD always the same? I mean the 0x00000101 error code. Since you were overclocking your CPU quite a lot, maybe this thread would be of some help: http://www.overclock.net/t/669537/bsod-0x00000101 (http://www.overclock.net/t/669537/bsod-0x00000101), especially the list on page 2 (http://www.overclock.net/t/669537/bsod-0x00000101/10#post_14626364). I suppose the error codes would be similar for i5 and i7...
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Is the BSOD always the same? I mean the 0x00000101 error code. Since you were overclocking your CPU quite a lot, maybe this thread would be of some help: http://www.overclock.net/t/669537/bsod-0x00000101 (http://www.overclock.net/t/669537/bsod-0x00000101), especially the list on page 2 (http://www.overclock.net/t/669537/bsod-0x00000101/10#post_14626364). I suppose the error codes would be similar for i5 and i7...
1st BSOD was something related to hardware, 2nd BSOD was the one I posted the picture of. So far only those two BSODs, the rest of the time it is constant lock ups and freezing.
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Take a picture of the motherboard and let me take a look at it. Who knows, my mother always says computer problems always miraculously disappear when I come over and look at it :neener:
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/Mobile%20Uploads/20140103_112346_zpsc4632d61.jpg)
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No black or small burnt spots on the back of it? In our line of work we see control boards everyday and majority of them burn out through the back.
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No black or small burnt spots on the back of it? In our line of work we see control boards everyday and majority of them burn out through the back.
The dark color of the board make it a little tough to see, but I think it looks clean to me.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/20140103_121312_zps8g75qeiq.jpg)
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/20140103_121346_zps0qb0jvie.jpg)
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(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/Mobile%20Uploads/20140103_112346_zpsc4632d61.jpg)
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LOL now it's official you're desperate! Well let me know if it was fixed by just me looking at it! :D
One thing came to my mind though - your problem area may be hidden under those massive heat spreaders.
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Have you used the tools built in Windows? Log files? Performance monitor? Here's something that might help you find the culprit: http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/get-help-from-the-windows-reliability-monitor/ (http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/get-help-from-the-windows-reliability-monitor/)
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LOL now it's official you're desperate! Well let me know if it was fixed by just me looking at it! :D
One thing came to my mind though - your problem area may be hidden under those massive heat spreaders.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/20140103_144106_zps3akkud78.jpg)
I removed the heat sinks and everything looks good under there. I think the fact that I can't see any burn spots or blown capacitors and the fact that the board POSTs without errors, I am going to assume the board is okay. Now I have the task of reassembling this machine and I will use the links Bizman posted to try and figure it out. Hopefully that works and I don't have to clean install. If that doesnt work I'll clean install. If that doesnt work Ill take it apart again and buy a new board. If that doesn't work I'm going to use my shotgun on it. :aok
Quick question. Are the peices on processor that are circled supposed to be that blue color? I can't remember from when I built it.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/0ef8b5b5-8ae0-46fe-8487-bbd36bf796dc_zps72a2ddc3.jpg)
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I took my comp to a local guy who ran a diagnostics on it and found my problem rather quickly. Thats never a bad choice I assume.
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I took my comp to a local guy who ran a diagnostics on it and found my problem rather quickly. Thats never a bad choice I assume.
Where's the fun and frustration in that? :lol
Here is what I found with the link Bizman Provided:
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(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/20140103_144106_zps3akkud78.jpg)
I removed the heat sinks and everything looks good under there. I think the fact that I can't see any burn spots or blown capacitors and the fact that the board POSTs without errors, I am going to assume the board is okay. Now I have the task of reassembling this machine and I will use the links Bizman posted to try and figure it out. Hopefully that works and I don't have to clean install. If that doesnt work I'll clean install. If that doesnt work Ill take it apart again and buy a new board. If that doesn't work I'm going to use my shotgun on it. :aok
Quick question. Are the peices on processor that are circled supposed to be that blue color? I can't remember from when I built it.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag49/PewterC5/0ef8b5b5-8ae0-46fe-8487-bbd36bf796dc_zps72a2ddc3.jpg)
Hmm IF they're blued by overheating that may well be your problem right there. But to tell you the truth I haven't memorized the bottom of cpus so best bet is to Google images and compare. Or go to a local hardware store and ask them to bring one for comparison.
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Hmm IF they're blued by overheating that may well be your problem right there. But to tell you the truth I haven't memorized the bottom of cpus so best bet is to Google images and compare. Or go to a local hardware store and ask them to bring one for comparison.
I just looked on google images and it is the standard color. I guess its a clean install for me as my pc is still acting up. :(
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Just did a full install and format of my c drive and while in the process of downloading windows updates for the new install the system shut down and restarted itself. Upon start up my ssd was not showing and I couldn't even find it displayed in bios. I did a manual hard reset and it reappeared but the updates that were installed were gone and are redownloading now. So Its either my MB sata sockets going bad or my SSD. :bhead
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Older motherboards require startup drivers for SSD to work, if my memory serves me right you press f6 during installation process.
If you did not have this problem before when installing diregard above.
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Just did a full install and format of my c drive and while in the process of downloading windows updates for the new install the system shut down and restarted itself. Upon start up my ssd was not showing and I couldn't even find it displayed in bios. I did a manual hard reset and it reappeared but the updates that were installed were gone and are redownloading now. So Its either my MB sata sockets going bad or my SSD. :bhead
Try installing windows on one of your regular drives, then youll know.
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Older motherboards require startup drivers for SSD to work, if my memory serves me right you press f6 during installation process.
If you did not have this problem before when installing diregard above.
Actually that was not a motherboard limitation but Windows one. WIndows XP pre SP2 didn't have built in sata drivers which forced people to install them manually before the install.
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Well after some searching around I found someone with a crucial m4 drive that describes my exact problem. According to Crucial it is a garbage collection feature and the ssd should be left idle for a period of 8-24 hours to clean itself. My computer has been idle over night as I always leave it powered up. Also with the fresh format and install of windows the garbage collection feature shouldn't even be active yet. I guess I'm off to get a samsung 840 to replace this crucial m4.
Hi,
I bought a Crucial M4 128GB SSD back in August 2011. It's been great, I love it and I will never do without a SSD again, but over the past couple weeks my computer has been shutting down at random times. When it reboots, my computer does not detect the drive and I can't boot into Windows. After a while it would eventually be detected and work just fine. Finally, it stopped working last night and won't detect.
I'm running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit with TRIM enabled. I've tried using the drive on three different SATA ports, using different power connectors and tried putting it into an external enclosure. Nothing is working. I contacted Crucial's support and got this response:
"Thank you for contacting us. The behavior you are describing is consistent with TRIM commands not executing on the drive (which may result from lots of writing and rewriting, especially OS installs, not done on the OS level). The accumulation of 'junk' data from file deletions, even reformats, basically clogs up the drive and reduces or sometimes even halts performance and can even dismount the drive. A secondary feature called Garbage Collection activates when the drive is powered, but has no data throughput, for an extended period, and does background cleanup on our SSDs which can make up for the lack of TRIM.
If this is the cause of your drive's behavior, a period of idling the drive without any data being written or read actively will improve its performance. We recommend you perform this idle period on a desktop computer because it allows you to only connect the SATA power connection. However, a USB enclosure with an external power source will also work. A laptop computer will also work, but you’ll have to connect the drive and navigate to the systems BIOS menu. (Please refer to your system manufacturer’s documentation on how to access the BIOS.)
For laptops, we don’t recommended using a USB enclosure powered via USB; dedicated AC power is preferable. In addition, Apple users must hold the Option key while they power on the system (with the SSD installed). This will boot the Mac to the Startup Manager screen. The Startup Manager screen works like the BIOS screen on a laptop, in that it gives the drive power without any data throughput. An alternative Apple method is to close all open programs (including background processes) after startup and idle on your desktop. Just power the drive and let it sit, preferably overnight, but even a few hours should improve performance if this is the cause of your drive's erratic performance, though full Garbage Collection takes 8-24 hours and should be resumed when you can be without that system for an extended period."
Does this make sense to anyone? I was just thinking that I need to RMA it and get a new one. I'm at work and can't try their "fix" out until tonight. Should I just respond back and ask for the RMA number and get the process started or try this out?
Thanks
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128GB Samsung 840PRO installed and being updated as I type. So far so good. I'm crossing my fingers that the problem is fixed. :pray
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128GB Samsung 840PRO installed and being updated as I type. So far so good. I'm crossing my fingers that the problem is fixed. :pray
If not, it looks like it would be your video card. Hoping for the best, though! Actually, it could've been your ssd starting to fail in the very sector you had your video card drivers installed in.
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Got almost everything reinstalled and windows completely updated and my computer is running great. Looks like it was my SSD after all. What a royal PITA this process has been but I'm glad the problem seems to be solved as of now. Thank you all for your tips and advice. I truly do appreciate it. Hopefully this thread will help others in the future that may have similar symptoms. Thanks again! :salute :cheers: