SSD help needed

dog-man

dog-man

dog-man

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Just purchased a Samsung 840 SSD 500GB.

I am trying to use it via an esata connector on my motherboard.
I have two esata sockets. One is currently connected to a 4 bay NAS.

I am using an Akasa esata cable which has both a power and sata connector to connect directly to the SSD.

My computer is not seeing it at all. Do I need to format it first?

The box that contained the SSD states 'activated'.
Does that mean it has already been formatted and should just plug and play?



dog-man
 
try plugging it into your mb ssd port first and see if it shows up in windows,if not click start/right click my computer/manage/storage/disk management and see if the ssd dhow there and right click it an mark as active or change driver letter/path and it should then show up in windows

then put it back in your box or caddy ect
 
Not showing up in disk management on my desktop.

I shall connect it to a bog standard sata connection just to make sure it is working and not dead.

I want to use it as a storage drive as I already have a system ssd.



dog-man
 
It was a silly mistake on my part.

The esata cable also has a usb cable attached. It takes the power from that.
I thought it was a choice between using the esata connection or usb connection.
It needs both.

Silly me! :)

Now formatting it.


dog-man
 
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