Solid State drive only recognized with one sata cable...

[windigo663]

This is more of an academic question as I fixed the problem but want to know for the future, so your best guess at what mat be happening is fine.

So I built my own PC last week and it has been working great. I have a standard HDD and SSD with the OS on it set up. I installed windows 10, everything running fine. Then today in the middle of playing a game it goes to a blue screen (not BSoD) and has a windows message saying 'inaccessible boot drive'. I manually shut down, go to bios, the HDD is there and the SSD is not. So I figure maybe the SSD was mailed faulty or something wrong with sata connection to the mobo, and decide to switch the sata cable from the HDD to the SSD and vice versa to test it . I re-boot, computer is fine, everything works. I tried switching sata ports on the mobo but didn't do anything.

So I guess my question is how can just one sata cable work with the SSD but either work with the HDD.... ? As I said guesses are fine, just curious if it happens again and for future builds.


Update: Okay nevermind, the HDD is now not available, although it previously was.

 

[jsmithepa]

Not trying to scare u, but I don't like it.

Suggest to look for a new firmware to install for the SSD.

 

[windigo663]

So the SSD is working fine now. Everything boots without a problem.

Thing is last night my HDD was no longer available but this morning the computer recognizes it again... Should I just get a new SATA cable? I know they're cheap.

 

[jsmithepa]

So the SSD is working fine now. Everything boots without a problem.

Thing is last night my HDD was no longer available but this morning the computer recognizes it again... Should I just get a new SATA cable? I know they're cheap.

IMO u fixed it by cold booting, nothing to do with cable.

 

[windigo663]

So the SSD is working fine now. Everything boots without a problem.

Thing is last night my HDD was no longer available but this morning the computer recognizes it again... Should I just get a new SATA cable? I know they're cheap.

IMO u fixed it by cold booting, nothing to do with cable.

I restarted a few times last night though and nothing was corrected. Also the drive that connects to the one cable is the drive that occasionally does not appear....

 

[jsmithepa]

I restarted a few times last night though and nothing was corrected. Also the drive that connects to the one cable is the drive that occasionally does not appear....

Instead of cold boot, I should had said, your powered it off, (to change the able) and powered back on. But OK, a new cable shouldn't hurt and shouldn't be that expensive. Go for it.

 

[windigo663]

Bought new SATA cables. *solved*