I have a Kingston 128gb SSD which was running Windows 7 pro 64. I started having problems when the drive would just shut off while the computer was running. I tried putting it as a secondary drive in another computer both internally and as a SATA to USB and the drive would appear and then disappear ~5 min later. In the interim all of the data seems to be there and intact. I updated the firmware from the Kingston website on a separate computer and the disappearing problem went away, except now the drive is no longer recognized by the BIOS on my primary computer (but does work as a secondary drive on other computers). Is this as simple as updating my BIOS? Thanks for your time, I know it is probably a no brainer for most of you but obviously not for me.
Kingston SSD no longer recognized by BIOS after firmware update
- Thread starter skinnamon
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Boogieman_WD
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- Jul 31, 2014
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Hey there, skinnamon.
First I'd recommend that you backup your data, just to be on the safe side (by connecting the drive to a different computer again). After that go ahead and download an SSD diagnostic program to test the drive for errors and see if anything unusual pops-up.
If everything seems fine, I'd suggest that you try the SSD with a different SATA port and different SATA cables on your computer, to see if the issue still persists. If there's still no change, I'd recommend that you go for the BIOS/UEFI update/reset, to see if that fixes things up.
Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD
First I'd recommend that you backup your data, just to be on the safe side (by connecting the drive to a different computer again). After that go ahead and download an SSD diagnostic program to test the drive for errors and see if anything unusual pops-up.
If everything seems fine, I'd suggest that you try the SSD with a different SATA port and different SATA cables on your computer, to see if the issue still persists. If there's still no change, I'd recommend that you go for the BIOS/UEFI update/reset, to see if that fixes things up.
Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD
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