Windows boot fail

Crap it. So frustrated now. I'll have to try do some begging and get another PSU over here. Do you it might be that sometimes power cuts to the drives?
 
just a second again it keeps cutting out just as it gets to the motherboard screen then restarts itself
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it is the likely cause of this sort of thing. unless you have a multimeter and patience its gonna be hard to find out. a different PSU would be easier
 
Ive been able to boot multiple times today with only the SSD plugged in. The two other HDDs are unplugged and so far no problems. Is it possible that other HDDs are causing issues? Would the order they're plugged in be causing inaccessibility issues?
 
I was about to reply when mid-way through watching a youtube tutorial, the pc locked up, i got a buzzing sound through my headphones and then a blue screen, though it dissappeared before i could jot down any information. It then said please select bootable device, press any key to continue...

What the hell is going on!

Going to grab a PSU from a mate tomorrow, running memtest atm in some random hope it might throw an error. Is this new symptom any more useful than previous?

Managed to get a pic after it happened again:
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The file referenced in the bsod is I believe an amd vga driver file - doesn't really tie in with the other issues you are having but that is part of the fun dealing with blue screens :)

GL

Did you run crystal disk info as suggested earlier? That or manufacturer hard disk diagnostic tools may be worth a run as you are fighting a losing battle if one is failing.
 
I can consistantly recreate the inaccessible error by plugging one of the two slave HDDs back in. Ive tested it serveral times over. It seems if i plug either in the error re-appears and removing them allows me to boot.

Though why this would be, is beyond me
 
Just the SSD connected at the moment with a fresh install of windows on (install done with other hard disks unplugged?)

Is this pc you are having issues with the one in your sig? (the project log?)

Ploppy suggested possible PSU issues - perhaps you could remove the 2 x 290 cards and run off the onboard vga to hugely reduce the power draw of the system and see what happens before borrowing a psu ?
 
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gerico said:
I can consistantly recreate the inaccessible error by plugging one of the two slave HDDs back in. Ive tested it serveral times over. It seems if i plug either in the error re-appears and removing them allows me to boot.

Though why this would be, is beyond me
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Have you been able to run any hard drive diagnostics tools over the mechanical hard disks? some thing seagate seatools?

Are these drives formatted? Do they have data on them? Windows installed?
 
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lucifer-mnm said:
Just the SSD connected at the moment with a fresh install of windows on (install done with other hard disks unplugged?)

Is this pc you are having issues with the one in your sig? (the project log?)

Ploppy suggested possible PSU issues - perhaps you could remove the 2 x 290 cards and run off the onboard vga to hugely reduce the power draw of the system and see what happens before borrowing a psu ?
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Well at the moment i have all plugged in. Often it takes two boot attempts to get windows to load. The first attempt results in 'please select a bootable device' - i reckon the ssd just doesnt fet detected for some reason. Often another power down/up fixes it. However sometimes it takes more, and ive gone into the boot menu to find no ssd appearing.

Ill try the gpu removal idea. Ive also noticed since installing a fan controller that sometimes if i boot up from a shut off state that the fans that are set to 65% speed on the controller dont start up and require me to pump up to 100% in order to get them going. Would this suggest another glimse of psu issues?

Yep its the build from my sig.


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Have you been able to run any hard drive diagnostics tools over the mechanical hard disks? some thing seagate seatools?

Are these drives formatted? Do they have data on them? Windows installed?
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The ssd is freshly formatted and ive run diagnostics on the drives and found nothing yet. I did fix an issue where the two hdds had an active flag set on them. Over at the windows 7 forum, someone helped me remove this and make just the ssd the active primary. Which did help me boot more successfully, it removed the error about inaccessible drive.. Its now just the please select a boot device that troubles me which is clearly a seperate issue.

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how big are the hdd/ssd
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The two hdds are 1TB and 750GB with previous info on but no OS installed. The SSD Is freshly formatted and has hardly anything on.
 
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With regard to the cold boot ssd issue - Ive just found this (though it is old)http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=90119

Basically says that the Corsair Force series of SSD's have had this issue for a while. Corsair say its fixed in the latest firmware for the drives and if the problem persists then its a motherboard bios issue that requires a bios update.

So make sure your ssd firmware is up to date and that you have the latest bios for the gigabyte motherboard (latest bios is version F6 and the notes mention SSD performance fixes http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4949#bios

There was also a suggestion that making sure the ssd is hooked up to an intel sata controller and not a marvell controller may sort the issue (this doesnt apply to you I think as your boards sata ports are all controlled by the intel sata controller.)

Suggestion from Corsair to disable quick boot in board bios (may be under advanced boot options.)
 
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Thanks for this lucifer. I had trouble finding firmware updates for the ssd, as its so old. Plus that and of course im not sure how to update it. I will take a look when im home tonight. Mobo bios is def up to date. Might try get another newer ssd to test
 
If you can post up the model of your SSD I will see what I can find re firmware update file and instructions on how to do it.

Current Corsair SSD's use the Corsair SSD Toolbox software to update the firmware but I think that your drive may not be supported by that - this link here should help in finding how to update the firmware on drives not supported by the SSD Toolbox http://forum.corsair.com/v3/forumdisplay.php?f=206
 
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Thanks for this lucifer. I had trouble finding firmware updates for the ssd, as its so old. Plus that and of course im not sure how to update it. I will take a look when im home tonight. Mobo bios is def up to date. Might try get another newer ssd to test
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If you do decide to get another SSD then make sure you get one that other people are using successfully on the board you have. I say this as RAMGUY over on the Corsair forums does say on one of the forum threads that it wasn't just Corsair Force SSD's that were experiencing these cold boot issues but other manufacturers drives as well.

I would hate to see you buy a new drive and have the same issue.
 
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If you do decide to get another SSD then make sure you get one that other people are using successfully on the board you have. I say this as RAMGUY over on the Corsair forums does say on one of the forum threads that it wasn't just Corsair Force SSD's that were experiencing these cold boot issues but other manufacturers drives as well.

I would hate to see you buy a new drive and have the same issue.
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Cheers for the heads up buddie. I will make sure i check, i reckon at the end of the month ill buy a new one anyway as it has a small capacity, though its its not the issue then ill be bummed.
 
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