[SOLVED] SATA available disk: Removed

[RSDS1227]

For several months I have been getting these "Intel® Rapid Storage Technology: Information notification". Sorry IDK how to attach a .doc to this message so here is the info I receive.

SATA available disk: Removed.
SATA available disk: Removed.
System Report

System Information

OS name: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
OS version: 10.0.19041
System name: DESKTOP-KTMT10H
System manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System model: Z170-HD3P
Processor: GenuineIntel Intel64 Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 3.501 GHz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc., F21
PCH: 0xA145
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Information Kit installed: 15.7.1.1015 User interface version: 15.7.1.1015
Language: English (United States)
Driver version: 15.7.1.1015
ISDI version: 15.7.1.1015
Storage System Information
Controller name: Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller

Type: SATA
Mode: AHCI
Number of SATA ports: 6
Number of volumes: 0
Number of spares: 0
Number of available disks: 2
Rebuild on Hot Plug: Disabled
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Model number: 0xA102
Product revision: 49
Direct attached disk: WD-WCC3F7CTXA44
Direct attached disk: 174819E02D88

Disk on Controller 0, Port 1
Status: Normal
Type: SATA disk
Location type: Internal
Size: 932 GB
System disk: No
Disk data cache: Enabled
Command queuing: NCQ
Transfer rate: 6 Gb/s
Model: WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0
Serial number: WD-WCC3F7CTXA44
SCSI device ID: 0
Firmware: 01.01A01
Physical sector size: 4096 Bytes
Logical sector size: 512 Bytes


Disk on Controller 0, Port 2
Status: Normal
Type: SATA SSD
Location type: Internal
Size: 978 GB
System disk: Yes
Disk data cache: Enabled
Command queuing: NCQ
Transfer rate: 6 Gb/s
Model: Crucial_CT1050MX300SSD1
Serial number: 174819E02D88
SCSI device ID: 0
Firmware: M0CR070
Physical sector size: 512 Bytes
Logical sector size: 512 Bytes

ATAPI device on Controller 0, Port 0
Location type: Internal
Transfer rate: 1.5 Gb/s
Model: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224GB
Serial number: Not Available
Firmware: SB00

Empty port
Port: 3
Port location: Internal
Empty port
Port: 4
Port location: Internal
Empty port
Port: 5
Port location: Internal


I have 3 Crucial SSDs attached to motherboard through SATA, One has my operating system 1TB, one is a 250GB storage and one 125GB storage. For over a year the 125GB SSD would come and go. Sometimes I would start the PC and it would be attached the next it wasn't, sometimes it would show up while I was working with a program out of the blue. I looked into it, replaced the SATA cable, checked power cables, no issues there. For a long time all was fine and I dismissed the issue. NOW I am getting the report of 2 drives missing and I am way more concerned.

I understand SSDs can go bad they are both over 4.5 yrs old bought in March of 2016. I really hope it's not a motherboard issue but don't know how to diagnose.

If it matters, the motherboard is on BIOS ver 21 and there are updates to 28 available.

Thank you for any help,

Rich

 

[Lutfij]

Update your BIOS in this order, F22a>F22d>F22g. When you reach F22d, install MEI drivers from 2017/12/01.

How is your Crucial 1TB Storage structured? Does it have more than one partition(sans the OS partitions)? Make and model of your PSU and it's age?

 

[RSDS1227]

My Crucial 1TB drive has 5 partitions, Recovery 450MB NTFS, 99MB Healthy EFI system, Local Disk C 976.70GB Healthy, 840MB NTFS Healthy recovery and 13MB Unallocated. All were done by Windows I didn't make those partitions.

Intel i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Bought 05/2016

Are you saying to update the BIOS three times, once for each F22a>F22d>F22g then before I update to F22d I need to download the MEI drivers from 2017/12/01 ?