SSD detected by BIOS, but not OS
my SSD suddenly stopped working. my BIOS will detect the SSD as "3.0 GBps device" but in windows or ubuntu, it won't show up anywhere that I've looked so far, disk manager in windows and fdisk -l on ubuntu.
I'm not sure what information I'm supposed to give, so please do ask.
It is a Corsair Force Series GT 120GB. (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK)
EDIT:
I have a 2 TB HDD as secondary for storage, right now I'm using a 250 GB HDD as primary. i use a 16 GB USB to load ubuntu. I'm actually not sure what all this means:
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root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4a3f74ed
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 3907027119 1953513528+ 42 SFS
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders, total 488281250 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e529e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 488278015 244137984 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/sdc: 16.4 GB, 16355688448 bytes
19 heads, 50 sectors/track, 33626 cylinders, total 31944704 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0d777b9e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 8192 31944703 15968256 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Re: SSD detected by BIOS, but not OS
Re: SSD detected by BIOS, but not OS
Windows isn't really "safe for SSDs" until Windows 7, so maybe you burned it out from improper usage patterns.
Re: SSD detected by BIOS, but not OS
Thanks for the replies.
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Originally Posted by
Nightwalker83
I have not tried this yet, but I will try this later today.
I shall edit this message when I know more.
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Originally Posted by
dilettante
Windows isn't really "safe for SSDs" until Windows 7, so maybe you burned it out from improper usage patterns.
I used windows 8 at the time it stopped working. I won't say that I have used it properly, because at this point, I actually don't know. I never actually formatted it, I only installed windows on it once. It stopped working while I was testing Magic Packet, I believe I may have put it into a "panic lock" or something.
EDIT:
I tried following the guide you provided, Nightwalker83, but the SSD didn't show up in diskpart. I even tried using different SATA interface and power cables, and different ports on the board, that I've used with the other HDDs, that way I'm 100% sure that the cables work properly. While I tried this, I disconnected the other HDDs.
Re: SSD detected by BIOS, but not OS
When you use SSD devices to hold a file system that uses the storage drivers the usage pattern is beyond your control.
It doesn't matter that you were using Windows 8 when it died, the question is what did you have using it extensively before that?
Windows 7 and later try to detect SSDs on ATA ports. If found:
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Windows 7 will disable disk defragmentation on SSD system drives. Because SSDs perform extremely well on random read operations, defragmenting files isn’t helpful enough to warrant the added disk writing defragmentation produces.
By default, Windows 7 will disable Superfetch, ReadyBoost, as well as boot and application launch prefetching on SSDs with good random read, random write and flush performance. These technologies were all designed to improve performance on traditional HDDs, where random read performance could easily be a major bottleneck.
Since SSDs tend to perform at their best when the operating system’s partitions are created with the SSD’s alignment needs in mind, all of the partition-creating tools in Windows 7 place newly created partitions with the appropriate alignment.
Also see Support and Q&A for Solid-State Drives.
Windows 8 improved on this and 8.1 did a little more. But anything before Windows 7 could do a lot of damage, of a kind that adds up over time.
Re: SSD detected by BIOS, but not OS
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Originally Posted by
Justa Lol
my SSD suddenly stopped working. my BIOS will detect the SSD as "3.0 GBps device"...
I'm afraid that you're SSD is done. Normally, the BIOS detects and lists a HDD or an SSD using its manufaturer and model - not a generic "3.0 GBps device".
