BSOD, now unable to boot.

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I was browsing the net while doing a backup and got a "KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR" BSOD. No memory index was given and it froze on the BSOD so needed a hard restart. Now it boots into BIOs and under storage and boot options etc. the SSD doesn't even show up. So I'm stuck in BIOS and can't even start the PC.

This happened to me a few weeks ago but after a couple of restarts it fixed itself. It hasn't fixed itself yet this time. I've read here that it's particular to OCZ SSD's. Hopefully not! I'd be sick if I had to re-download 120gb of games and RMA the drive.

Has this happened to anyone else? I can't be alone.

Now that I think of it, my PC seemed to hang a bit here or there when opening browsers or multi-tabs and also when going into Control Panel and other windows areas.

NOTE: Posted here and general hardware to help speed up the fixing process.
 
wazza300 said:
try leaving mb battery out for 30mins and then trying,back up your bios settings beforehand
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I cleared the CMOS straight away on a reboot, I'll try removing the battery for a while aswell, no need to back the settings up, i know my way around it!....I think.
 
This can also be a memory problem (IE. failing RAM). Or so says "Microsoft Technet". Maybe worth running several occurrences of MEMTEST for a while, to rule this out.

PS. If you look at your SSD when powered on, can you still see a little green light on? or is it red?

Edit. Might be worth considering posting a query on the relevant OCZ forum (IE. http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/ )
 
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mikeo said:
This can also be a memory problem (IE. failing RAM). Or so says "Microsoft Technet". Maybe worth running several occurrences of MEMTEST for a while, to rule this out.

PS. If you look at your SSD when powered on, can you still see a little green light on? or is it red?

Edit. Might be worth considering posting a query on the relevant OCZ forum (IE. http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/ )
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Can failing RAM cause my SSD to not show up on boot? Wow, that's weird, if it manages to get itself back up and running I'll do Memtest for a few hours, ty. At this point I can't even get the PC to start, I'd have to install Windows on a diff drive just to get it up and running.
 
a badly corrupted cmos can cause missing drives,and sometimes longer is needed 30 mins plus to fully clear it
 
mikeo said:
This can also be a memory problem (IE. failing RAM). Or so says "Microsoft Technet". Maybe worth running several occurrences of MEMTEST for a while, to rule this out.

PS. If you look at your SSD when powered on, can you still see a little green light on? or is it red?

Edit. Might be worth considering posting a query on the relevant OCZ forum (IE. http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/ )
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I'm just about to post there, just disconnected everything, now to wait! When the PC goes to boot and ends up in BIOS I can see both a red and a green light on the SSD, they're next to each other.

wazza300 said:
a badly corrupted cmos can cause missing drives,and sometimes longer is needed 30 mins plus to fully clear it
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Hopefully it's just the CMOS, although I've cleared it a few times I'm now going to wait an hour to make sure.

The worst part is I was in the middle of a backup incase something like this happened :mad:
 
mikeo said:
Unluckily I suspect this is your problem.
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...Red-and-green-light-on-bios-wont-detect-drive
And I suspect wazza's suggestion is what OCZ will come up with as well.

Good luck.
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Yeah that seems to be the same problem, some dose! Why is it that the drive only lasted 2 months?? Surely it must have been faulty to begin with or something. I only use it for booting games etc so it wasn't being overrun or anything.

Would you say this is a problem with all OCZ drives or just one her and there? There's no way I'd want a replacement if it's going to do the same thing in a few weeks.
 
chipachap said:
Would you say this is a problem with all OCZ drives or just one her and there? There's no way I'd want a replacement if it's going to do the same thing in a few weeks.
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I know some will disagree but "no" I don't think this is an issue with all OCZ drives. They do though appear to come in for a fair bit of stick at times though (rightly, or wrongly). Some folks denounce all Sandforce based drives and OCZ drives especially and that's their right (free speech and all that). While I accept that a fair few people over the years have had issues (and some continue to), it has to be remembered that people only tend to post on forums when they have a problem... you don't hear from the silent majority that have no issues at all. Not looking for a flame war here folks, just my opinion. While I've never owned a generation 3 Vertex drive, I have got (and still use), a Vertex 2, Vertex 2E and 2x Vertex 4 drives and all have performed faultlessly.

If it was me ... if you can't solve the problem. Then I'd RMA and get a replacement. That way you can make up your own mind rather than be swayed by others jumping up and down.

In the end, it's up to you.

Good luck.

PS. If this was a seriously endemic problem, then I would have thought that a fair few companies (OCZ in particular) would have gone bust by now.
 
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So I've installed Windows on a HDD and I'm up and running again. I tried to boot from the SSd again and the same thing happened; unable to locate in BIOS. Red and green lights on still.

Should I try plug it into a different port to see if it will show up in Windows? I've seen talk about a hot swap where I'd plug the drive into a waiting SATA cable when the PC is on, could this damage the drive?
 
it wont damage the drive aslong as hot swap is enabled in the bios,i was hoping it would be the cmos ohh well,if no joy id rma it and sell the replacement and choose a more popular ssd
 
wazza300 said:
it wont damage the drive aslong as hot swap is enabled in the bios,i was hoping it would be the cmos ohh well,if no joy id rma it and sell the replacement and choose a more popular ssd
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I'll get the replacement but if the same thing happens to it I'll sell the next replacement and move on, hopefully it was just a bad drive and the new one will be good since I was impressed with the performance.
 
chipachap said:
I'll get the replacement but if the same thing happens to it I'll sell the next replacement and move on, hopefully it was just a bad drive and the new one will be good since I was impressed with the performance.
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That's the attitude (IE. positive).

I wish you well and I'll also keep my fingers crossed for you :)
 
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