Hi all, I've looked at several threads here and none seem to point me in the right direction.
Intel 6700k,
MSI z170 M7,
Corsair LPX 16gb,
Samsung 850-EVO 500gb.
I've been video editing/ animating for work for quite some time and have a deadline on Monday. I was working with some pretty massive files but I'd specifically designed a rig to handle the load. Lo and behold my computer utterly and completely dies tonight and I've literally no clue where to begin.
I recently had one or two instances where the computer would just freeze but a restart would set it straight. Then today, I get a BSOD that said critical something failed, I googled it immediately but unfortunately didn't note it down and it was incognito.
At one point, the computer crashes and when it turns on again, I get a 'Reboot and select proper boot device message'.
I thought it was weird so I restart and head into BIOS and my SSD is still in the boot order so wasn't sure what the problem was.
I restarted, got through to Windows, and IMMEDIATELY pulled out a External HDD and put away some important files. While some of these were transferring - the transfer rate goes down to 0kb/sec, the computer freezes and restarts. It was like watching a good friend flatline. I check on my external HDD on my barely functioning laptop and luckily most of my work for this deadline was transferred (I have nothing to edit the video on, however!) but a lot of my files were still on that SSD.
I restart and go into BIOS and reset to default. I restart and get the 'Reboot and select proper boot device message'. I go into BIOS and now there's no SSD under Boot Priority 1.
I look online and find something about the SATA ports so I unplug the rig and switch the connector to the lower SATA port. Still nothing detected. I think, maybe I should update the BIOS. Put in a USB and enter M-Flash mode. It tells me to plug in a USB and try again? I can see the Sandisk USB in the Boot order but for some reason can't do anything with it. I unplug and plug the connector back into its original SATA port. Got absolutely nothing. No SSD.
I cleared CMOS and upon booting up I could see the SSD again on BIOS. I tried flashing the BIOS using the USB but it still wasn't detected.
It restarted itself after exiting Flash mode and the SSD disappeared again.
I cleared CMOS again and managed to get through to Windows. After about 15 seconds, it froze up and restarted and I got the 'Reboot and select boot device' screen. I cleared CMOS again and this time the SSD wasn't detected.
I'm really not sure whether or not this is an issue with the SSD or something else.
There is no one nor is there any other computer at all that I can try to run this SSD on to test it. I would've certainly tried that by now but unfortunately, I'm a lone PC builder in my circle of friends and family.
Aaaand I could be missing a deadline for some of the most important work I've ever done.
TL;DR- Computer froze up and died twice. SSD all of a sudden not detected. Went through to Windows once and managed to backup some stuff. Then SSD is completely undetected in BIOS and can't boot into Windows. Tried different SATA ports, didn't work. Flash drive isn't recognized when trying to update BIOS. Tried to clear CMOS and got into Windows for 15 seconds before freezing up. Now, SSD has completely vanished from BIOS.
Intel 6700k,
MSI z170 M7,
Corsair LPX 16gb,
Samsung 850-EVO 500gb.
I've been video editing/ animating for work for quite some time and have a deadline on Monday. I was working with some pretty massive files but I'd specifically designed a rig to handle the load. Lo and behold my computer utterly and completely dies tonight and I've literally no clue where to begin.
I recently had one or two instances where the computer would just freeze but a restart would set it straight. Then today, I get a BSOD that said critical something failed, I googled it immediately but unfortunately didn't note it down and it was incognito.
At one point, the computer crashes and when it turns on again, I get a 'Reboot and select proper boot device message'.
I thought it was weird so I restart and head into BIOS and my SSD is still in the boot order so wasn't sure what the problem was.
I restarted, got through to Windows, and IMMEDIATELY pulled out a External HDD and put away some important files. While some of these were transferring - the transfer rate goes down to 0kb/sec, the computer freezes and restarts. It was like watching a good friend flatline. I check on my external HDD on my barely functioning laptop and luckily most of my work for this deadline was transferred (I have nothing to edit the video on, however!) but a lot of my files were still on that SSD.
I restart and go into BIOS and reset to default. I restart and get the 'Reboot and select proper boot device message'. I go into BIOS and now there's no SSD under Boot Priority 1.
I look online and find something about the SATA ports so I unplug the rig and switch the connector to the lower SATA port. Still nothing detected. I think, maybe I should update the BIOS. Put in a USB and enter M-Flash mode. It tells me to plug in a USB and try again? I can see the Sandisk USB in the Boot order but for some reason can't do anything with it. I unplug and plug the connector back into its original SATA port. Got absolutely nothing. No SSD.
I cleared CMOS and upon booting up I could see the SSD again on BIOS. I tried flashing the BIOS using the USB but it still wasn't detected.
It restarted itself after exiting Flash mode and the SSD disappeared again.
I cleared CMOS again and managed to get through to Windows. After about 15 seconds, it froze up and restarted and I got the 'Reboot and select boot device' screen. I cleared CMOS again and this time the SSD wasn't detected.
I'm really not sure whether or not this is an issue with the SSD or something else.
There is no one nor is there any other computer at all that I can try to run this SSD on to test it. I would've certainly tried that by now but unfortunately, I'm a lone PC builder in my circle of friends and family.
Aaaand I could be missing a deadline for some of the most important work I've ever done.
TL;DR- Computer froze up and died twice. SSD all of a sudden not detected. Went through to Windows once and managed to backup some stuff. Then SSD is completely undetected in BIOS and can't boot into Windows. Tried different SATA ports, didn't work. Flash drive isn't recognized when trying to update BIOS. Tried to clear CMOS and got into Windows for 15 seconds before freezing up. Now, SSD has completely vanished from BIOS.
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