Evo 850 suddenly not detected.

swanseajack · 12 Dec 2018 at 21:12

Bought the drive brand new in 2015, it's been running fine but this afternoon went to turn on my computer and it's not detected in the bios I've reset the cables, tried another sata port but nothing

Anyone got any idea how I can bring this back to life, do ssd drives just die?

Cheers

ED209 · 13 Dec 2018 at 07:29

Ssds can suddenly die with no warning unlike hdds where you may see issues before they kill over.

Have you tried another pc? You've done the common tests of replacing the cable and trying a different sata port.

Does seem like the drives died, can you see it in the bios or under drive management?

Kelt · 13 Dec 2018 at 10:00

And this is why I don't use SSD'S.

Hope you get it sorted OP.

swanseajack · 13 Dec 2018 at 21:09

Just an update, after swapping to yet another cable it's all back to normal thank god gonna back up everything tomorrow

mrbazmondo · 6 Jan 2019 at 17:35

Install Samsung magician and make sure the firmware it up to date. I've had one or 2 SSDs go a bit wonky on old firmware before. Updated and they've been prefect for years.

maklabouhlel · 8 Jan 2019 at 19:24

Kelt said:
And this is why I don't use SSD'S.

The advantages of ssd's far outweigh the negatives. Just keep everything backed up. Once you've used an ssd it's very hard to go back to a mechanical drive especially for os.

Randomface74 · 8 Jan 2019 at 19:27

+1 for Samsung Magician and updating firmware

kensiko · 8 Jan 2019 at 19:36

Kelt said:
And this is why I don't use SSD'S.

Hope you get it sorted OP.

At work I installed one of the cheapest SSD I could get several years ago (OCZ Onyx). It survived until last year, after replacing the secondary hard drive (1 TB) twice.

They do not all die prematurely.