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| Thread ID: 147424 | 2018-12-12 03:56:00 | Samsung SSD return to base. | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1456461 | 2018-12-12 03:56:00 | My EVO860 is only seen by the BIOS on an off and on basis and is getting to be more off than on. It is quite unacceptable that I regularly get "Restart or use a current OS" only to fail yet again. Entering BIOS the SSD is not seen, Restart and there it is. I have used the same cables to the SSD to a SATA HDD and no problem, Time and again with the HDD a boot is not a problem, back to the SSD and it will fail or occasionally decide it might boot. When returning a SSD or HDD, because I can't enter the OS (Win10 Pro) I am unable remove the OS and program files, a bit of a concern but I guess there isn't anything I can do about it. |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 1456462 | 2018-12-12 04:22:00 | What you can Try -- With The SSD attached only, boot the computer from some sort of boot-able CD/DVD that has partition software - "if" it shows the drive then wipe the partitions, (Windows or Linux install DVD you can do that) for all reasonable purposes the drives now empty. With the good boot-able drive as the main, You can also try an adapter that allows you to attach the SSD Via USB (external Drive Case) , do the same thing, wipe its contents. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1456463 | 2018-12-12 04:50:00 | Thankyou WT. I have a Welland dock and used it to format the SSD. I wonder if I should persevere and try installing windows as a fresh download. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1456464 | 2018-12-12 05:02:00 | Thankyou WT. I have a Welland dock and used it to format the SSD. I wonder if I should persevere and try installing windows as a fresh download. Well look at it this way :nerd: If you wipe the SSD drive, and are able to reload Windows, it "may" simply do the same processes, BUT then again it could be fine. Thing is the drive may be unreliable, and die at any stage. Would you be willing to risk it failing at any time ? BUT nothing to lose to try, if it turns turtle during a install then you'll know. Just did some digging, two different Reply's to the same problem ( basically) So which is yours :D www.tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com OR could be something else ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1456465 | 2018-12-12 06:08:00 | Thanks, read both and will check out the second when the media has finished downloading. Still on IDE not tried to change to AHCI. I had no problems with the SSD when I used the dock to format the disk but of course the SSD didn't go via the BIOS. |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 1456466 | 2018-12-12 06:22:00 | Checked the peripherals but it doesn't have "Use RST Legacy OROM". My mb is an Asus M5A78L_m USB3. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1456467 | 2018-12-13 02:54:00 | Returned the SSD to PBTech, Manukau who happily replaced it. Their service impressed me. I have now installed the new SSD, initialized it, cloned the sata and adjusted the boot sequence in the BIOS. However, still get the message " Restart or select another OS".Seems to be a Mb/SSD confusion. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1456468 | 2018-12-13 06:48:00 | Have a 850 and a 860 both started life with a clean install Windows 10 and no problems Try a clean install and see what happens,nothing to loose as you have your Backup to Clone Just too add both Boards were Gigabyte and did not have AHCI only Enhanced which was used |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1456469 | 2018-12-14 01:55:00 | Thanks for the suggestion Lawrence. However, no luck. It seems to me that there is, on occasion, no connection between the MB and the SSD. It is intermittent, when it doesn't connect the BIOS does not see it. Sometimes I wait a while before turning the PC on again and the SSD is then seen. I have never had this problem with the Sata drive - starts every time! | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1456470 | 2018-12-15 02:37:00 | I have just put the SSD into my laptop. Boots perfectly well and is so much quicker than the standard HDD in all respects. | Bryan (147) | ||
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