Nvme M.2 locked

[Gilldesign]

Hello, i have a problem with a NVME M.2 (SSD ADATA XPG Gammix S11 Pro 256GB PCI Express 3.0 x4 M.2 2280 ) for the 2-nd time.

My PC has the following components:

MB: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6 [ Z170 GAMING K6 - with the latest Bios

CPU: i7 6700K with Cooler Corsair Hydro Series H55

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX Red 16GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 Dual Channel Kit

VGA: Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 3GB DDR5 192-bit

PSU: Corsair RMx Series RM750x 750W, 80+ Gold

Also have a decent UPS wich protects the PC from power loses and spikes.

All the time i kept the sistem silent at default 4GHz and the RAM at 3200MHz (XMP)

Is working properly for almost 5 years without any problems except lately the M.2

For almost 4 years i was running on normal SSD; and no problems. 1 year ago i said ..if i alreay have a M.2 port i should put a drive and i did.

After around 5-6 months the drive got suddenly "locked" and was not able to do anyhing with the drive (tried everything) and in the end i sent it back to the seller and got replaced.

- i never put any password/lock on bios or any drive.

- i have another OS on a another SSD and booting on it i can see the Nvme but can't initialize it.

- Set-up;s and dos utilities also can't modify at all the drive, apears as locked/unformated.

 

Now after another 5 months the new drive got "locked" also.

I have searched the interenet and can't find anything helpfull to unlock the drive or atleast learn what's going on.

I'm thinking that has to do with the motherboard, i don't think that the drive's are so bad to get defected each at 5 months.

Fortunately i'm not loosing much because i use the drive basicaly only as OS Drive (and is not big either).

 

IMaybe someone else had experienced the same issue.

 

 

 

 

[suedseefrucht]

1 hour ago, Gilldesign said:

After around 5-6 months the drive got suddenly "locked" and was not able to do anyhing with the drive

Did the SSD work fine for 5-6 months?

Or was it "locked" from the first day?

What happens if you boot from an USB flash drive and try to format the SSD?

You should be able to install the OS this way.

(You can also use a OS DVD or something like that)

[Gilldesign]

Both M.2 have worked properly for around 5-6 months. Never locked them, never puted any password anywhere related to them or the MB bios. Not even modified anything trough the bios trough all time. Suddenly they get wasted...asking Password. Of corse i've tryed to wipe them but they are completly invulnerable within any method. No need to mention that i use USb drives to boot, i have several OS;s and utility's (iBoot) Try-ed them in other PC's also and they act the same.

 

Is maybe a huge coincidence to get defective drives in a row.

[SSD Sean]

What does “locked” refer to? Got screenshots?

[Gilldesign]

is exactly as in the post:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/adata-xpg-gammix-s11-pro-pcie-m2-ssd-locked-with-password.3662813/

 

suddenly yesterday morning started the pc and nvme apeared as locked and can't do anything with it anymore is like invulnerable.

[Gilldesign]

The 3-rd NVME drive (Kingston SV500) often doesn't boot...post hangs 5 minutes before continuing to boot..or enter directly in BIOS and drive is missing. I power cycle the Comupter and works properly. So i decided to move the NVME on an Add-on Card. Today i mounted a cheap Axagon PCI-Express x4 to M.2 NVME addapter. It is booting and time will tell if it is a good solution.