dudup78

I bought a crucial m550 mSATA ssd, and I thought that I could just put it in the system in the mSATA slot, but I tried this and it does not work. The BIOS is not detecting it.

I have tried to do a power cycle three times, no avail.

I have tried resetting the CMOS about 10 times. No avail.

I have tried reformatting windows. No avail.

I have tried to reflash my system BIOS. No avail.

I have tried reseating the damn thing about 50 times. No avail.

I have also made sure that the msata cable was in tight and secure. It was and currently is, but no avail.

I really don't know what to do at this point. Although during my troubleshooting, I started up windows one time, and it installed an ATA port 5 sort of thing, but the drive was never recognized and I still can't get it to show in the BIOS, no matter what I do.

I have run out of options, and now I need to consult the minds of the internet. Thanks.

I had the same issue with my Samsung 256gb Msata. Not recognized under Bios or msata under device manager. i thought that the msata cable was connected correctly but the only way for me to fix the issue was to take apart the laptop and connect the msata cable on the daughter board under the motherboard. It was not connected properly ( Half connected on the socket ) straight from the warehouse.

Opened up the back and cleaned out some of the fans and it worked for a bit. I used the computer for about 6 or 7 hours went to sleep and woke up again to find them stuck on.

Check if you didn't update any driver / automatic updates the day it happened. I suggest you to check restore points and to restore the system 1 day before the issue started. I had the same issue after installing a driver for Samsung galaxy s5 on my alienware m18x r2

I have an alienware m18x r2 and i am trying to use HRC but even by selecting "Raw mode" in can not choose any other resolution and the highest is still 1920*1080. I have also tried to edit the file HRC.ini with new resolution but it does not work as well. Maybe you know what could be the issue ?

Hello everyone , I am using the A10 unlocked bios . My laptop is with 5 ssd's + 1 usb stick . : 3 ssd 2.5 in the hdd cage + 1 ssd drive instead of the blue ray drive + 1 msata drive and 1 usb stick inside instead of the Sibeam card .( with special adapter ).

I am facing a problem with saving the boot order in bios ( Legacy ) . No problem to save with almost every option but when i choose optical /cdrom and try to save , the computer hang . No problem to boot from cdrom when using the boot option ( F12 ) at post .

I do not know why it is happening . Maybe some one checked this issue in the past and does have a solution .

It is important for me since i am using this laptop with different operating systems on dedicated hard drive ( Win 7 - 2 installation . Win 8.and OSX Mavericks )