SOLVED: Following the the posts below, it appears Gen 1 Intel X25-M SSDs are incompatible with the P67 PCH 6Gbps ports!
Hello all! Before I proceed, here's my (current in progress) rig:
Core i7 2600K
GIGABYTE P67A-UD4-B3 1.1 (updated to F4 BIOS from F2 stock)
2x4GB DDR3-1333 G.SKILL Ripjaw X
EVGA NVIDIA GTX 580
Intel G1 SSD SSDSA2MH080G1GC
THE PROBLEM:
I first used HDDErase 3.3 to reset my SSD performance following the guide >here<
My Intel SSD is not showing up in the BIOS when I enable AHCI in the BIOS. The Intel AHCI BIOS hangs after Port 0 (of 6), but says there's 1 Device connected (but after the hang, it says it found no devices and does not list the SSD).
The SSD has been tried on Ports 0 or 1 (the Intel P67 SATA6 ports, NOT any Marvell controller)
WHAT I TRIED:
1. Tried Ports 0 and 1.
2. Updating BIOS from F2 to F4.
3. Using "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M" for about 10 seconds (wiping the first 1.5GB sectors) in linux
4. Letting the SSD sit connected to PSU power for about an hour (apparently maybe the firmware needs to do some cleanup in "idle")
5. Used HDDErase 3.3 again and used the FIRST option (secure erase rather than what I did before, option 2, the "enhanced secure erase")
6. Tried normal HDD in IDE and AHCI mode. Intel AHCI and BIOS IDE both detected the same old Seagate hard drive I had.
WHAT'S GOING ON STILL:
It still doesn't show up!
5. Now trying letting it sit in an external USB enclosure after having done a Quick Format (NTFS with Default sectors, aka 4K byte sectors)
6. (UPDATED) Back now with the format with idling off my PSU.
Anyone have any other ideas? Last ditch effort is RMAing (if even possible since I bought this through the company I worked for [with a discount] in 2009 so I don't have any proof of purchase).
Hello all! Before I proceed, here's my (current in progress) rig:
Core i7 2600K
GIGABYTE P67A-UD4-B3 1.1 (updated to F4 BIOS from F2 stock)
2x4GB DDR3-1333 G.SKILL Ripjaw X
EVGA NVIDIA GTX 580
Intel G1 SSD SSDSA2MH080G1GC
THE PROBLEM:
I first used HDDErase 3.3 to reset my SSD performance following the guide >here<
My Intel SSD is not showing up in the BIOS when I enable AHCI in the BIOS. The Intel AHCI BIOS hangs after Port 0 (of 6), but says there's 1 Device connected (but after the hang, it says it found no devices and does not list the SSD).
The SSD has been tried on Ports 0 or 1 (the Intel P67 SATA6 ports, NOT any Marvell controller)
WHAT I TRIED:
1. Tried Ports 0 and 1.
2. Updating BIOS from F2 to F4.
3. Using "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M" for about 10 seconds (wiping the first 1.5GB sectors) in linux
4. Letting the SSD sit connected to PSU power for about an hour (apparently maybe the firmware needs to do some cleanup in "idle")
5. Used HDDErase 3.3 again and used the FIRST option (secure erase rather than what I did before, option 2, the "enhanced secure erase")
6. Tried normal HDD in IDE and AHCI mode. Intel AHCI and BIOS IDE both detected the same old Seagate hard drive I had.
WHAT'S GOING ON STILL:
It still doesn't show up!
5. Now trying letting it sit in an external USB enclosure after having done a Quick Format (NTFS with Default sectors, aka 4K byte sectors)
6. (UPDATED) Back now with the format with idling off my PSU.
Anyone have any other ideas? Last ditch effort is RMAing (if even possible since I bought this through the company I worked for [with a discount] in 2009 so I don't have any proof of purchase).
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