SSD not recognized in Device Manager

[MattGameDev]

So.. i recently bought a new 256GB SSD to replace my 120GB SSD that was in my previous build (little more storage for a better price) and i was trying to wipe the drive completely clean via an external SATA dock so i could give it to a family member who was in the process of upgrading their PC. The SSD is about 3-4 years old at this point and i no longer have the original box, however after removed the partitions on the drive, the drive became unrecognizable.

 

When i plug the SSD into the dock, i hear the 'duh-dung' sound that windows likes to make when you connect a USB or other external device, but the drive shows up nowhere; I can't find it in Device Manager and i can't look for it in the Disk Management (create partition menu). The drive was in perfect working condition before i removed the partitions, however i feel as if i did something wrong. I've done this process before and unless i forgot a step, i was always able to find the drive after i wiped it.

 

I haven't tried to manual connect the SSD to my motherboard and see what the BIOS says, but i figured if windows doesn't see it anywhere, why would the motherboard? I would just like to get the drive recognizable again so i can help my family member with their PC upgrade with a faster speed boot time than a regular HDD.

 

 

 

Any help is help, so thank-you!

[Guest]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[MattGameDev]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

 

I can do that?

 

(sarcasm haha)

[CapricaBuccaneers]

I've had issues with external connectors being too cheaply made and causing the drive to not connect properly.

Plugged it into the standard motherboard SATA and power connectors and bam, it's shows up fine.

At this point if you took it out of your system you can probably just as easily reconnect it or if that drive slot is already populated just run the extra wire(s) simply for this test.

[MattGameDev]

I've had issues with external connectors being too cheaply made and causing the drive to not connect properly.

Plugged it into the standard motherboard SATA and power connectors and bam, it's shows up fine.

At this point if you took it out of your system you can probably just as easily reconnect it or if that drive slot is already populated just run the extra wire(s) simply for this test.

 

I was kind of thinking plugging the SSD into the motherboard might get it to work. Although, i do have a Rosewill dock that was around $30, so it shouldn't be that cheaply made.