Asus H97M-PLUS not seeing OCZ Vertex 2 100GB

billybizarre · Oct 16, 2014

I have upgraded the motherboard and processor in my under-the-TV PC - Asus H97M-PLUS with an i5 4460. It will now recognise my OCZ Vertex 2 100GB boot drive only intermittently. I was able to get it running for long enough to do a clean install of windows but it went haywire soon after - constant BSODs, sometimes not even seeing the SSD in BIOS. I have tried switching the sata data and power cables around - and changing the ports on the mobo - no issues with them. Can anyone suggest a way of fixing this nightmare!? Is the motherboard faulty? Is there a bios setting I need to change?

Other components:
PSU - OCZ CoreXstream 500
CPU cooler - arctic freezer 7
RAM - corsair 4GB 1600
1TB data drive
BluRay drive
GPU - ASUS R9 270OC

For reference, I was previously using an Athlon X3 455 on a Gigabyte 870 motherboard, with all the other components being as above.

Outlander_04 · Oct 16, 2014

unplug the data drive

make sure the SSD is plugged in to the lowest numbered SATA port . Either 0 or 1 .
Reset the BIOS to optimized defaults

Make sure the power cable to the SSD is functioning

Still the same?

billybizarre · Oct 16, 2014

Thanks for the suggestion. I will give it a go this evening and let you know how I get on.

billybizarre · Oct 16, 2014

Outlander_04 :

This has helped a lot, but it's still not perfect. It runs okay with just the SSD (now plugged into the lowest numbered port) connected, but when I plug in any other drives - data or bluray - it goes straight to the bios screen. Any suggestions? Is the motherboard a dud? I did the bios reset before reinstalling windows btw.

Outlander_04 · Oct 16, 2014

I would update the BIOS to the latest version .or if it has that then reinstall it over itself .

Its not uncommon for UEFI BIOS to have bugs . They are much more complicated programs than a BIOS and I have had similar issues .
Hopefully that will fix it

billybizarre · Oct 17, 2014

Outlander_04 :

Thanks a lot for the advice. Still not working unfortunately. I updated to the latest bios version and it's still really unstable. Booting up seems to be a three-way split between BSOD then reboot, going into bios (no sign of SSD boot drive) and starting up okay. Even when in windows I have experienced BSOD a few times. Any ideas? Is the motherboard the most likely culprit?

billybizarre · Oct 17, 2014

Sounds like this could be my fix. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1865874/ocz-vertex-ssd-recognized-boot-uefi-clock-resets-z87x-d3h-4770.html

OCZ Vertex 2 HDDs are thought to have problems with Haswell motherboards. Sounds like I'm going to have to cough up for a new SSD. Have been meaning to upgrade my laptop to SSD anyway, so guess that's happening sooner rather than later!

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