Michael Belletty
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Cannot boot from Intel SSD 120GB
I have an MSI h55m E21 system board. I also have an INtel 120GB Solid State Drive.
I installed Windows 7 on this drive, however every time now when I try to boot to it, after the first BIOS screen, I just get a black screen with blinking cursor.
In the BIOS I have set the SSD to be the first boot hard drive. Still no luck.
I have installed a conventional hard drive (Seagate 500GB) and installed windows 7 to it and it boots no worries, first time everytime, but I just cannot get the SSD to boot automatically.
There is a 2.2TB Infinity feature on the system board. If I enable that, then go into the bott menu for that and boot from the SSD it boots no worries, but that means user inout on every boot up.
The SSD harddrive it self seems to work fine, so it must be a BIOS thing, but I just cannot see it.
I have updated the BIOS to not the latest but 1 version before the last BIOS updated version, still the same result, black screen with blinking cursor.
I installed Windows 7 on this drive, however every time now when I try to boot to it, after the first BIOS screen, I just get a black screen with blinking cursor.
In the BIOS I have set the SSD to be the first boot hard drive. Still no luck.
I have installed a conventional hard drive (Seagate 500GB) and installed windows 7 to it and it boots no worries, first time everytime, but I just cannot get the SSD to boot automatically.
There is a 2.2TB Infinity feature on the system board. If I enable that, then go into the bott menu for that and boot from the SSD it boots no worries, but that means user inout on every boot up.
The SSD harddrive it self seems to work fine, so it must be a BIOS thing, but I just cannot see it.
I have updated the BIOS to not the latest but 1 version before the last BIOS updated version, still the same result, black screen with blinking cursor.
Sumesh BNR
Just reset the bios and set again
Do you have the latest firmware for the Intel SSD as well? Is this an Intel SSD 530 model drive? If so, you're not alone:
https://communities.intel.com/thread/44258?start=60&tstart=0
The only workaround right now is to try disabling the AHCI mode in the bios.
https://communities.intel.com/thread/44258?start=60&tstart=0
The only workaround right now is to try disabling the AHCI mode in the bios.
did you install all the drivers?
here they are : http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H55M-E21.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7 64
you can also check if you can boot to safe mode - then it can be a driver issue
here they are : http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H55M-E21.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7 64
you can also check if you can boot to safe mode - then it can be a driver issue
ASKER
reset bios??? Tried dozens of times.
convergint: thanks for that info. it was set to IDE mode which I assume means AHCI is then disabled already.
NO luck
convergint: thanks for that info. it was set to IDE mode which I assume means AHCI is then disabled already.
NO luck
ASKER
nobus all drivers installed from CD.
I cannot even get it to read the SSD as a boot drive to then get into safe mode. No way of getting to that step so safe mode not an option at the moment
I cannot even get it to read the SSD as a boot drive to then get into safe mode. No way of getting to that step so safe mode not an option at the moment
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>> I cannot even get it to read the SSD as a boot drive to then get into safe mode. No way of getting to that step so safe mode not an option at the moment << i don't understand what you mean; can you or don't you want to boot into safe mode ?
ASKER
Spot on Answer.
Thanks
Thanks