Question SSD wont detect

[srikarbalmuri]

hi guys,

I have recently bought adata ssd of 240gb.I have installed windows 10 on it and it was working perfectly for 2days after that when i turn on my pc it wouldnt detect my ssd and it was also not showing up on bios....i have unplugged power and reconnected the ssd and it shows again and works but after few hours pc runs into a problem and it again doesnt detect in bios...i have again removed the power cable from ssd and connected again and it worked again...i am not sure what is causing the pc to run into problem just after few minutes or hours ...please help me with this

 

[Satan-IR]

Welcome to the forums!

What are you full PC specs including PSU make and model?

 

[srikarbalmuri]

My pc specs
Motherboard : intel dh67bl
processor : i7 2600k
ram : 16gb
graphics card : geforce gtx 750ti oc
psu : corsair vs450
hdd : seagate 1tb and seagate 500gb
ssd : adata 240gb

 

[Satan-IR]

That is not a good quality PSU and it might have either damaged you SSD or it's not properly feeding power to it as it seems to be intermittent.

The SSD might have been faulty too.

Have you tried reseating SSD SATA data cables and are you sure you're connecting the drive to right SATA port according to motherboard manual? Have you tried connecting it to another SATA port?

 

[srikarbalmuri]

yes i have connected it to another sata port....i have recently checked the temperatures my ssd is toughing 58° as of now....i had windows 10 installed on my hdd before had no problems with that are you sure its because of the psu?

 

[Satan-IR]

Not sure without hands on physically access to the system, only guesses from symptoms.

If that temp is right and drive is getting that hot that can cause problems for SSDs (more than HDDs) as NAND is sensitive to heat and after a certain temperature it throttles/clocks itself down so that it doesn't actually fry itself. This is also consistent with the drive stopping work after a while.

First check with another software to make sure if the drive runs that hot. You can get HD Sentinel from here and check SMART health status of drives (SSD and HDD) and also check their temperatures.

If possible check the drive in another system or leave case side panel open a connect it to power and board and start the system and check if working a while outside the case it heats up and stops working or not. If it's a temperature issue you have to improve air flow inside the case to prevent that. What is the ambient temperature?

About that PSU not being a good quality one, I would change that for a good unit first change I get.

 

[srikarbalmuri]

which psu do you suggest?

 

[Satan-IR]

Anything 450W or 550W from tier 1 or 2 here.

 

[captaincharisma]

i would try to find a way to check to see if the SSD is still working or not first like finding another PC to try it in before going the PSU route

SSD's wouldn't generate enough power to even overwhelm a low quality power supply

 

[Satan-IR]

i would try to find a way to check to see if the SSD is still working or not first like finding another PC to try it in before going the PSU route

Exactly ^,

I should have emphasized that that earlier I guess.

Although I think it was clear that earlier I implied to check the drive first as I said check the drive and see if it's acting up because it overheats or not.

If it's not heat and it's faulty it has either been faulty from the get go or it might have been damaged after being installed in your system and, generally speaking, PSUs CAN be a cause of storage failure. Again, IF it is indeed faulty and it wasn't faulty even before you installed it.

As I said above "If possible check the drive in another system or leave case side panel open a connect it to power and board and start the system and check if working a while outside the case it heats up and stops working or not. If it's a temperature issue you have to improve air flow inside the case to prevent that. What is the ambient temperature?".