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I have upgraded the motherboard and processor in my under-the-TV PC - Asus H97M-PLUS with an i5 4460. It will now recognise my OCZ Vertex 2 100GB boot drive only intermittently. I was able to get it running for long enough to do a clean install of windows but it went haywire soon after - constant BSODs, sometimes not even seeing the SSD in BIOS. I have tried switching the sata data and power cables around - and changing the ports on the mobo - no issues with them. Can anyone suggest a way of fixing this nightmare!? Is the motherboard faulty? Is there a bios setting I need to change?
Other components:
PSU - OCZ CoreXstream 500
CPU cooler - arctic freezer 7
RAM - corsair 4GB 1600
1TB data drive
BluRay drive
GPU - ASUS R9 270OC
For reference, I was previously using an Athlon X3 455 on a Gigabyte 870 motherboard, with all the other components being as above.
Other components:
PSU - OCZ CoreXstream 500
CPU cooler - arctic freezer 7
RAM - corsair 4GB 1600
1TB data drive
BluRay drive
GPU - ASUS R9 270OC
For reference, I was previously using an Athlon X3 455 on a Gigabyte 870 motherboard, with all the other components being as above.
billybizarre
October 17, 2014 7:36:15 AM
Sounds like this could be my fix. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1865874/ocz-ve...
OCZ Vertex 2 HDDs are thought to have problems with Haswell motherboards. Sounds like I'm going to have to cough up for a new SSD. Have been meaning to upgrade my laptop to SSD anyway, so guess that's happening sooner rather than later!
OCZ Vertex 2 HDDs are thought to have problems with Haswell motherboards. Sounds like I'm going to have to cough up for a new SSD. Have been meaning to upgrade my laptop to SSD anyway, so guess that's happening sooner rather than later!
billybizarre
October 17, 2014 2:14:20 AM
Outlander_04 said:
I would update the BIOS to the latest version .or if it has that then reinstall it over itself .Its not uncommon for UEFI BIOS to have bugs . They are much more complicated programs than a BIOS and I have had similar issues .
Hopefully that will fix it
Thanks a lot for the advice. Still not working unfortunately. I updated to the latest bios version and it's still really unstable. Booting up seems to be a three-way split between BSOD then reboot, going into bios (no sign of SSD boot drive) and starting up okay. Even when in windows I have experienced BSOD a few times. Any ideas? Is the motherboard the most likely culprit?
billybizarre
October 16, 2014 1:58:54 PM
Outlander_04 said:
unplug the data drive make sure the SSD is plugged in to the lowest numbered SATA port . Either 0 or 1 .
Reset the BIOS to optimized defaults
Make sure the power cable to the SSD is functioning
Still the same?
This has helped a lot, but it's still not perfect. It runs okay with just the SSD (now plugged into the lowest numbered port) connected, but when I plug in any other drives - data or bluray - it goes straight to the bios screen. Any suggestions? Is the motherboard a dud? I did the bios reset before reinstalling windows btw.
billybizarre
October 16, 2014 3:43:46 AM
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