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Hello,
I have a 90GB Corsair Force GT SSD that is not recognized by BIOS or Windows.
I Recently built this setup and the first few boots was fine, the SSD was detected and i was able to instal windows, But after installing windows it started saying the Boot drive isn't compatible. So i restarted the computer a few times and i finally got it to recognize the SSD, but after leaving the computer on for a while it'd eventually crash and the SSD couldn't be found, So id have to restart until it was detected to get it back on again. But now the SSD Is not detected at all. I have went in to the BIOS and tried every combination of settings possible and got no luck. I reset the motherboard, and updated the firmware in the SSD when i was able to boot it up the few times i did and this obviously didn't help. I've also tried switching the Sata 3 cable with another that came with the Motherboard, that hasn't worked. I've tried hooking the SSD to another laptop i have and it didn't work, although im not sure if it's a sata 2 connection or if the SSD is even compatible with the laptop. I've tried changing SATA Ports. I've read about defective GT force devices having cooled boot ups (or something like that), and that may be my problem but im really not wanting to believe it's defective so i want to try everything possible before i RMA. I'm currently using 2 other HDD that i had laying around that are working great. Any suggestions or help would be great!
My Specs are:
CPU: AMD FX6300
GPU: Radeon r9 290x
PSU: Corsair GS 600
MB: Asus M5A97 R2.0
SSD: 90gb Corsair Force GT
 
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How can you test a device that is not recognized in the BIOS or Windows? That makes little to no sense. If it's working intermittently, you MIGHT be able to test it while it's working, but if the problem is intermittent, it might also test fine at that time, and then repeat the failure five minutes later. I agree verifying the problem is important prior to RMA though, so if there's any way you can try it in another system, that would be a good indicator. Since it works infrequently, you might of course need to run it through similar circumstances in the other system until it either repeats the issue, or you're sure it would have by then. It could honestly be a motherboard issue as well. Try disconnecting ALL other drives and connecting...
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If other drives and all other hardware is detected and recognized correctly, but not the SSD, I'd RMA the unit. Prior to that though, try using a different SATA cable or plugging into a different SATA header. I think that board has two different storage controllers onboard so you might try using a different color SATA header, or just a different header period. Sometimes, for whatever reason, one header or another may have issues. Make certain that both the data and power cables are fully seated as well.
 
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Thanks for the reply, I have tried all of the above with no luck, I'm going to stay open to any other suggestion or maybe even previous experiences with a similar problem before i do RMA, I really want to do that as a last possible resort. It's just hard for me to accept that it is indeed defective. Though it is seeming more and more likely.
 
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How can you test a device that is not recognized in the BIOS or Windows? That makes little to no sense. If it's working intermittently, you MIGHT be able to test it while it's working, but if the problem is intermittent, it might also test fine at that time, and then repeat the failure five minutes later. I agree verifying the problem is important prior to RMA though, so if there's any way you can try it in another system, that would be a good indicator. Since it works infrequently, you might of course need to run it through similar circumstances in the other system until it either repeats the issue, or you're sure it would have by then. It could honestly be a motherboard issue as well. Try disconnecting ALL other drives and connecting your SSD to one of the headers for one of the other devices that was not showing problems.

Have you updated the motherboard BIOS since building the system? That's the first place you should look for any hardware issues. If there is a more recent BIOS version available for your motherboard, install it, and retest.
 
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