New SSD keeps disappearing from BIOS & Windows Disk Management

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setherz6104

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So, I bought the BX300 ssd from Crucial for my old laptop to find out that the laptop had failing hardware, so instead of returning the SSD I decided to keep it for storing games for my main desktop. Unfortunately, after connecting it, I formatted it and starting copying files to it to find that it eventually failed, saying it couldn't find the path (essentially it failed and Windows couldn't find where it was supposed to be sending the files to). I configured my BIOS to use AHCI instead of IDE, but the problem persists. The disk is either uninitialized in Disk Management and can't be initialized, where I then go to Device Manager and scan for hardware changes for the SSD to disappear again, or just plain out isn't detected.

Is my computer somehow incompatible with the SSD, or is the SSD damaged?

SeaGate scan on it passed, Crucial's "Storage Executive" program said the drive has OEM specific hardware, and an SSD diagnostic program I used (can't remember what it was) said the SSD was healthy and was estimated to laster over 6 years.

Any help is greatly appreciated! :)

--\\ System Specs

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad-core
Motherboard: GIGABYTE F2A68HM-HD2
Ram: 8GB DDR3
SSD/HDD: TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 (1 TB) | ADATA SU800 (120 GB) | CRUCIAL BX300 (120 GB)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Windforce 4 GB
PSU: 550W (unknown brand, came with pre-built PC)
Chassis: Aerocool Strike-X One Gaming Mid-Tower
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit Build 17134.112
 
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You should have your SSD on an IDE interface/setting in BIOS anyway. Have you tried seeing if there are any firmware updates for the BX300? You might also want to see if the SSD has the same issue when on another system. I would also ask you to rule out that your PSU is not the culprit here by failing to deliver power to the SSD.

Speaking of PSU, you didn't mention your full system's specs. List them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

FYI, you shouldn't be using Seagate's tools to test Crucial's hardware.
 
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setherz6104

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I have updated my post with system specs.

I do not see why I should have my BIOS set to IDE, as IDE is inferior and lacks performance-enhancing features that AHCI has. No firmware updates are available for the BX300.

I doubt it's insufficient power supply because in place of this new SSD I had another HDD and HDDs use more power than SSDs, because of their moving parts.

I'd also like to add that having the SSD connecting to my motherboard makings booting take longer, as my screen sits at the GIGABYTE logo for about 10 seconds versus .5 seconds like usual.
 
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