SSD stuck in frozen state

Amraam

Amraam

Amraam

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Tryig to secure erase my vertex 2e with hdderase buts it's stuck in a frozen state. I've tried different sata ports an the boot without power to SSD but no luck.

I haven't got another system to boot it. Is there anything else I can try?

Cheers
 
If you have the type of BIOS (I do) which can lock the SSD and thus can't erase it then you must remove not the power but the SSD connection lead prior to the BIOS posting.

BUT you must plug that lead back in once the BIOS has posted and before the PC boots into DOS and then start up HDDerase.

If you do not get you timing right either the BIOS will keep it locked or HDDerase will not see it.

When HDDerase sees the drive it will then bring up a selection to choose from. eg...

P0 = <then it will name your drive>

ensure other drives are disconnected as well then you do not erase them by mistake.!

Don't forget to make sure that your SSD Controller is set to IDE mode (from AHCI) within the BIOS or it will not work.
 
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if you have two different controllers on the motherboard, switch between them.

I.e. Native vs Marvell as a perfect example.
 
Thanks all. Yup both intel and marvell connections. Hdderase is no longer seeing the SSD so I obviously got the timing wrong when attempting the remove power method. Vimes I'll try your suggestion tomorrow when I get home.

Cheers!
 
No joy no matter what I do, still frozen. Can I plus it into a caddy and do it though windows on a laptop?

Or could I leave it plugged into the power of my psu bur plug the data into an esata of a laptop and boot from the same dos USB stick?
 
I use this method with Parted Magic

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ootable-CD-USB-Linux..-Point-and-Click-Method

and have never had a problem with three 3 different motherboards.

Dead easy to use and once you've set up your bootable CD/USB stick, it's there for future use.

Good luck.

PS. And if you still have issues with your mobo. Then just have a go on another PC (everyone has friends... even me :) ).
 
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