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My mom wanted a High Performance pc when she is playing her FaceBook games and surfing the web, so I got a SSD with all new parts. was working fine the last few days but when I got up today PC was on No one was home and the desktop said "Insert OS on drive" [well something diff but basically that's what it was saying]

Any one know what was UP? i went in th BIOS and the SSD didn't show, Restarted it 5 times then windows Loaded.

my PC
Mother board: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3)
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500
CPU cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520 [Moved over from old rig]
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDr3 1600
Video card: for now XFX GTS 250 CE 512MB [Moved over from old rig]
Case: AZZA Hurrican 2000
mouse: Thermaltake Black [Moved over from old rig]
OS: Windows 7 ult 64-Bit
monitor: ASUS LED BackLight 19"1440x900 [Moved over from old rig]
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb
SSD: Patriot Pyro 60GB
Power: CORSAIR Professional Series HX850

Link of all parts:
Newegg.com - Once You Know, You Newegg
 
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"Restarted it 5 times then windows Loaded." - Does this mean the problem is fixed?

If startup is not successful every time, check the power and data cables.

Is everything in BIOS set to default/optimal?

If it happens again, post back with the exact error message.
 
#4 ·
If you're still booted to windows with the drive, I have the following tip to prevent it from happening again. It's not guaranteed, but it decreases the chances that it happens again.

Set HDD to never sleep or spin down in power management. Set the profile to High Performance, and do not use the sleep/hibernate function.

This may just be temporary, to see if the system/SSD seems to work properly with those settings. If it does seem to stabilize and work for a few weeks without any issues, report back and we may have something more permanent figured out.

Regards,

tweak
 
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