Hard drive not disabled for booting sometimes

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   Hi,

My first post, so hello!

My spec is:
ASRock AMD B450 Pro4 Ryzen
Crucial MX100 256GB SATA III 6GB/s Solid State Drive SSD (+ some other drives)
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4 3000 MHz Memory Kit 2x 16GB
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Processor (4C/8T, 18 MB Cache, 3.9 GHz Max Boost)

The problem is that sometimes the motherboard does not see the bootable drive. Sometimes, it just says that no bootable drive found, please insert on or reboot. And sometimes it goes to BIOS. Sometimes it starts ok, and it can run for hours and does not crash or anything - so a broken cable can be eliminated. SSD drive was working with the previous system without any issues so hard drive can be eliminated.

Now, when it goes to BIOS, I can see that the MOBO see the drive as per:

But in the security tab the Crucial SSD is missing:

And it says that it is disabled in BBS

If I just reboot, all is working fine.

BIOS restored to defaults already. Does anyone has any other ideas or is it time to send it back to the manufacturer?

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mario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2020 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote mario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Hard drive not disabled for booting sometimes Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 5:01am
	Hi, My first post, so hello! My spec is: ASRock AMD B450 Pro4 Ryzen Crucial MX100 256GB SATA III 6GB/s Solid State Drive SSD (+ some other drives) Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4 3000 MHz Memory Kit 2x 16GB AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Processor (4C/8T, 18 MB Cache, 3.9 GHz Max Boost) The problem is that sometimes the motherboard does not see the bootable drive. Sometimes, it just says that no bootable drive found, please insert on or reboot. And sometimes it goes to BIOS. Sometimes it starts ok, and it can run for hours and does not crash or anything - so a broken cable can be eliminated. SSD drive was working with the previous system without any issues so hard drive can be eliminated. Now, when it goes to BIOS, I can see that the MOBO see the drive as per: But in the security tab the Crucial SSD is missing: And it says that it is disabled in BBS If I just reboot, all is working fine. BIOS restored to defaults already. Does anyone has any other ideas or is it time to send it back to the manufacturer?

CopyThat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29 Sep 2018 Status: Offline Points: 102	Post Options Post Reply Quote CopyThat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 2:37pm
	First things to check:- Make sure it is plug in properly Change the SATA cable

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 28383	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 4:05pm
	Not detecting reliably at boot seems fairly common with that model SSD, particularly after a few months of use. Looking at some user reviews on various sites I found quite a few people complaining of similar symptoms. It seems the drives can be problematic and sometimes picky about the SATA controller. One user reported the drive seemed fine on their intel system but did not detect on their AMD (upgrade) system. People seem to have the notion that SSDs are more reliable and fail less often than mechanical drives, sadly, this isn't always true. A good SSD can by far outlast a spinning disk but they are just as prone to bad batches, manufacturing defects and other issues as any piece of hardware. If you can, I would test with another SSD and see if it has the same issue. I suspect it won't. If you still have the original system it came from, you can test the Crucial SSD in that again. Edited by Xaltar - 08 Oct 2020 at 4:06pm


mario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2020 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote mario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 4:03am
	Thanks for feedback. I will check both suggestions and report back.

mario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2020 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote mario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 2:23am
	I replaced the cable but that didn't help. What (looks like) helped was changing SATA port to which the hard drive was connected to. I just did it and I rebooted PC 15 times and each time it booted nicely, so I'm assuming it's fixed. Will let you know if that didn't actually fix the issue. Thank you all for comments.