SSD no longer appearing in BIOS

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I have a Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with an SSD as primary boot and a normal 500 Gb HD as storage for movies etc.

It seems that the PC froze this morning and the SSD is no longer appearing in the BIOS.

I am running Windows 7

Could it be an SSD failure ? How can i identify what is wrong ?
 
128Mb? :D

Have you tried a different SATA cable/SATA power connector from your PSU? If you have, CMOS clear and BIOS update wouldn't be unhelpful.
 
Take the battery out of the motherboard, or you can look for the jumper on the motherboard for clearing the cmos. Make sure the pc is powered off before you do this :)

Another easier way would be to load default settings in the BIOS.
 
Try disconnecting the sata data cable from the SSD but leave the power connected. Then leave PC switched on for about an hour (just leave it on the bios screen) then turn it all off and connect up the SSD Data cable again.
 
Fortunately i have my data of another drive.

When i power off and power on the SSD appears temporarily in BIOS but not possible to boot from it. When i press a soft reset the SSD disappears.
When i insert Windows 7 install disk the hard drive appears but the SSD dos not.
 
did you leave the ssd unplugged from the psu? leave it like that for 30 minutes

it sometimes enters freeze state and that's what you do to unfreeze it
 
yes even though you flashed bios id still try a long cmos clear 30 minutes or overnight

do it by powering off pc and remove the motherboard battery (pinch the clips together and it will pop up then pull out)

if its still not showing up then idk,other than the drive is faulty/died
 
Hi there

From the testing and diagnosis what the guys have suggested above if the drive is still not detected after all that unfortunately it would seem it would be defective.

Bailey
 
See the procedure below - it's likely you'll be asked to do this by the manufacturer anyway


In most cases, your SSD can be returned to normal operating condition by completing a power cycle. The process will take approximately one hour.

We recommend you perform this procedure on a desktop computer because it allows you to only connect the SATA power connection, which improves the odds of the power cycle being successful. However, a USB enclosure with an external power source will also work. Apple and Windows desktop users follow the same steps.

1. Once you have the drive connected (if possible WITHOUT the data connection) and sitting idle, simply power on the computer and wait for 20 minutes. We recommend that you don't use the computer during this process.

2. Power the computer down and disconnect the drive for 30 seconds.

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 one more time.

4. Reconnect the drive normally, and boot the computer to your operating system.

5. If the latest firmware is has not been updated to your drive, do so.


If it still doesn't work after a cold reset then it's a failure and it'll be replaced under warranty.
 
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Have you tried any other drives into the same sata port? Do they appear in Bios?

When powering the PC on, place your finger on the SSD, can you feel it spinning up? (Make sure power and sata are connected)
 
I have had the same issue not long back, unfourtunate to say, it is more then likely the drive has died a death if all of the above options fail.

The result for me was I lost majority of my data and only had half backed up, all of which was old anyway, sad times.
 
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