I just recently completed building a new AMD based PC. Initially I used a WD 500GB SATA II HDD, loaded with Windows 7 Pro 32bit, from my old system along with two internal storage drives (1- WD 640GB SATA II HDD and 1- Toshiba 1TB SATA II HDD). All of these drives are relatively new, the oldest being only about 9 months old. There is also an external WD 500GB storage drive but it isn't part of the problem. Everything was installed in the new system with the SATA controller set to IDE.
After completing the build and having everything up and running the way I wanted it, I came into a few extra bucks and decided to upgrade my system with a new SATA III drive. After a lot of research I decided I would get adventurous and try an SSD. I found an excellent deal on a brand new Samsung 830 series 128GB SATA III SSD and ordered it.
This past week I finally got it installed with Windows 7 Pro 64bit. Of course, I had to change the SATA controller to AHCI for the SSD, which I accomplished with no problems. I've had a lot trouble with the drive though. It's extremely slow, it takes twice as long to load Windows compared to the WD SATA II HDD, and I've been unable to use the Samsung Magician software effectively. But this seems to be a problem with the MB chip set drivers I installed and, according to a Samsung tech, a fresh Windows installation and using the Windows supplied MB chip set drivers may solve these problems. But these are just inconveniences.
After getting the SSD up and running, I tried to add my two internal storage drives. That's when I ran into a serious problem. Every time I hook up one or both of the storage drives and turn the system on, the SSD refuses to load Windows. After POST and the "Loading Operating System" display finish, the system goes to a screen stating that Windows failed to load and that recent software or hardware changes may be responsible for the problem. I'm given a choice of either "Trouble Shooting/Repairing" or "Loading Windows normally". It doesn't matter which I choose as the same thing happens with both. I get a status bar for "Windows is loading files", like the status bar you get when installing Windows, then the computer re-boots itself. Again, after POST and the "Loading Operating System" display finish, the system goes to a screen stating that Windows failed to load and that recent software or hardware changes may be responsible for the problem. Tried this numerous times. Always the same results. Then I disconnect the two internal storage drives, restart the computer and Windows loads up. I've checked numerous times and there has been no change in boot priority in Bios.
Neither of these two drives have ever had an OS installed on them. I bought them both brand new, formatted them to NTFS and put them in my old system for file storage only. Primarily video and music files. In this new system, I originally installed the two internal drives on SATA ports 2 & 3, which would have them in AHCI. Subsequently, I moved them the SATA ports 4 & 5 which, according to my Bios, are still operating in IDE. No change in results. The drives are still good, since I can hook them up via USB and read them.
Relevant system info:
CPU: AMD Phenom II 960T 3.0GHz Black Edition Unlocked. (No overclocking or unlocked cores)
MB: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 Rev 1.1
RAM: 8GB (4 x 2GB) 1333
SSD: Samsung 830 series 128GB SATA III (AHCI, SATA port 0)
HDD's: WD 640GB SATA II
Toshiba 1TB SATA II
Any ideas on how to correct this problem will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
After completing the build and having everything up and running the way I wanted it, I came into a few extra bucks and decided to upgrade my system with a new SATA III drive. After a lot of research I decided I would get adventurous and try an SSD. I found an excellent deal on a brand new Samsung 830 series 128GB SATA III SSD and ordered it.
This past week I finally got it installed with Windows 7 Pro 64bit. Of course, I had to change the SATA controller to AHCI for the SSD, which I accomplished with no problems. I've had a lot trouble with the drive though. It's extremely slow, it takes twice as long to load Windows compared to the WD SATA II HDD, and I've been unable to use the Samsung Magician software effectively. But this seems to be a problem with the MB chip set drivers I installed and, according to a Samsung tech, a fresh Windows installation and using the Windows supplied MB chip set drivers may solve these problems. But these are just inconveniences.
After getting the SSD up and running, I tried to add my two internal storage drives. That's when I ran into a serious problem. Every time I hook up one or both of the storage drives and turn the system on, the SSD refuses to load Windows. After POST and the "Loading Operating System" display finish, the system goes to a screen stating that Windows failed to load and that recent software or hardware changes may be responsible for the problem. I'm given a choice of either "Trouble Shooting/Repairing" or "Loading Windows normally". It doesn't matter which I choose as the same thing happens with both. I get a status bar for "Windows is loading files", like the status bar you get when installing Windows, then the computer re-boots itself. Again, after POST and the "Loading Operating System" display finish, the system goes to a screen stating that Windows failed to load and that recent software or hardware changes may be responsible for the problem. Tried this numerous times. Always the same results. Then I disconnect the two internal storage drives, restart the computer and Windows loads up. I've checked numerous times and there has been no change in boot priority in Bios.
Neither of these two drives have ever had an OS installed on them. I bought them both brand new, formatted them to NTFS and put them in my old system for file storage only. Primarily video and music files. In this new system, I originally installed the two internal drives on SATA ports 2 & 3, which would have them in AHCI. Subsequently, I moved them the SATA ports 4 & 5 which, according to my Bios, are still operating in IDE. No change in results. The drives are still good, since I can hook them up via USB and read them.
Relevant system info:
CPU: AMD Phenom II 960T 3.0GHz Black Edition Unlocked. (No overclocking or unlocked cores)
MB: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 Rev 1.1
RAM: 8GB (4 x 2GB) 1333
SSD: Samsung 830 series 128GB SATA III (AHCI, SATA port 0)
HDD's: WD 640GB SATA II
Toshiba 1TB SATA II
Any ideas on how to correct this problem will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.