rainmakerr Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hello guys, I got my m14x about 3 months ago. Changed the hard drive for an SSD and put the stock HDD instead of the dvd drive. Followed the tutorial on here and even bought the caddy suggested. However sometimes the normal hard disk just doesn't show up on my computer. This happens after a few minutes/hours of usage on the laptop. It even gives errors while copying files sometimes. I updated everything even the firmware of both ssd/hdd. I really have no idea. If I can't fix this I will sell the m14x tbh. Can't stand a computer without an SSD Best Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted February 26, 2012 Founder Share Posted February 26, 2012 It might be the use of the optical port for the drive that could be causing it. Check diskmgmt.msc and see if the drive shows up properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerr Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) I did. It totally looks fine. I also noticed that xfer between external HDD and the secondary HDD is terribly slow (9mb/s).. I'm gonna try to switch the mode in bios to ATA and try again. Edit: Bios A08 fixes the vanishing issue, still slow as hell though Any ideas anyone? Edited February 27, 2012 by rainmakerr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 maybe @Stevenxowens792 might know hes like a M14X guru I plan to do the same on my M18x's optical drive bay.... maybe @DR650SE might be abl;e to help he has one in his M17x R2 right now :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commy1 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Did you make sure to plug the ribbon in tightly? I haven't had problem and I'm doing the exact same thing you are. The optical ribbon + port is flimsy, it may have come loose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alienware-L_Porras Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Changing it to ATA might work. You can also try updating the BIOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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