ASRock Forums : SSD issue on K97M Pro.. https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:25:03 +0000 Sun, 08 May 2016 17:45:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2455 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[SSD issue on K97M Pro.. : XP does not support TRIM. Do not...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2455&PID=13010&title=ssd-issue-on-k97m-pro#13010 Author: ASRock Expert
Subject: 2455
Posted: 08 May 2016 at 5:45pm

XP does not support TRIM. Do not use XP.

Use an old PC for XP, like Athlon XP + 2x 256Mb RAM DDR 333MHz.


]]> Sun, 08 May 2016 17:45:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2455&PID=13010&title=ssd-issue-on-k97m-pro#13010 <![CDATA[SSD issue on K97M Pro.. : andreadebiase wrote:hi, i am...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2455&PID=12985&title=ssd-issue-on-k97m-pro#12985 Author: parsec
Subject: 2455
Posted: 07 May 2016 at 1:49pm

Originally posted by andreadebiase andreadebiase wrote:

hi, i am putting together a new system and stumbled upon this problem: while loading a fresh install of windows XP 32 bit (not my final OS choice...just cheking before opening the Win10 disc) through a portable DVD player everything looks good, windows starts reading from the disk but approximately 3 minute in the process i get a blue screen saying the following. click on link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3t-K3IVIol_bDhvMkdkMEFRelU/view?usp=sharing

The hard drive is recognized in the BIOS but i do wonder if it has to be "initiated/formated" first? but from the bios....how? and i am not even sure is a hard drive issue....maybe is old XP doing this?
if anyone has seen this please let me know what it is
thank you
Andrea





Sorry but your title is, "SSD issue on K97M Pro..". K97m Pro? No such board. I'm guessing you have an H97M Pro4, or... ?

Since you are using (trying to use) XP, my guess is the problem is related to the incompatibility of XP with a modern mother board and its UEFI/BIOS settings. Specifically, the SATA Mode.

The default SATA mode for a while now is AHCI. If you changed it to IDE manually, then the following does not apply. XP does not have an AHCI driver built in, which most likely is causing the blue screen. Current Windows installation programs don't BSOD when they have a driver problem, and tell us the problem is the lack of a driver.

That is not an SSD issue, but again the compatibility/technology gap between XP and modern mother boards and SSDs. XP has no TRIM support for SSDs, and without an AHCI driver, cripples an SSD's performance.

It's been so long since I used XP, I don't remember if you must pre-format your drives, or use a tool like Diskpart as an option in the XP installer. A Windows 7 and beyond standard installation formats the drive automatically, while the Custom installation option provides some control over that, but still does the formatting for us. You can't initialize or format a drive from the BIOS.

I agree with andressergio, forget using XP with a modern board and an SSD, even as a test. That will only cause problems and doubts about your hardware, as you have experienced. Your test with XP is creating more doubt about the hardware than is actually really there.

Use the Win 10 disk (checking before opening the disk... ???) and don't look back.

Maybe is old XP doing this? Definitely old XP when used with modern hardware, is doing this.
]]> Sat, 07 May 2016 13:49:07 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2455&PID=12985&title=ssd-issue-on-k97m-pro#12985 <![CDATA[SSD issue on K97M Pro.. : mate don&#039;t use XP go straight...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2455&PID=12763&title=ssd-issue-on-k97m-pro#12763 Author: andressergio
Subject: 2455
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 10:02pm

mate don't use XP go straight to W10 and please use flashdrive boot

you can download the media creation tool on microsoft and it will create an .ISO image or a flash drive for you to use it.

https://www.microsoft.com/es-es/software-download/windows10

Kindly, Sergio
]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:02:53 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2455&PID=12763&title=ssd-issue-on-k97m-pro#12763 <![CDATA[SSD issue on K97M Pro.. : hi, i am putting together a new...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2455&PID=12388&title=ssd-issue-on-k97m-pro#12388 Author: andreadebiase
Subject: 2455
Posted: 16 Apr 2016 at 2:25am

hi, i am putting together a new system and stumbled upon this problem: while loading a fresh install of windows XP 32 bit (not my final OS choice...just cheking before opening the Win10 disc) through a portable DVD player everything looks good, windows starts reading from the disk but approximately 3 minute in the process i get a blue screen saying the following. click on link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3t-K3IVIol_bDhvMkdkMEFRelU/view?usp=sharing

The hard drive is recognized in the BIOS but i do wonder if it has to be "initiated/formated" first? but from the bios....how? and i am not even sure is a hard drive issue....maybe is old XP doing this?
if anyone has seen this please let me know what it is
thank you
Andrea



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