Reboot issue after installing SSD

DenSweeP

DenSweeP

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So I went the route of SSD. When it works, it is pretty impressive, but if I had to be honest, not worth the money, but oh well.

Before I explain the issue, my setup is as follows:

Asus P7P55D-E Pro mobo
Core i7 870 overclocked to 3.6
4 x 2GB DDR 1600
650W PSU
2x ATI 5870 in Xfire
1x PCI GB network card
1x Western Dig 1TB SATA3 hdd
1x 1.5TB Seagate SATA2 HDD
1x ADATA S511 120GB MLC SATA 6Gb/s SSD
1x DVD writer SATA

Used to run OS (Win7 64 enterprise edition) off the Western Dig SATA3 with no issues. I reinstalled Windows onto the SSD which is now on the 2nd SATA3 port of the mobo. Board has two SATA3 ports. I make sure that the SSD is selected as the primary boot drive and windows starts up and runs fine. For a while.

At random intervals the PC will simply just reboot, without a shutdown and restarts. Problem is the BIOS seems to lose its boot sequence, because each time it reboots, it tries to boot off the 1.5TB drive and there is no OS on it. I then have to switch off and enter BIOS each time and reset the boot sequence. Obviously I save the setting upon exiting the BIOS, yet this keeps happening over and over.

So, any solutions?
 
DenSweeP said:
Well, I always have downloads running to the other drives, so there is definitely some HDD activity. Does that count as load?
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Downloads don't usually count as load, cause they mostly background activities... As for your rebooting problem, if the rebooting started only when the SSD got installed then their could be a fault with your drive... As for the motherboard loosing its boot sequence after a reboot, usually happens when the battery is failing and the motheroard is auto resetting or you have a bios failure (worst case).

Best bet check with your Motherboard manufacturer as see if there is a bios update tailored to that particular problem, something to to with ssd or just update to the lastest bios update and see if that solves your problem.
 
DenSweeP said:
34 views and not one person has any idea how to help? Eish! Hahaha!
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The views are not necessarily forumites. Search bots etc make up a large part of the views...thats when the view number isn't just plain wrong of course which also happens.

Now to your actual problem. Switch off this option:

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http://i.imgur.com/mvLgi.png

Then post back on what happens when it next restarts. Chances are you'll report back with a BSOD.

In the mean time:
Go find a new CMOS battery.
Switch to a different molex cable.
Check your mobo manual whether all the SATA ports are equal. Usually some are more equal than others.

Provide the following info:
PSU brand name & model.
Does that Win7 have a service pack on it?
Check the BIOS for a setting called Plug & Play OS & tell us what that is set to.

You should also drop the OC. First thing you do when troubleshooting.

DenSweeP said:
what would you place money on? Mobo or the drive?
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My money is on a mobo issue specifically that its not coping with the high peak data rates, failing that some weird power (something shorting out).
 
Thanks for the info guys. Will test the various options.

I doubt it is the battery, cause all the other BIOS settings remain unchanged. It's weird. When it reboots, it as if the normal SATA2 ports take preference over the 2 SATA 3 ports.
 
DenSweeP said:
Thanks for the info guys. Will test the various options.

I doubt it is the battery, cause all the other BIOS settings remain unchanged. It's weird. When it reboots, it as if the normal SATA2 ports take preference over the 2 SATA 3 ports.
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I thought so, the battery thing was a long shot, that does seem weird though. Seems a little odd though... That its doing that.
 
DenSweeP said:
all the other BIOS settings remain unchanged.
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Ah new info. That changes things of course.

That pretty much eliminates power issues. It also makes the most like candidate for the root cause the SATA settings in the BIOS. Specifically whether AHCI is enabled. You should be able to toggle it between AHCI and RAID. On most boards you can set it to RAID without actually having to go RAID. Either way you get NCQ, so performance should stay the same. Here's the tricky bit: Toggling it now is not a particularly good idea. Has to be done *before* OS install, so you'll have to do a reinstall to test whether this is the cause. FTL. :( If you do choose to do that make sure OS Plug&Play is set to Yes in BIOS before install while you're at it. I'd also recommend removing all HDDs except the SSD during install.

You can also try to go from Asus drivers for AHCI to MS drivers (or vice versa depending on whats currently installed) or doing a BIOS update (These often deal with AHCI issues). These you can do without a reinstall. Unfortunately you'll just have to trial & error these solutions...clarity is pretty scarce on the ground when it comes to this kind of stuff.

Also:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/283630-12-asus-p7p55d-unexplained-shut-downs
 
It should be set to whatever its not set to at the moment for troubleshooting purposes.

You misunderstood me. Its not worst case scenario as in you break it, but rather a case of you introducing new changes that have uncertain side-effects....which totally screws your troubleshooting efforts.

Its not particularly risky per se. The issue is that its totally unpredictable. Identical boards with different BIOS version can react differently to a change. Add different drivers, Windows version etc and nobody can tell what the outcome will be.

If it were my PC I'd change it & see. If the effects are negative then you can *probably* just change it back & be OK, but again its not certain (Absolute worst case scenario is a reinstall. No real chance of hardware damage).
 
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Faarking Murphy! Now it hasn't rebooted in over a day! Hahahaha. Typical. I haven't done anything! Let's see how long it lasts!
 
It could be the Marvel Controller as well.

For some or other reason, they don't play nicely with SSD's.
 
So DenSweeP, did you ever figure out the issue? Are you still getting the Blue Screen of Death?

I have the exact same SSD and I am getting BSOD as well and on restart it does not detect the SSD. I have to fully power down and back on and then it detects it.

Since this SSD uses the Sandforce SF-2281 controller I'm assuming its having the same issue as all the other SSDs using SF-2281. OCZ, Corsair, and others have announced they are aware of the issue and it affected a small percentage of users and they are recalling the drives, but they claim their problems are completely different from other companies... Kind of difficult to believe since everyone using SF-2281 controller is having Blue Screen issues though.

Anyway let me know if yours stopped erroring. I'm getting pretty angry with my drive, and A-DATA has not responded to my emails or released a statement about their drives being affected yet.
 
A friend of mine had BSOD's/ restarts every few hours, OCZ Agility 3, he updated the firmware, now running smooth. (we'll see how long it lasts)
 
Problem still persists even after reinstalling windows with SATA set to AHCI mode. I've now flashed my BIOS hoping it might be the Marvell controller version that is outdated. Will let you know.
 
Are you getting BSOD screens when the reboot happens or does it just reboots on its own? I presume you've disabled the automatically reboot on system failure.

It does seem that your motherboard isn't playing nice to SSDs. It's possible that the firmware update will do the trick, though I'd suggest you keep a tab on what bios settings you are running when you're testing the machine. That way, you can start analyzing what settings do work.
 
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