SSD Failure?

[JKsinsa]

Hi.

 

This happened yesterday. So I ordered some case fans to add to the cooling capacity in my case and they came yesterday. So when I got home, I turned off the computer, unplugged the power cable, and flipped the switch on the power supply (which are the steps I always take when opening the case to add/remove/modify). and then opened the case. I managed to add the fans and even reseated the GPU heatsink with new thermal paste. I put everything back together and started the machine and ran into my problem. SSD wasn't being recognized. I tried other SATA ports, I tried other SATA cables (both data and power), and I even tried to mess around with the BIOS settings, but my ssd is still not being recognized. Reluctantly, I had to reformat and reinstall Windows on to my mechanical drive and booted into Windows. My ssd was not being recognized in disk management as well. Is it pretty definitive that my SSD has failed? I was so shocked because it was working the minute before I turned it off to add the fans and stuff. What are some other steps I can take to make sure that my SSD is still salvageable? I'm currently at school and don't have my external SATA to USB cable or an extra PC to help troubleshoot.

I'm really not looking forward to buying a new SSD as I am a poor college student. T_T. Please help me out. Thank you in advance.

[JakeNTech]

If you touched the SSD there is a chance that you have static stoked it but I don't see that my self. The only other thing I can think of is that your PSU can't handle that system and there is too many auxiliary things connected it but again I don't see it. Try using the connectors on the SSD from the HDD. If that doesn't help try a CMOS reset. Then I would try to see if the SSD works in another PC or laptop. If it still isn't working then my guess would be that its dead. I have only ever seen one SSD die and that was because I dropped it down the stairs XD. 

[JKsinsa]

1 hour ago, fixitnow said:

If you touched the SSD there is a chance that you have static stoked it but I don't see that my self. The only other thing I can think of is that your PSU can't handle that system and there is too many auxiliary things connected it but again I don't see it. Try using the connectors on the SSD from the HDD. If that doesn't help try a CMOS reset. Then I would try to see if the SSD works in another PC or laptop. If it still isn't working then my guess would be that its dead. I have only ever seen one SSD die and that was because I dropped it down the stairs XD. 

Yeah so I've tried using the same exact connections that I have to my working HDD, but it still didn't recognize the SSD. I don't think my PSU is being the issue either because I recently upgraded to a 850W Seasonic unit and my entire system is not even close to pulling 850W. I'd have to to try resetting CMOS as a hail mary. Would love to try and connect the SSD to another PC, but I don't have access to one at the moment. I really don't know why it would die because it was working fine just an hour before it stopped recognizing. T__T

[JakeNTech]

1 minute ago, JKsinsa said:

Yeah so I've tried using the same exact connections that I have to my working HDD, but it still didn't recognize the SSD. I don't think my PSU is being the issue either because I recently upgraded to a 850W Seasonic unit and my entire system is not even close to pulling 850W. I'd have to to try resetting CMOS as a hail mary. Would love to try and connect the SSD to another PC, but I don't have access to one at the moment. I really don't know why it would die because it was working fine just an hour before it stopped recognizing. T__T

Fair enough. Sometimes computer parts do just die...SSD's don't tend to have signs that its on its way out unlike a HDD. The only other thing i can think of is a windows update has done something...which is another thread I am in at the moment

[JKsinsa]

2 hours ago, fixitnow said:

Fair enough. Sometimes computer parts do just die...SSD's don't tend to have signs that its on its way out unlike a HDD. The only other thing i can think of is a windows update has done something...which is another thread I am in at the moment

I just tried clearing the CMOS and no good

I think it's time I let him go... At least I got to use the drive for around 4 years

[Salacious B Crum]

29 minutes ago, JKsinsa said:

I just tried clearing the CMOS and no good

I think it's time I let him go... At least I got to use the drive for around 4 years

Try through the command prompt and see if it's detected there

[JKsinsa]

4 hours ago, mrbilky said:

Try through the command prompt and see if it's detected there

I don't know how to do this.

Can you tell me how or show me where I can find some info about it?

[AshleyAshes]

1) If it's not being detected by the on board SATA controller when you look at the BIOS.  Nothing else within the OS is going to somehow magically detect it.  If it's not in the BIOS, it's not there at all.

 

2) Coloration is not causation.  Just because something happened the same time the drive died does not mean that's the cause or related to the cause.  Sometimes things really do 'just die'.

[JakeNTech]

If the drive is 4 years old and has had a tonne of wrights and reads then I am not too supprised that it's gone. Sorry for your loss. I would find a good drive cloner and have it clone your new boot drive to a normal hdd...I have been doing it for years in osx and windows and it's a lifew saver.