Hello everyone,
My problem:
Yesterday, I was having trouble using my newly built computer. I was browsing through my files and the whole OS froze. I left it there for a good 30mins thinking that it was merely not responding, but it stayed there. I tried to reboot it and sometimes it wouldn't boot up and will tell me to insert a proper boot device. Sometimes, it will boot into my desktop but I can't click anything, its a frozen screen of my desktop with a moving mouse. I've been using this computer for a week without problems until yesterday. UEFI sometimes detect my SSD, sometimes not.
My Specifications:
Gigabyte HD3P Z170 Motherboard
Intel i5-6500
A Data SP500 120GB SSD
My attempted solutions:
-I tried changing the sata slot that my SSD is plugged into
-Changing boot priority of my SSD to it only, unplugged everything else
-I tried downloading a fresh copy of Windows 10, booted from a USB and when I tried to reinstall it wouldn't detect my SSD , even though my motherboard already detected it when I went into boot options before and saw my SSD and bootable USB.
-Also, in the "repair computer" part of the Windows 10 bootable install, I tried to reset my PC, but it says my drive is also missing.
Overall, I am very stumped. I tried almost everything that came to mind and it really baffles me why my motherboard does sometimes "see" my SSD but when I try to reinstall windows, it just stops working. I would really appreciate it if someone could please help me with this situation. I'm not sure if its an SSD problem, or the sata cable problem (I tried 3 different ones)
Thanks for your time, Bill
My problem:
Yesterday, I was having trouble using my newly built computer. I was browsing through my files and the whole OS froze. I left it there for a good 30mins thinking that it was merely not responding, but it stayed there. I tried to reboot it and sometimes it wouldn't boot up and will tell me to insert a proper boot device. Sometimes, it will boot into my desktop but I can't click anything, its a frozen screen of my desktop with a moving mouse. I've been using this computer for a week without problems until yesterday. UEFI sometimes detect my SSD, sometimes not.
My Specifications:
Gigabyte HD3P Z170 Motherboard
Intel i5-6500
A Data SP500 120GB SSD
My attempted solutions:
-I tried changing the sata slot that my SSD is plugged into
-Changing boot priority of my SSD to it only, unplugged everything else
-I tried downloading a fresh copy of Windows 10, booted from a USB and when I tried to reinstall it wouldn't detect my SSD , even though my motherboard already detected it when I went into boot options before and saw my SSD and bootable USB.
-Also, in the "repair computer" part of the Windows 10 bootable install, I tried to reset my PC, but it says my drive is also missing.
Overall, I am very stumped. I tried almost everything that came to mind and it really baffles me why my motherboard does sometimes "see" my SSD but when I try to reinstall windows, it just stops working. I would really appreciate it if someone could please help me with this situation. I'm not sure if its an SSD problem, or the sata cable problem (I tried 3 different ones)
Thanks for your time, Bill
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