I was installing Windows today, and when my system started rebooting, my phoenix pro 120GB drive stopped appearing in the bios during system boot. The intel controller during boot says it has found a drive of the six possible, but it never gets past this step, preventing me from doing anything on my computer - I cannot even access the BIOS because it will not allow me to enter the BIOS until after drive detection.
If I unplug the drive, and then reset my system, I am able to access the BIOS, etc. After accessing the BIOS, I am able to set the SATA mode to IDE. Once I do this, the drive is detected without issue, and *seems* to operate alright, but all the instructions from GSkill indicate I need to run in AHCI mode when using an SSD. Also, my system was detecting the drive fine using AHCI until today.
When I plug my drive into another system via external SATA/enclosure, the drive is detected and allows me to add/remove files, but as soon as I try to boot with it, the systems are freezing. I have also updated my drives firmware as well as my systems BIOS hoping it might resolve the issue. I also tried different ports on my motherboard, new cables, and different power connectors, all to no avail.
Has my drive failed and do I need to RMA it, or is there some other action I can take to salvage my drive? I really don't want to RMA it and be without my system drive for several weeks.
Thanks for any help.
If I unplug the drive, and then reset my system, I am able to access the BIOS, etc. After accessing the BIOS, I am able to set the SATA mode to IDE. Once I do this, the drive is detected without issue, and *seems* to operate alright, but all the instructions from GSkill indicate I need to run in AHCI mode when using an SSD. Also, my system was detecting the drive fine using AHCI until today.
When I plug my drive into another system via external SATA/enclosure, the drive is detected and allows me to add/remove files, but as soon as I try to boot with it, the systems are freezing. I have also updated my drives firmware as well as my systems BIOS hoping it might resolve the issue. I also tried different ports on my motherboard, new cables, and different power connectors, all to no avail.
Has my drive failed and do I need to RMA it, or is there some other action I can take to salvage my drive? I really don't want to RMA it and be without my system drive for several weeks.
Thanks for any help.
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