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ssd problem

  1. H

    SSD going to sleep all the time

    I have an SSD that I exclusively use for sound libraries. When working with music, every now and then the hard drive goes to sleep, and many times when I hit play in the software, I have to wait for the hard drive to wake up, before the music plays. How can I prevent this? I have found some...
  2. Amurensy

    High Disk Usage on SSD for No Reason

    Hello, I'm desperate about this issue. I've formatted my PC several times because I can't find a solution to this. It turns out that the PC (usually after downloading something heavy) becomes excessively slow, and I see that disk usage rises above 70% even when absolutely nothing is being done...
  3. DirtyHarry

    Windows 10 Bitlocker SSD not working

    Hi all! My bitlocker stop working. The windows start restore process, but it stuck every time. I have enter password to decrypt SSD, but it's stuck on 45% for whole day. The SSD is Sabrent Rocket 2 TB https://ssdrive.net/sabrent-rocket-nvme-40-2-tb and looking to official site, there is no...
  4. NeddHelpPlz

    Strange problem with SSD

    The other day out of the blue, the laptop rebooted itself while a program was running. When it turned the pc back on, the words S.M.A.R.T test warning appeared. Searching the net, I found out that it was an SSD problem, but by doing checks to all components I did not get any error messages...
  5. NerveHunter

    No bootable drive?

    Hello I’m looking for help with the installation of my new SSD. I had a 500 GB SSD beforehand, and I assumed that I could just plug in my new 1 TB SSD. After attempting to do so my PC will no longer boot up. I’m not even able to get into bios. Not only that, but for some reason it is as if my...
  6. ehsan esfandiari

    Solved Boot from NVMe SSD

    Hi. I have Asus Z97-pro motherboard which has M.2 (M key, socket 3) on it, but I don't know wether i can install and NVMe SSD on it or not? And if so, can i install OS in it and boot the windows from it or not? (I mean without updating the Bios) Thanks for your help.
  7. ThePiePieper

    3 dead Kingston NVMes in 1 year...why?

    I built a new AMD rig back at the end of 2022, all my specs and parts below. And since then, I've had my boot drive die 3 times. I have been using the Kingston KC3000 1GB as my boot drive and can't find anything, anywhere as to why or how it would die 3 times. I've OCed the CPU through BIOs (3.5...
  8. Ajd24

    Solved Ssd help

    So,I bought a new 1tb ssd for daughters pc and when put in pc it just won’t come on. So I decided to try external casing and attach via usb but it doesn’t show in drives in my computer.shows in device manager under usb and also under drives.but I can’t do anything with it. In disk management it...
  9. txymoor

    My gpu and ram are not workin

    Hi, I changed my ram to a new ram but now my gpu and ram are not working, I unplugged the motherboard battery and the ram and it's still not working 😕
  10. S

    Black screen after instaling ssd

    I have a Dell XP5 2710, which had an HDD installed. Sometimes the PC would not turn on at all, just a black screen, but the fans would run. Sometimes it would run normally. Today I installed an SSD and plugged in a Windows USB, but now I only get a black screen with the fans running. When I...
  11. M

    Solved SSD stopped being detected

    Hello, So the SSD is working again, but Im still worried about the ocurrence. So I booted up a game and it immeadiately crashed, followed by a Windows Error and a reboot. I thought nothing by it, and tried to start the game again, when I realized the SSD is gone. Neither Diskmangagement nor...
  12. L

    unable to erase ssd for fresh windows install

    I recently purchased a new hp laptop that came with samsung ssd(mzvlq512hblu-00bh1) but I am unable to erase the drive using samsung magician software ,is there any other alternative to erase the drive or get samsung magician working ?
  13. P

    Cannot boot my new M.2 SSD with a Flash Drive.

    Hello, a few months ago i changed from my pre build pc to a new one, only the cpu and the m.2 remained. (i didn't even reinstall windows) But the m.2 is generally slow and also has "only" a health of 27% left. So I thought you just buy a new one. Now after I swapped the SSDs I plug in my...
  14. R

    SSD stopped working

    My second SSD that I installed around two months ago had been doing totally fine but a few days ago uninstalled half the games I had installed on it, and then the other half later in the day and then it disappeared completely from file explorer. After that I tried swapping the SATA and power...
  15. B

    SSD and BIOS help

    So I built my pc about 2 years ago and it was my first pc. I’ve had problems here and there but I fixed them and it runs pretty great for a $600 pc. My issue is that when I first started the pc, I entered the BIOS to choose a boot location but it was giving me problems with choosing my ssd. So...
  16. Omo

    Solved SSD no longer recognized by Windows

    I need to know whether this is a problem with MBR so I could try and restore it or is it something else (like maybe I should try updating the driver, or uninstall and then reinstall the SSD)? The disk has important data, so I need to use only non-invasive methods for now. The disk has 2...
  17. J

    PC Takes Forever to Boot Programs

    Seeking some help I'm having with my PC. I recently reformatted to start fresh after upgrading a few parts, including adding a new SSD. Everything works great, PC boots up quickly and everything. The only issue I have is that it takes literally 3-5 minutes to load anything for the first time...
  18. S

    SSD help!

    I had recently just got an SSD Kingston A400 960 GB and I had plugged it in, however, it doesn't pop up as a storage device. I then looked upon it and it said I should try going to disk management and either initializing it or allocating the space, the problem is, is that it isn't even there, I...
  19. N

    SSD card is recognized on PC but can't get past boot screen

    As the title says, As a first time builder this past December, I bought a Western Digital Blue SN550 1TB to replace my smaller 256GB Western Digital for my first build. When I go to the boot menu, the motherboard recognizes it but won't get past the boot screen. I doubled checked for any...
  20. H

    a weird ssd problem on aorus b450 pro bios

    hello guys this is not my pc its from a friend he has a very weird problem we legit tried everything u can imsgine to make this work the specs are following : Aourus b450 pro Motherboard cpu : Ryzen 5 3500x gpu : Asus steix rx vega 64 ram 16 gb ram 3200mhz ripsjaws brand psu 650 watts corsair...