New SSD acting strange

Hi everyone

So I just got a new SSD and I had to buy a new SATA cable for it because I've run out of the ones that came with my motherboard. However, when I have installed it and boot into windows the drive is recognised for a while and then disconnects, is there a reason for this? Is it the new SATA cable or maybe the power? 

If anyone could help that would be brilliant. 

First, change the SATA kabel with a verified one (from a know vendor)

Second, Update the drivers for the chipset and SATA controller.

Thift, try the ssd in a another machine with different hardware.

Otherwise I would suggest RMA'ing the drive

I will try the new SATA cable, I will take one from what is now my third drive.

Also, the drivers and SATA controller should already be up to date. They are working with a drive that is more recent, so it should be fine.

I don't have an extra machine that I could try it with.

Finally, what do you mean RMA?

Thanks for the advice though.

He means you may have a DOA (Dead On Arrival) piece of hardware. You can usually RMA (RMA means Return Merchandise Authorization) the part.I hope that I was able to help with your question.Best of luck with your SSD. 

My mobo has 2 different SATA controllers (bizarrely), Marvel and Intel...When I installed my first SSD, I used one of the Marvel ports, which caused random instability and a BSOD death any time that Win7 64bit tried to configure updates after a restart...

Switched to an Intel SATA port and everything was groovy...Until that point, I had thought there was a fault with the drive. So you may want to check that. On my mobo the Marvel SATA ports are blue and the Intel ones are black (I think, it's been a while).

You may also want to check for a firmware update for the SSD.

You may also want to check hard drive power saving settings.

Lastly, not sure if this could cause the problems you are having, but you want your BIOS to be set up for ACHI as that will increase the performance of the drive.

If you did not install the OS with ACHI enabled in the BIOS, it will be running in IDE mode. You can change this, but it requires a registry fix before you reboot and switch it to ACHI mode in the BIOS or you will get a BSOD at the Win welcome screen...

Aren't SSDs a fun learning curve?

BIOS update could also be an option. Double checking for updates to SATA controller would be wise too.

Yeah, that is what the guy at the technical desk of my work thinks. I asked him about it and he immediately said that there is probably something wrong with the memory controller. Just disappointing because I have to pay more for it now than I intended.

I put it into a different SATA port yesterday morning before I left for work and it seemed to be working fine. However, I only got to test that for around 5 minutes. So when I get home tonight I will be able to try it.

Also, what does configuring the BIOS to AHCI actually do, what is the reason that it makes it faster? Before I moved all of the wires about in my computer to install the new SSD I had to keep changing that configuration so I have lost track of how it was originally configured. 

How would I be able to find out how it was originally configured and then perform the registry edit to do what you said before? Just in case I need to do that.

Thanks for all the help.

I had to use the registry fix recently and it worked great. I'll have to track down the link with the info again though.

IDE is the old school data transfer method and ACHI is the fancy new one. It just manages the data rates better and allows for more speed. I think...Definite performance improvements though.

http://www.oczforum.com/forum/showthread.php?69682-Change-from-IDE-to-AHCI-after-Installation

Wow, that is actually super easy, thanks. I'll give that a go tonight as well once I've tried everything else.