revolutioN21 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hey I recently build a gaming pc. I am running Intel has well 4770k cpu, asus z87-deluxe mono, corsair vengeance pro 16gb 1866mhz, with corsair force gs 240gb ssd & 2tb seagate hdd. After installing windows on the ssd everything runs properly but when restarting the pc from windows it tries booting up but won't recognize the ssd. when you go into the boot menu the sad doesn't show up but you can see the hdd and cd drive. the way it works is only by turning pc off waiting a minute and starting it back up and it sometimes boot up from sad and sometimes i would have to go into boot menu to boot from sad if it shows up. What I've tried: I tried updating the bios that didnt work, I tried changing the power supply wire with another one that didn't work, i tried switching data ports and that didn't work. Any help would help. Need help as soon as possible please. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biatche Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Let me guess, it's a 5.20 firmware. You need to not use Intel RST... I've posted this in another thread and Corsair literally ignored me for 1 month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolutioN21 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Not sure what the firmware on it is. Also I am kinda new to building so I don't know what intel RST is. any info on this would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 You can use the Corsair SSD toolbox to check the drives firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS123 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I am having the same issue after installing my SSD into a Mac Mini. It does not recognize after a restart, only when I turn the power off and on. Any suggestions? If firmware is the issue, does anyone know how to check/update on a Mac? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel0302 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Firmware 5.20 contains bag. http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=124528 Use SSD Force GS series only with fw5.05. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 We have some news coming. I'm out of this loop now (marketing stuff, not ENG or tech support) so sorry for my lack of replies. We hope to have something for you early next week. We apologize for the delay. Source: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=687195&postcount=18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS123 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Is there any way to flash to DOS for firmware update? I do not have Windows. What would be the best work around to update my 5.20 firmware to 5.05? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 You cannot downgrade your SSD firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolutioN21 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 I found out the ssd was defective so i threw that away and just got a kingston hyper x 3k ssd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I found out the ssd was defective so i threw that away and just got a Kingston hyper x 3k ssd. Why would you do that? We have a warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biatche Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 So yellowbeard, my thread was literally ignored for nearly 2 months, how come warranty was never suggested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 So yellowbeard, my thread was literally ignored for nearly 2 months, how come warranty was never suggested? arent you aware that products have warranties?,its a big purchasing factor to most people. this is something that should be asked in your thread as it simply disrups the ops concerns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biatche Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 BECAUSE 2 months ago they said they would look into it and there was no response since. so i thought "ok a firmware is coming soon" and never expected it to take 2 months (and counting). in my own thread, i DID ask if it can be replaced, case-by-case, and was too ignored also what difference does it make when the fella already threw his ssd away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras187 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Hi, i have a F120GB with FW 2.0 and Signature 142-0-1212 and I upgraded my pc with some new component (Haswell CPU and H87 motherboard) and now I have the same problem as the thread owner. I found some rumors that the sandforce 2 ssd is incompatible with the new intel series 8 drivers ... will there be a fw upgrade for the driver ? I would be very disappointed if i'm supposed to replace a working ssd, only because theres a bug in the drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riskakan Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I have the same problem with the force Gs 240gb. Rebooting is out of the question, have to do a shutdown to get det disk to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel0302 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I have the same problem with the force GS 360gb too. If over the next 2 days the problem is not resolved, I'll recommend my distributor abandon sales of SSD GS series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras187 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Any news on this topic? It's a bit annoying if you sometimes need up to 4-5 attempts to start your pc ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Have those of you with issues updated to the 5.24 firmware that is in the SSD Firmware Update section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoesMySSD Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I can't see the drive. I swap it in as the boot drive for win8 and I get the blue screen and nothing works. If I plug it in as a USB drive it is not visible. The SSD Toolbox does not see it either. This drive was working fine up until an hour back before a windows update. Rolling back the updates does NOT let me see the drive. I have a Samsung 840 and SanDisk and I can see them both OK if I plug them into the USB. How do I get the 120G Neutron GTX back to visible???? I have NOT updated the GTX firmware for weeks and now that the SSD toolbox cannot see it, I have no way of knowing what version it was at. Something just ain't right here! I Neeeed the GTX back as it was much faster than the other two brands of SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I can't see the drive. I swap it in as the boot drive for win8 and I get the blue screen and nothing works. If I plug it in as a USB drive it is not visible. The SSD Toolbox does not see it either. This drive was working fine up until an hour back before a windows update. Rolling back the updates does NOT let me see the drive. I have a Samsung 840 and SanDisk and I can see them both OK if I plug them into the USB. How do I get the 120G Neutron GTX back to visible???? I have NOT updated the GTX firmware for weeks and now that the SSD toolbox cannot see it, I have no way of knowing what version it was at. Something just ain't right here! I Neeeed the GTX back as it was much faster than the other two brands of SSD. Sounds like we need to replace it for you. File for an RMA using the link on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoesMySSD Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Sounds like we need to replace it for you. File for an RMA using the link on the left. Thanks -- but until I can find the drive and do a secure wipe it cannot leave this place. Do you have a DOS program I could use to brute force a wipe? Forgot to mention neither the win8 Drive Management or GParted can see it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 If GParted or Parted Magic can't see it then I have no suggestions other than possibly the old Windows 98 FDisk. But, if your system cannot see the disk with GParted, then I doubt anything else is going to read it. Dead is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoesMySSD Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I doubt anything else is going to read it. Dead is dead. Never say "dead!" Dug out my old X86 Assembler and wrote a rough and dirty to see if I could find any sector structure at all. Found three of the hidden partitions that Acer and win8 use and was able to copy those partitions from one of the other SSDs. That then allowed me to use GParted to clean it all up. Finally cloned it with Clonezilla from yesterdays image backup. Installed it in the laptop to see what's what. Fired right up and I am using it now! Gotta say, not impressed with the Toolbox. It should have been able to do this. Obviously if the file system is unrecognized (or damaged) it should still allow some sector level investigation. If the drive appears dead then even the most reckless non-techy can't make it worse. Also on the subject of the toolbox, "Clone" is of no use with modern laptops that have ancillary partitions for recovery and interim boot operations. Maybe desktops too but have not used one for years. If I can't clone an entire drive then what's the point? Without the ancillary Partitions the result is NOT going to run. In this case an Acer V5-laptop with FIVE partitions and the toolbox only allows cloning two. :confused: Ummmm, searching for a three letter word here -- Oh, yeah, "DUH" :o: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeguen Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I do not know why, but my GS SSD 250GB Stopped working. I use the SSD as a Data Storage at Drive U:. I got worried, because I could not read or write to the data drive. My System: Dell GX270 OS: WINXP SP2 Data: NTFS CPU: P4 3.4GHz RAM: 4GB Corsair GS SSD 250GB Driver: 5.1.2535.0 Firmware: 5.05A 1) I was able to recover my data by using: Getdataback For NTFS v2.31 2) After recovering my data, I used The Corsair SSD Toolbox, CSSDT_1.1.0.0_WIN.exe and wiped the drive. 3) I then used Computer Management (Local)\Disk Management to initialize the drive (Basic). The drive now works fine again. I posted this, because it can be a heart stopping moment when you think you have lost all of your data. Maybe this post will help someone out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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