UPDATE 4/8/2019 - SEE BELOW
Current Situation: I inherited a computer from my friend, who recently moved out of the country. I wiped the data and hard drives, and did a fresh install of Windows 10 with a brand new OEM key. Everything is working great! However, there is an issue with and SSD and HDD that I salvaged from my aforementioned dead PC.
First - the SSD does not show up in BIOS, Device Manager or Data Management. I checked, re-checked, confirmed, re-confirmed, re-re-confirmed, and re-re-re-re-re-reconfirmed that it is hooked up properly with both power cable and SATA cable. it does not show up.
Second - the HDD WAS showing up. Overnight, it seems to have suddenly stopped showing up and is no longer detected by Windows.
So here is the issue in a nutshell - salvaged SSD, which was in working condition when old PC died, does not show up. Salvaged HDD, which was in working condition when old PC died, and was showing up in this computer for two days, no longer shows up suddenly, without warning and without reboot/power down.
SITUATION UPDATE - 4/8/2019
Issue continues. Old SSD was discarded after verifying it does not work anymore. Old HDD had data salvaged off of it and has been disconnected form PC.
NEW SITUATION - a newly purchased Kingston 480gb SSD was installed, initialized and formatted. Shows up in Disk Management. Computer went to sleep, and upon return, "Disconnect" noise was heard, and newly installed/initialized SSD is experiencing SAME ISSUE.
Problem seems to be Win10, not hardware. Have never before experienced a problem like this with custom built systems.
Current Situation: I inherited a computer from my friend, who recently moved out of the country. I wiped the data and hard drives, and did a fresh install of Windows 10 with a brand new OEM key. Everything is working great! However, there is an issue with and SSD and HDD that I salvaged from my aforementioned dead PC.
First - the SSD does not show up in BIOS, Device Manager or Data Management. I checked, re-checked, confirmed, re-confirmed, re-re-confirmed, and re-re-re-re-re-reconfirmed that it is hooked up properly with both power cable and SATA cable. it does not show up.
Second - the HDD WAS showing up. Overnight, it seems to have suddenly stopped showing up and is no longer detected by Windows.
So here is the issue in a nutshell - salvaged SSD, which was in working condition when old PC died, does not show up. Salvaged HDD, which was in working condition when old PC died, and was showing up in this computer for two days, no longer shows up suddenly, without warning and without reboot/power down.
SITUATION UPDATE - 4/8/2019
Issue continues. Old SSD was discarded after verifying it does not work anymore. Old HDD had data salvaged off of it and has been disconnected form PC.
NEW SITUATION - a newly purchased Kingston 480gb SSD was installed, initialized and formatted. Shows up in Disk Management. Computer went to sleep, and upon return, "Disconnect" noise was heard, and newly installed/initialized SSD is experiencing SAME ISSUE.
Problem seems to be Win10, not hardware. Have never before experienced a problem like this with custom built systems.
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