Greetings,
I purchased a Crucial M4 SSD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442) a little less than a year ago and have recently started experiencing problems. At first I noticed that my computer was randomly restarting, and sometimes would restart into an old version of Windows which I had installed on a TB Samsung HD I have installed alongside the M4. I thought this was weird because I have my boot order setup to boot the M4 first.
Well, I finally caught the problem in action. Programs stopped responding, and then Windows stopped responding, and then after a minute or two a BSOD popped up for a few seconds and the computer restarted itself. It then proceeded to boot into the old version of Windows on the Samsung. I restarted and went into the BIOS to investigate the issue, and to my surprise the M4 was no longer there. It simply wasn't recognized as being connected.
So naturally I shut down the computer and pulled out the SSD and took a look at it. I can't see any physical damage, and the connections seemed to be fine. I plugged it back in, and it worked fine for awhile, but about a couple of hours later the exact same problem happened again.
I think it's too old to RMA through Newegg, but does anyone happen to have a clue what might be going wrong? Any insight is appreciated. cheers.
I purchased a Crucial M4 SSD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442) a little less than a year ago and have recently started experiencing problems. At first I noticed that my computer was randomly restarting, and sometimes would restart into an old version of Windows which I had installed on a TB Samsung HD I have installed alongside the M4. I thought this was weird because I have my boot order setup to boot the M4 first.
Well, I finally caught the problem in action. Programs stopped responding, and then Windows stopped responding, and then after a minute or two a BSOD popped up for a few seconds and the computer restarted itself. It then proceeded to boot into the old version of Windows on the Samsung. I restarted and went into the BIOS to investigate the issue, and to my surprise the M4 was no longer there. It simply wasn't recognized as being connected.
So naturally I shut down the computer and pulled out the SSD and took a look at it. I can't see any physical damage, and the connections seemed to be fine. I plugged it back in, and it worked fine for awhile, but about a couple of hours later the exact same problem happened again.
I think it's too old to RMA through Newegg, but does anyone happen to have a clue what might be going wrong? Any insight is appreciated. cheers.
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