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  1. O

    Question m.2 ssd not working.

    I have a crucial 2280 1tb p3 m.2 SSD with a b550 gaming gen3 am4 motherboard. My problem is that I cant use the SSD it shows up in bios but when I try to enable it or set it as the boot drive its not possible, I also cant set it up in disk management and it doesn't show up in file explorer but...
  2. tanishq sagar

    [SOLVED] Ext m.2 nvme ssd disconnected mid transfer, now it shows up as unreadable usb drive

    Hi everyone, It was a crucial p2 1tb ssd in one of those Chinese ssd enclosures. I disconnected the cable mid transfer and now it shows up as USB drive and I can't access files. How can I fix the drive? Would buying a new enclosure help? Add info: I used to use this drive as the boot drive...
  3. universalrule

    Question Will SSD prices drop again?

    SSD prices have risen dramatically recently. Especially since Black Friday. Many news outlets are predicting a big increase in SSD prices this year, with some saying it's a temporary bubble. What's your opinion?
  4. J

    Question Samsung evo 840 ssd no longer recognised in bios on Gigabyte z97x gaming 5

    I'm wondering if anyone else has had tjis lately? Or is my ssd dead. My first thoughts were sata connections but I've tried swapping sata/power for ports I know work and no joy. I've also checked for a bios update but that motherboard's last update was in 2016 - version f6 which I have. Any...
  5. R

    Question SSD capacity is not shown in the BIOS ?

    Components: -MPG B650 CARBON WIFI Motherboard- Supports AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Processors, AM5 - 16 Phases Direct CPU Power 80A VRM, DDR5 6600+MHz/OC, 2x PCIe 4.0 x16, 1x M.2 Gen5, 3x M.2 Gen4, -SABRENT M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB Gen 4 with PS5 Heatsink, Internal Solid State 7100MB/s Read, PCIe 4.0 M2 Hard...
  6. Tropi1

    Question M.2 SSD shows up in BIOS boot options but not in Windows ?

    Hello, i got a new WD Black SN850X M.2 NVMe SSD and at first after installing it i couldnt see it in BIOS or anywhere in Windows. After looking it up and trying multiple different things I couldnt get it to work, then i updates my bios and after doing that it now shows up in the Boot Priority...
  7. Robert1324

    Question I can not locate my SSD M.2 when trying to install windows?

    Having some trouble with installing windows. PC runs fine for a start. When I reach the part where I’m asked in which storage should I install windows, I can not see my SSD M2 ( the only storage device I put in the pc ) so I can not progress further. The motherboard is B450 PRO4 R2. I updated...
  8. D

    Question Samsung T9 Extremely Slow Write Speed

    Just purchased a new Samsung 4TB T9 SSD. I have it connected via USB-C into a 20gb port on my new PC. When I first started using it, I was able to transfer a 6GB movie file from my internal SSD onto the T9 in about 10 seconds. So after that I began to copy over a lot of my personal files. Then...
  9. C

    Question 8TB SSD not showing up in Gigabyte Z790-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-10

    HI folks, I've seen a couple other posts with this issue but none fully resolved... I'm having the same issue with my build, similar Gigabyte Z790-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-10 motherboard. Unable to see my 8TB Samsung 870 QVO in explorer or anywhere else. This is on my new build Gigabyte...
  10. K

    Question Which Adaptors for this setup: (M.2 B+M SSD, M.2 NMVe, + Old Laptop)

    Hello there, This is my first post here, so please don't bash me if I'm posting in the wrong place. I'm in the middle of a technical crisis here and need your help finding adaptors to this setup, as I'm out of my depth when it comes to hardware compatibility. I have a spare hardware that I...
  11. M

    Question SSD not being detected once I unplug ol HDD

    A few weeks ago I bought a new m2 SSD for my PC. I have in total 2 SSD’s now and the purpose for the new one was to clone the C drive from my old HHD (which has windows installed) to help with boot time, speed and not hearing the annoying sound from the HDD. It worked fine but when I unplugged...
  12. C

    Question Is my motherboard compatible with this ssd

    I have a PRIME B460M-A motherboard, I bought a m.2 ssd but it didn’t work, now I’m buying the Samsung 980 ssd and I wonder if it’s compatible with my motherboard
  13. W

    Question Should I change this SSD or keep it ?

    My father bought 512gb Dahua C800A SSD. Although Dahua is known for surveillance cameras and such, I don't know about their SSD's, does anyone here have an experience with them? The SSD will be used for the OS and some light work program so nothing too demanding, and in case I return it and get...
  14. Aggressive Combo

    Question Would you recommend HDD's or SSD's for long-term/hoarding storage?

    I know SSD's have a lower lifespan. But is it noticeable? I also know that hard-drives are much cheaper, per terabyte. How would your answer change in 4 years?
  15. R

    Question SSD Type and Bandwidth as Cache Drive for Adobe Suite

    Hi guys, here for some help and recommendations from you. Current situation: My pc is a mini-itx FF with these components: i7-13700k 32GB (2x16) ddr5 6600mhz Asu Rog Strix B760-I GAMING WIFI 1st nvme ssd: 500GB 970 evo (GEN3 3,5GB/S) 2nd nvme ssd: 1TB Sabrent Rocket (GEN3 3,5GB/S) RTX 3070...
  16. D

    Question How to install Windows 7 on a 970 Evo NVMe SSD ?

    hello 2 days ago i bought Dell Optiplex 9020, and i have watched some videos and managed to modify the bios and add nvme driver in to it and i made it boot windows 10 off 970 nvme ssd using an adapter. today i felt the need to go even deeper and i want to install windows 7 on that same pc using...
  17. Aggressive Combo

    Question I'm only getting one lane for my PCIe 4 M.2 SSD ?

    UPDATED DESCRIPTION (1/16/2024): FIXED!!! I've made a post a couple days ago about the MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS motherboard. Recently, I purchassed and installed the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD. The issue I found, was that installing that SSD into the M2_1 slot, I was only getting one lane...
  18. Tofa_a

    Question New Geil Z3 1TB SSD: write speed drops from 500-550mb/s to 3-30mb/s when it's 40-50% full or more ?

    As stated in title, i noticed that games started lagging/crashing, after some checking i found out that SSD write speed is around 3-30mbs, and after some more checking, i figured out that its only this low when storage is about 40-50% occupied, when its lower than that, the write speed is around...
  19. B

    Question Samsung SSD PCIe Gen Question

    I'm deciding on what 2TB SSD to get for my personal computer aiming to increase drive speeds from my standard hard drives; I have a B450 Tomahawk as my motherboard and its specifications support PCI-E 2/3. From my understanding, using a SSD with Gen 4 PCI-E is still possible but will be...
  20. uglyfatandalive

    Question Kingston SSD Manager doesn't see Kingston SSD ?

    Well, hi! I want to update the firmware on my Kingston NVMe SSD but the Kingston SSD Manager (the only way to update) doesn't see any drives. BIOS is OK, Windows is OK, speeds and etc OK. Just the manager doesn't see it ? It gives me some errors that you can see on the images below, so if you...
  21. uglyfatandalive

    Question Slow App Launch and other problems ?

    Hello! My apps do not launch instantly as they used to do. There is a small delay from 2-5 seconds, sometimes even more when I try to start something. I do not know what is going on here but I will be more than happy if someone can help me. This also happens with Windows 11 There is also a...
  22. mossi

    Question Is it worth adding another M.2 NVMe SSD via a PCIEe-to-M.2 NVMe adapter ?

    Asrock B450M Steel Legend - is it worth adding another M.2 NVMe SSD via a PCIEe-to-M.2 NVMe adapter ? I'm asking for a friend who has the ASRock B450M Pro-4 F, but also for myself because both motherboards although they have a second M.2 slot it only supports SATA speeds. So I'm looking to...
  23. drgoldfield

    Question Samsung 980 Pro suddenly stopped working

    my brand new NVME Samsung 980 Pro 1TB stopped working after a month. I had Windows installed there, everything worked perfectly until yesterday, and then suddenly nothing worked at all while surfing the Internet. A blue screen from Windows with "Error" came and then my PC rebooted and no longer...
  24. K

    Question Windows SSD stopped working overnight

    The PC would get stuck on the motherboard screen and not boot into Windows. If I wanted to get into the bios it would take 5+ mins to load into the bios screen. The SSD was still showing up in the bios like normal. After hours of trying to get the SSD to load I decided to install Windows on a...
  25. E

    Question SSD lag after short period of inactivity in Explorer

    I have the Acer Predator GM7000 4TB NVMe SSD. The issue is that of extreme lag on first use. After a [short] period of inactivity, when I create a new empty folder, for instance, the new folder doesn't show up for a long time -- several seconds. There is some serious lag there. I often have to...
  26. lameboymanny

    Question PC keeps crashing ?

    So what is going on is that I just recently got told that I should switch everything I have on my hdd to my sdd because my pc would boot up slow. I would always think it was fine since it's just taking its time booting everything up. So after I had done that, I had reset my pc because it would...
  27. Ztekor

    Question M.2 SSD Connection Issues (0x800701B1, disk write error, disappears after rescanning disk on disk management)

    To start with the drive i have problems with is a 500GB WD BLUE SN550 NVME SSD. It has been working fine for around 1.5 years, but starting from a few days ago in the middle of playing a game, the game proceeded to crash, and not only that the disk becomes unwritable, and even disappears when i...
  28. K

    Question Extreme long boot time

    Hello everyone, So I have this issue with booting up my PC. It worked completely fine for over a year until a few days ago. Suddenly when booting up the BIOS outputs the typical Gigabyte screen, but then stays there for like 3 minutes, then it will start windows and the spinning circle appears...
  29. echf96

    Question BSOD after new SSD install

    So, I've been trying to figure this out since like two months ago. I installed a new SSD on my Laptop, an XPG Xenia 15 XC. The SSD was installed in the second M.2 port and after installing it, I started randomly having BSODs. The detention code showing is PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and the...
  30. S

    Question Is it dangerous to use used/scavenged HDD/SSD after format?

    I usually do some scavenging in my way to home, and collect Books, VHS and E-waste like stone aged CPU, GPU and most likely HDD (and SSD if lucky) most of I gathered seems functional, but my brother says I should just throw away instead of using it on to our PC, he thinks it may contain some...
  31. M

    Question PC bricks m.2 and sata

    New SSD from best buy. Bios sees it. Formats successfully. Download steam game to new ssd. Bios no longer sees it. Move to spare PC still unseen. Return and repeat. 3rd drive has now failed the same way. 3rd drive is same model ssd as boot drive which has had no issues and is over a year old...
  32. T

    2,800mb/s Kingston SSD installed in a 10gbps Ugreen enclosure is writing way below 1,000mb/s

    I bought a 10gbps Ugreen SSD Case and a 512gb Kingston NV2 SSD with 3,500mb/s read speed and 2,800mb/s write speed. The case came with a 10gbps cable from Ugreen. When I do the data transfer tests, the computer transfers to the SSD at a speed that varies between 50-200mb/s and DiskMark indicates...
  33. P

    Question Issue with transfer of data out of SSD via docking station

    Hi, I am new to the forum and not very adept with the IT jargons used, so if my question comes off as too confusing, please let me know and I will try my best to correct myself. I have a Crucial mx500 SSD connected to my main PC via an MAIWO 2 bay SATA HDD docking station I use to store my work...
  34. hiimjohnn

    Question How do I know if my SSD is faulty? (games stuttering)

    My games are stuttering and i suspect its my SSD. I frequently get brownouts in my apartment and I suspect it damaged my SSD but im not sure. Is there a way to check with some kind of benchmark or something?
  35. K

    Question Both Samsung 990 2TB SSDs producing quite different results in CrystalDiskMark than would be expected

    I recently got 2 2TB Samsung 990 for my computer. When testing the first drive (Drive F) it met the numbers similar to advertised speeds, but the second one (Drive G) ended up being slower than the first one despite being the exact same model. It's making me confused as I can't find a single...
  36. zaitona21

    Question I have BSOD problem

    At first i couldn't access to one of my 2 sdd's (the one i installed for games not the system one), i restarted my pc and then blue screen of death BSOD showed, even worse problem its crash when trying to access recovery mode so im stuck in this loop of BSOD, im amateur in bios setting and...
  37. M

    Question SSD writing speed low and task manager shows sawtooth pattern

    Hi all, Just bought a 500 GB SSD (MX500) for games, because the hard drive was too slow. Installed a first game (around 100 GB) and it worked well, with high, sometimes constant write speeds of 100/200 MB/s. The next game I'm currently installing is limiting the write speed to around 60 MB/s...
  38. K

    Discussion Are NAS HDDs and Surveillance HDDs just a scam ?

    Hey guys, So I wanted to buy a new hdd since my ssd only had around 100GB left. So I saw these 3 different types of hdd in Amazon, which is: NAS HDD Surveillance HDD Desktop HDD Their prices aren't significantly more expensive than the regular pc hdd and it is advertised that they are far more...
  39. msilaptopstrugglest

    Question Why am I only getting half the write speeds I should be getting on my external SSD?

    View: https://imgur.com/a/2XPPdzI I have an MSI GL75 Leopard gaming laptop. It’s plugged in to a power source. The drives are brand new and formatted to both NTFS and exFAT for testing, results are the same. First pictured in the linked imgur album is a CrystalDiskMark benchmark of the...
  40. Makaplakka

    Question SSD not detected

    Hello. I recently bought a new Motherboard(GB X670 Gaming x ax v2). I installed my old M.2 SSD (sadly i dont know which one) with all data and also windows on it. When i booted my PC it went into BIOS and it said „No Bootable Device found“. I also looked in M.2 Slot info where it said N/A. I...