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Diocles
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Hi!

 

My boot drive is a Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB. I recently noticed that on benchmarks, my SSD was performing half as quickly as it should have been. This was because I'd installed it in a PCIe 2.0 M.2 slot (I had chosen this slot because the PCIe 3.0 M.2 slot was under my GPU. I moved my SSD to the PCle 3.0 M.2 slot, but now get a inaccessible boot device error when I boot my machine. In the BIOS, my machine seems to recognize the SSD, and the boot order seems correct. I put my SSD back into the PCIe 2.0 M.2 slot, and could boot properly from there, so I don't think it's a problem with my SSD. My motherboard is a MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon. Some help/advice would be appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance!

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20 minutes ago, Diocles said:

Hi!

 

My boot drive is a Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB. I recently noticed that on benchmarks, my SSD was performing half as quickly as it should have been. This was because I'd installed it in a PCIe 2.0 M.2 slot (I had chosen this slot because the PCIe 3.0 M.2 slot was under my GPU. I moved my SSD to the PCle 3.0 M.2 slot, but now get a inaccessible boot device error when I boot my machine. In the BIOS, my machine seems to recognize the SSD, and the boot order seems correct. I put my SSD back into the PCIe 2.0 M.2 slot, and could boot properly from there, so I don't think it's a problem with my SSD. My motherboard is a MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon. Some help/advice would be appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance!

Do you have any other HD?

Did you tried doing a backup to an HD and then formating the HD on the connector near the GPU and then moving the files and OS back into the SSD?

I've seen some of these problems, and it should be able to boot. 

"Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave birth to time and space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that set a planet spinning in that space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave rise to life as we know it... And then came the next explosion. An explosion that will be our last"

 

"... To see the world in a grain of sand. Heaven in a wild flower

Hold infinite in the palm of your hand.  And eternity in an hour ..."

 

PC: 1

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 4.3GHz 1.3875v Motherboard: AsRock X470 Taichi (BIOS: Agesa 1.0.0.3 ABB) RAM: 4x8GB(32) 3200MHzCL16 Hyper X GPU: GTX 980 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Core Clock: 1595MHz Memory Clock: 8000MHz Storage: SAMSUNG EVO 860 2TB(OS) / SAMSUNG EVO 860 1TB(Backup) Cooler: NZXT Hydro X72 360mm Case: NZXT Phantom 820 PSU: Corsair TX-750w Display Monitor: Monitor AOC AG251FG 240Hz G-Sync 1080p Headset: Headset LogiTech G633 OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Version: 1909 / OS Build: )

NOTEBOOK:

Model: Acer Aspire 5516 CPU: AMD TF-20 1.6GHz(1C/1T) GPU: ATI Radeon X1200(256MB) RAM: 4GB(2x2GB) 666MHz HD: SSD Sandisk PLUS 240GB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

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18 hours ago, GabrielLP14 said:

Do you have any other HD?

Did you tried doing a backup to an HD and then formating the HD on the connector near the GPU and then moving the files and OS back into the SSD?

I've seen some of these problems, and it should be able to boot. 

I don't have another HD yet! I will be getting one soon though. Is there anything I could try before then?

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3 hours ago, Diocles said:

I don't have another HD yet! I will be getting one soon though. Is there anything I could try before then?

Did you tried clearing the CMOS?

"Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave birth to time and space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that set a planet spinning in that space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave rise to life as we know it... And then came the next explosion. An explosion that will be our last"

 

"... To see the world in a grain of sand. Heaven in a wild flower

Hold infinite in the palm of your hand.  And eternity in an hour ..."

 

PC: 1

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 4.3GHz 1.3875v Motherboard: AsRock X470 Taichi (BIOS: Agesa 1.0.0.3 ABB) RAM: 4x8GB(32) 3200MHzCL16 Hyper X GPU: GTX 980 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Core Clock: 1595MHz Memory Clock: 8000MHz Storage: SAMSUNG EVO 860 2TB(OS) / SAMSUNG EVO 860 1TB(Backup) Cooler: NZXT Hydro X72 360mm Case: NZXT Phantom 820 PSU: Corsair TX-750w Display Monitor: Monitor AOC AG251FG 240Hz G-Sync 1080p Headset: Headset LogiTech G633 OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Version: 1909 / OS Build: )

NOTEBOOK:

Model: Acer Aspire 5516 CPU: AMD TF-20 1.6GHz(1C/1T) GPU: ATI Radeon X1200(256MB) RAM: 4GB(2x2GB) 666MHz HD: SSD Sandisk PLUS 240GB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

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28 minutes ago, Diocles said:

I did, but that didn't help. I also tried removing the CMOS battery.

 

It worked out though! I managed to boot in Safe Mode, and that somehow fixed it. Thanks for your help!

Finally and i'm glad it worked, if you need anything we're here to help.

"Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave birth to time and space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that set a planet spinning in that space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave rise to life as we know it... And then came the next explosion. An explosion that will be our last"

 

"... To see the world in a grain of sand. Heaven in a wild flower

Hold infinite in the palm of your hand.  And eternity in an hour ..."

 

PC: 1

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 4.3GHz 1.3875v Motherboard: AsRock X470 Taichi (BIOS: Agesa 1.0.0.3 ABB) RAM: 4x8GB(32) 3200MHzCL16 Hyper X GPU: GTX 980 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Core Clock: 1595MHz Memory Clock: 8000MHz Storage: SAMSUNG EVO 860 2TB(OS) / SAMSUNG EVO 860 1TB(Backup) Cooler: NZXT Hydro X72 360mm Case: NZXT Phantom 820 PSU: Corsair TX-750w Display Monitor: Monitor AOC AG251FG 240Hz G-Sync 1080p Headset: Headset LogiTech G633 OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Version: 1909 / OS Build: )

NOTEBOOK:

Model: Acer Aspire 5516 CPU: AMD TF-20 1.6GHz(1C/1T) GPU: ATI Radeon X1200(256MB) RAM: 4GB(2x2GB) 666MHz HD: SSD Sandisk PLUS 240GB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

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