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Great deal!
I'm a baconeer and want to ask a tech question on a bargain site... I have one of these exact drives and put in my w7 laptop(both found through ben). Besides running amazingly, my laptop will bsod when it idles into sleep mode, then upon rebooting will say "no bootable device," after this it will reboot with no problems. Its just an annoying inconvenience but any chance someone knows the fix?
Use a hammer
Sounds like you need a bios update.
Great drives. I'm using the desktop kit as the boot/system drive in my desktop.
its almost at a price where i don't mind paying. I need for it to drop another 40.00, and im on it
meh, bios update was the first thing I tried along with checking the settings there. Thanks tho
what is the error code?
wipe the drive clean, partition and format it and then install a clean version of windows 7 on it.
The price is finally coming down.
I wouldn't call BSOD/rebooting after coming out of sleep mode a minor inconvenience, especially if you're at risk of losing unsaved work/settings, etc. If you imaged the OS onto the SSD from the original drive, then I'd agree with #9. Wipe it clean and do a clean install of W7, as it'll then (hopefully) be optimized for use on that particular SSD.
I have the 64 GB and it broke after a few months. Technical support was fantastic and better than any other company that I have had to deal with including WD.
1) Disable Windows reboot-on-error setting. Google search for how if you don't know/can't find the setting.
2) Write down the BSOD message, particularly any brief text blurb specific to the failure and the stop code. Google search for that stop code too.
If the message is something like inaccessible device, volume not found or something like that, take the SSD out and examine the SATA contacts and those in the laptop, if they look ok plug it back in and be sure it is seated completely in the bay. If the dimensions of the bay allow too much play, you might need to wedge a piece of cardboard or similar in to keep the drive immobile.
Since you have already tried to update the system firmware, check the bios settings to see if anything relating to drives or drive controller can be changed, and if you do not have custom bios changes you fear losing, load the setup defaults (or however they word it, IF your bios has this feature) then save and exit... remembering to set the password again if you need one and it was wiped out.
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This is actually a useful size for a reasonable price. Lets hope this is a sign that SSDs are finally beginning to see the price erosion we've all been waiting for. I know it'll be a while, but a 256GB SSD for ~$350 would make me pry my wallet open.
#2, an easy fix would be to disable the laptop from sleeping automatically. Always turn the laptop off. Windows 7 should boot up pretty fast, especially with this SSD. It seems that the problem is associated with the laptop not being able to come back from after it has been suspended.