angushades Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hey guys so i have this little problem which is bothering me alot, so i just updated my 240gt to the newest firmware my motherboard bios to the lastest and sometimes my machine will just lockup before windows start with just a black screen and blinking white line. i though it was a windows thing so i formatted and still it continues and just ramdom sometime windows will boot no problems at all and other times i have to do a restart and it will boot. mobo is asus z68 maximus z and ssd is corsair 240GT , nothign is oc and all stock in the bios, i only have 2 drives one ssd and one hdd. any reason why is it doing this or what maybe the problem. oh and btw the newest rst drivers cant see the ssd with the corsair firmware updater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 By formatting the drive, did you secure erase the drive with Parted Magic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angushades Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 No i didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Secure erase the drive with Parted Magic and install a clean version of Windows. Back up your data as a secure erase will delete everything on the SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angushades Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 ok ill give that ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimagor Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Enable AHCI mode in mobo`s BIOS before installing OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Most newer motherboards have AHCI as their defaults. But it doesn't hurt to double check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hey guys so i have this little problem which is bothering me alot, so i just updated my 240gt to the newest firmware my motherboard bios to the lastest and sometimes my machine will just lockup before windows start with just a black screen and blinking white line. i though it was a windows thing so i formatted and still it continues and just ramdom sometime windows will boot no problems at all and other times i have to do a restart and it will boot. mobo is asus z68 maximus z and ssd is corsair 240GT , nothign is oc and all stock in the bios, i only have 2 drives one ssd and one hdd. any reason why is it doing this or what maybe the problem. oh and btw the newest rst drivers cant see the ssd with the corsair firmware updater. I have an Force 3 120GB, and with firmware 1.3.3 this angs happened randomly, aprox. 1-2 per 100 boots. With 5.02 hanged alot, then returned to 1.3.3. With firmware 5.03 have until now 130 boots and not a single hang. So, If I were you try the 5.03 firmware. manuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angushades Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Sorry i was and i'm still using 5.03 and was on 5.02 before that i was on 1.3.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralEclectic Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Did you install the system with EFI and a GPT partitioned system disk? I've seen weirdness on ASUS board BIOS where it occasionally ignores the actual boot partition (P0) and tries to boot off the empty P1 partition or sometimes even the system partition P2. The problem is that it's intermittent and impossible to define the conditions that can make it occur 100% of the time. I've complained to ASUS about it, but as usual, they move like molasses, if at all. Just for gits and shiggles, try disconnecting your SATA DVD drive and see if it's any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angushades Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Well i dont have a dvd rw , i've had the ssd for almost a year and its only just started to happen and no i dont install using efi setting in the bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angushades Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Ok so i've formatted using secure erase and i have just finished setting up my os but i still need to wait and see as i've only restarted...maybe around 4 or 5ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 If the OS is loading fine after 4-5 restarts the drive should be fine. Run a ATTO benchmark and post a screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angushades Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 yea ok sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angushades Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 http://imageshack.us/a/img87/5725/95087348.jpg' alt='95087348.jpg'> All good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Perfect! Strong write score for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solace Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Most newer motherboards have AHCI as their defaults. But it doesn't hurt to double check. z68 chipset in most bioses is still ide as default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Most newer motherboards have AHCI as their defaults. But it doesn't hurt to double check. z68 chipset in most bioses is still ide as default. Every one I have seen so far has AHCI as the default. ::pirate:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 8, 2012 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 8, 2012 I have only seen the very latest MB's here with AHCI as default for example some of the Z77 chipset MB's would show AHCI as default but if an older spinning HDD was attached IDE would automatically show as default from what I have been playing with but I think you may have been getting newer MB's than what we see in here Yellowbeard. We are lucky to get them at all any more in tech support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I think AHCI started being the default option once Sandy Bridge came out. If you played with a X58 board it was most likely IDE being the default. Unless a new BIOS changed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted October 9, 2012 Corsair Employee Share Posted October 9, 2012 I have seen a few MB's using that chipset with AHCI as default but not every MB I have used so I suspect it may vary from one MB maker to another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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