• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Intermittent solid HD light at boot, unable to load windows

T

TwistedMetalGear

2[H]4U
Joined
Jun 19, 2005
Messages
2,470
I have a Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD. Only two months old.

I've been having an intermittent problem at boot. Happens approximately once out of every 5 boots.

I will get to the Windows logo after POST, or simply a black screen, and then it will sit there for like 10 minutes with a solid HD light. If I wait long enough, I'm brought to a blue Recovery screen with the message:

"The application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or contains errors.

File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Error code: 0xc000000f"

The blue screen doesn't always display the same message. I also witnessed another one:

"A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.

Error code: 0xc000000f"

With enough retries, I am able to boot up just fine. So what gives? Does this indicate a failing SSD? I just bought the damn thing.

Also of interest is that I recall my previous SSD (Sandisk) doing something similar. But that one's 2.5 years old and also started failing the SMART tests at POST. The Samsung does NOT fail the SMART tests.

Do I just have terrible luck with SSDs or what? Can it be a motherboard issue? Firmware issue? Or just a defective SSD?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top