TL DR Recently bought new SSD intended to host Steam Games, disappears when launching said games.
Specs:
Laptop: Lenovo Y910-17ISK
OS Drive: Samsung 960 Evo 256GB (M.2)
Secondary Drive: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB
OS: Windows 10
Games: Nier Automata, Dark Souls 3, Dragons Dogma, Final Fantasy XIV
Hi everyone, if I may, I request your assistance.
I bought this laptop 18 months ago, it came with a preinstalled 1TB HDD, and the next day, I bought the 960 Evo which I planned to have solely for Windows 10, keeping my Steam games apart. The plan was not successful, due to a weird error, when launching a game from the secondary drive, after a while (10 - 30 minutes), the secondary drive would disappear, and a restart was needed to bring it back. At the time, I thought the reason was a faulty HDD.
Mostly due to work, I had no time to throw at the issue, so I just used a part of my main drive to play games. Fast Forward, I have a bit more time, so I say "Hey, lets get a new and better drive. Samsung has been working nicely, lets see what they have." Last week, I bought the 860 Evo, installed it, downloaded some games, launched them, and to my surprise, the same behaviour continued. When a game was launched from the second drive, after a while, the second drive would just disappear. Worth noting is that, while downloading the games, no issue presented itself, not once.
Next, I tried an assortment of "fixes".
-Downloaded Samsung Magician, said everything was fine.
-Downloaded update for Bios
-Checked Bios, had the SATA mode set to RAID, changed it to AHCI
-Reinstalled Windows 10, let it format the drives
-Downloaded utilities from Lenovo, updates
-Update Windows 10
-Tried updating every driver from Windows, also, those in this site: https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/produc...ideapad-y-series-laptops/y910-17isk/downloads
The problem keeps presenting, if anything, quicker now. About 5 minutes in, the drive disappears.
As a side note, the benchmarks that Samsung Magician performs do not cause this issue.
I am considering just returning the 860 Evo and getting another M.2 drive. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thank you.
Specs:
Laptop: Lenovo Y910-17ISK
OS Drive: Samsung 960 Evo 256GB (M.2)
Secondary Drive: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB
OS: Windows 10
Games: Nier Automata, Dark Souls 3, Dragons Dogma, Final Fantasy XIV
Hi everyone, if I may, I request your assistance.
I bought this laptop 18 months ago, it came with a preinstalled 1TB HDD, and the next day, I bought the 960 Evo which I planned to have solely for Windows 10, keeping my Steam games apart. The plan was not successful, due to a weird error, when launching a game from the secondary drive, after a while (10 - 30 minutes), the secondary drive would disappear, and a restart was needed to bring it back. At the time, I thought the reason was a faulty HDD.
Mostly due to work, I had no time to throw at the issue, so I just used a part of my main drive to play games. Fast Forward, I have a bit more time, so I say "Hey, lets get a new and better drive. Samsung has been working nicely, lets see what they have." Last week, I bought the 860 Evo, installed it, downloaded some games, launched them, and to my surprise, the same behaviour continued. When a game was launched from the second drive, after a while, the second drive would just disappear. Worth noting is that, while downloading the games, no issue presented itself, not once.
Next, I tried an assortment of "fixes".
-Downloaded Samsung Magician, said everything was fine.
-Downloaded update for Bios
-Checked Bios, had the SATA mode set to RAID, changed it to AHCI
-Reinstalled Windows 10, let it format the drives
-Downloaded utilities from Lenovo, updates
-Update Windows 10
-Tried updating every driver from Windows, also, those in this site: https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/produc...ideapad-y-series-laptops/y910-17isk/downloads
The problem keeps presenting, if anything, quicker now. About 5 minutes in, the drive disappears.
As a side note, the benchmarks that Samsung Magician performs do not cause this issue.
I am considering just returning the 860 Evo and getting another M.2 drive. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thank you.