Crucial M4 Fail?

defcon545

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May 14, 2012
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Hey guys. Well, today I was getting some studying done and I got a BSOD all of a sudden on my laptop. Restarted, got to win 7 login then got a BSOD again. (0x000000F4). I believe it said inpage or something around those lines.

Once that happened the laptop only booted to BIOS and at this point the SSD is not detected in BIOS. The SSD is at the latest firmware. 07MH for the 128gb crucial mSATA m4. I booted up (parted magic?)from a USB and the drive showed up and I was able to access files from there but when rebooted, again, nothing in BIOS. However, my 750gb HDD is still detected. Any Advice here?

It's an ASUS G46VW so getting that drive out right now isn't an option since the laptop isn't really user accessible in that area. Sorry for any errors, posting this from my phone.
 
Solution
Disconeect the charging cord and remove the battery. Press and hold the poweron button for a few minutes and then reconnect everything and see if it will boot up again.

Zeathin52

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May 15, 2012
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Thanks. Battery is non-removable though unfortunately.. I reinstalled windows 7 on the HDD but still no go on the SSD from BIOS. From within the W7 install on the HDD I can access the files in the SSD but BIOS still won't recognize it.

Currently when BIOS is set to AHCI it is showing no SSD in that slot but it does show the HDD. However, when I switch to IDE both the mSATA SSD and the HDD show up in BIOS. Not sure where to go from here? When I select the SSD to boot now in IDE mode it states "Reboot and select proper boot device".

Edit: I've attempted the power cycle mentioned elsewhere but again the drive isn't real user accessible and I do not have the tools at this time to reach it so that I can remove it.. I also just realized that I for some reason have two accounts.

Should also note that the past 5 months I have had this laptop it has been set to AHCI running alongside the HDD (As a storage disk) with no issue. Until yesterday with the blue screen did the SSD stop showing in BIOS.