geminiosiris Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I have spent 7 hours following all of the suggestions to no avail. BIOS sees the drive but Windows 7 installer keeps asking for a driver. I am completely beside myself. Any other suggestions that aren't currently floating around the internet? I have tried it all. Can anyone recommend a better drive than the F120? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Please post your system specs in your profile as per the registration process. Can't suggest much without knowing more about your system. http://forum.corsair.com/forums/profile.php?do=extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Are you installing with your drive controller in AHCI mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geminiosiris Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 Hey guys. I updated my specs. I have tried: AHCI/RAID/IDE SecureErase Installing the OS on another machine Restoring an image on the drive Just about every tip or trick suggested on the Internet I have tried. It does not show up on my machine as an available device to select for install. No matter what I select RAID/IDE/AHCI, it asks for a driver to proceed. I give it the AHCI/RAID driver that I normally use and it doesn't find anything. It does show up in the BIOS. However, Windows 7 installer can not see it. My laptop picks the drive right up and I can install Windows 7 that way. The firmware on the drive is 2.0. I'm up to about 12 hours now fighting with this thing. I have even tried the weird voodoo people suggested to no avail. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Might want to add more to your specs than just your OS and video card. Motherboard would certainly help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geminiosiris Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 I updated everything including motherboard. I guess it didn't save... I will readd it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geminiosiris Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 I updated the specs again. I guess I didn't hit save on some of them and that is why they didn't show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 21, 2010 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 21, 2010 Please run parted Magic and secure erase the drive then if its still not detected use parted magic to create a 100 Meg partition then don't format and try the install again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geminiosiris Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 I wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions. I did do a Secure Erase on it twice. I even waited 6+ hours to ensure it was finished. I tried the 100MG partition to no avail. I returned the Corsair drive and bought another drive. The new drive works like a charm! Thanks again for the help and suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 If secure erase took 6+ hours, then it sounds like you definitely had a defective F120. Sorry you had an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geminiosiris Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 I just had my second F120 SSD drive die. I used the search feature and there seems to be quite a few problems with the model. Why am I only getting 6-12 months of life out of each drive? They work great for a few months, then I start getting lock-ups followed by BSOD. Eventually, it is not found by the BIOS, and recovery of data is moot as most of it is missing when I am able to mount it through USB. I finally go it to mount tonight and the windows directory was completely empty. I cannot reformat it or reinstall Windows or backups. I sent in for an RMA, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Do you have the latest BIOS? The drives shouldn't die in 6-12months, What do you use the SSD for? (apart from a OS drive) eg. Video/Photo editing, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geminiosiris Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 It is used as the Windows 7 OS drive only. All my data, etc is stored on another drive that is not an SSD. The second drive experienced the same problems I had with the first one after about 6 months. Yes, I have the latest BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 When your replacement SSD comes, Install it, And if the same problems persist, Instead of ignoring it, Come and explain the type of problems you have and we should be able to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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