SSD Installation Help

maj · 21 Feb 2015 at 14:09

Got a crucial 128gb ssd that I'm trying to install Windows 7 on. I've done a bit of research on this already and have disconnected the current hard drive and set sata mode to ahci.

When I get to if I want to do an upgrade or custom install it doesn't detect the ssd.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.

zola25 · 21 Feb 2015 at 17:13

Are all the SATA ports enabled in the BIOS? If so, try a different SATA cable and/or power lead would be my suggestion.

Are you using the chipset (Intel or AMD) controller? These should be picked up during install, but not sure about Marvel, Jmicron etc.

ED209 · 21 Feb 2015 at 17:26

are you using the same sata ports as your previous HDDS?

try a different sata cable and power cable, does the SSD appear in the bios?

if you are using a sata 3 port (6gb) make sure they are also set to achi as sometimes they have different controllers and they both need to be set to achi.

maj · 21 Feb 2015 at 17:53

zola25 said:
Are all the SATA ports enabled in the BIOS? If so, try a different SATA cable and/or power lead would be my suggestion.

Are you using the chipset (Intel or AMD) controller? These should be picked up during install, but not sure about Marvel, Jmicron etc.

I'll have another look in bios but everything that should be enabled was enabled from what I could see. I'll try a different power cable as the sata one is brand new so don't think its that.

Processor is intel and have all mobo drivers.

ED209 said:
are you using the same sata ports as your previous HDDS?

try a different sata cable and power cable, does the SSD appear in the bios?

if you are using a sata 3 port (6gb) make sure they are also set to achi as sometimes they have different controllers and they both need to be set to achi.

I have two different coloured sata ports and I've tried the ssd in each of them.

SSD isn't detected by bios either when I checked just now. As above poster suggested I'll see if I can find a spare power cable.

I'll check for more ahci options in bios.

maj · 21 Feb 2015 at 18:40

Right enabled every sata setting I could find to ahci and used a brand new power cable and still nothing. Still not detected in bios either. I'm about to give up :mad:

wazza300 · 21 Feb 2015 at 18:53

tried enabling hotswap on each sata port in the bios? try that

if you have spare pc hook the m4 to that then format it/assign drive letter or initialise it

then try and see if windows sees it in other pc

maj · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:11

sorry if image is huge was taken straight off phone camera

Images over 1,280 pixels wide should be placed in spoiler tags as I've done for you.

Cheers

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That is my integrated peripherals settings. Not sure my mobo support hot swappable.

I do have a spare pc but when the ssd is connected the pc doesn't even power on.

wazza300 · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:12

what mb is it?

maj · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:18

GA-P67-UD4-B3

wazza300 · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:22

no it wont have hotswap

you tried all the sata ports one at a time? think theres asmedia or marvell sata3 ports aswell

and you on the latest bios for that board? might help

maj · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:25

I'll disconnect all sata devices apart from ssd and try it in each one. Tried to look for asmedia or marvell settings in bios but couldn't see any.

wazza300 · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:27

it might be esata3 not sure on that board but try all ports

if that fails try setting back to ide mode then see if ssd is picked up,install windows if it does and you can do a simple reg tweak to enable ahci without having to re install windows

maj · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:44

No go with trying it in all sata ports.

Set it back to IDE and only optical drive is detected. Could SSD be faulty? It was bought brand new but too old for RMA.

Thanks for help so far.

wazza300 · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:47

idk

try leaving ssd unplugged from any power for 30 minutes then try,it could have entered freeze state

I cant think whatelse you could try,other than contact crucial or enter the serial number on the website and see if any warranty is left

what mb was in the other pc? the one that wouldn't boot at all if the m4 was connected? could be bios issue or could be faulty ssd

maj · 21 Feb 2015 at 19:50

Will give those two suggestions a go. Just gonna put pc back together with old hard drive connected for now.

maj · 15 Mar 2015 at 18:43

Bumping this as no further forward. Haven't gone as far as RMA with Crucial yet but have got my hands on a hard drive caddy and Windows detects is as a portable device, but there's no sign of it in Device Manager or Disk Management.

I'm wondering if the PC that wouldn't boot with this SSD connected has killed it.