Really weird freezing problem - possible M4 SSD problem

Dr_Doom · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:26

Since I built my PC at Christmas it has been faultless until yesterday. When I leave it to do nothing for 10-15mins it freezes and locks up (no bsod). I have no choice to reset it and when it boots back up the primary HD (M4 64GB SSD) isn't picked up in the bios boot menu & the system won't boot. After a few attempts turning the pc on & off it finally picks up the SSD and the system will boot.

Any ideas on this as I'm baffled?

I was thinking maybe the SSD was overheating, causing the pc to crash. Then on reboot it wasn't being recognised until it had cooled? I've tried feeling the top of the drive but it doesn't seem to get hot.

Anyone else had similar problems? Could it be something other that the hard drive?

Thanks for your help

olivier renault · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:34

what firmware?

cammy5477 · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:41

If you have another sata lead swap it out and try that

Dr_Doom · 16 Nov 2012 at 00:02

The firmware on the M4 is Rev.0009 which was already on it when i bought it.

I've got plenty of sata leads so i'll try another one & report back. I'm not getting my hopes up though as it's worked fine all this time & hasn't been moved etc..

Thanks.

Surveyor · 16 Nov 2012 at 01:29

I don't know how long your drive has been powered on but I believe firmware 0009 has the 5,000 hour bug.

It might be worth trying an update.

The latest is 010G but that seems to cause problems as well.

Try 000F.

I think you need a specific version for the size of your drive.

wazza300 · 16 Nov 2012 at 01:54

ive used an m4 with 000f firmware no issues so id do what surveyor said and try that rather than the latest version

it can also be memory related,either the ram or cpu memory controller so id test those too,

Dr_Doom · 16 Nov 2012 at 02:08

Just checked with CrystalDisk and the powered on time is 5331 hrs so maybe it is that. I'll try updating the firmware to see if it fixes the problem.

Thanks for the info!

Dr_Doom · 17 Nov 2012 at 03:38

Just an update - I flashed the M4 SSD with the 000f firmware and my pc is back to working fine. It's been running all day with no crashes.

Thanks for the help & advice guys. It's much appriciated!