G53SW fresh windows install problems SSD?

I just installed my SSD today and now when i put my windows 7 CD into the drive and try to do a fresh install i cant find the SSD, normally it gives me a list of HD/SSD options to choose where to install windows but its not doing it for me. do you think the SSD is dead? if so how can i confirm it?

 

Hey Dizzy,

Your problem might be the same as mine when I first installed my SSD it did not show up at all under custom install when I tried to install windows and I had to reboot and go into the Bios by hitting escape.

Scroll along and select SATA configuration and change the setting from IDE to AHCI. Save the settings and restart and hopefully it should be showing up for you.

 

Its already set on AHCI and theres 5 SATA ports and the only drive i can see is the SATA Port 2 SlimtypeDVD ATAPI

 

If you have a second HDD installed remove it and just have your SSD in the primary bay. See if that works.

Another option is to go back into the BIOS and select the uefi boot option and change it to enabled. Save restart etc and check if its showing.

What SSD is it your trying to install?

 

Yeah i took the 500gb stock HD out, here is the drive im running. Newegg.com - ADATA S511 Series AS511S3-120GM-C 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
i thought it might be worth the try

 

Tried enabling the uefi boot option yet? if so and still no luck I will have to bring out the big guns and go and consult with someone more intelligent for you

 

uefi boot trying that now.

 

Still not seeing the SSD.

 

Ok but you can select the SSD in the configuration and it is set to SATA 0, ACHI + IDE attemped, UEFI boot does not work...

You are sure this SSD is compatable with the G73? wondering if we need to format the SSD first through dos surely not.....

 

Its a G53SW and i would think that all SSD should be able to work?? and i am not seeing it detecting it or anything its as if its not installed.

 

You are sure that it is in the primary drive bay and not the secondary yes?

Can you try sticking it in the other bay and see if it picks it up in the BIOS.

I know a lot about HDD but not SSD you see so I am not sure what the score is with compatability, if all attempts to get it working fail going to have to wait for someone with more SSD experience to advise you on this.

 

I placed the SSD in the bay which the stock HD came out of. but as we speak im changing it to the other bay.

 

If this does not show some life the only other thing I can think of at the moment is the Firmware, this might need to be updated.

 

? how do i do this?

 

You will need to visit the manufacturer website and see if there is a new firmware update available and check to see if there is information about what it fixes.

Take a look and I will drop a Valkeriefire a message and see if he can come advise on this for you as I said me and SSD's are new and mine was a straight forward installation so I can only relate to the SATA configuration it sounds as though something is not right if the SSD is not even showing up in the BIOS so this could mean firmware or something else is required to get it to show, ill go ask him to come look at this for you.

 

Thanks for all the help man!

 

powering up now about to see if the lappy sees the SSD in another bay.

 

still not showing up

 

Keep fiddling with it hopefully its something simple, sorry I cant be much more assistance but it sounds like a hardware issue if it is not showing up in the Bios and as Valkerie helped me get mine working he is the best person to speak to, I have dropped him a message to come take a look at this post when he is next online if no one else can help in the meantime.

Im on call at my job so gonna get some sleep as its 3am hope you get it sorted

P.s if you really dont want to wait try installing windows onto your other HDD and you might be able to get it working in windows maybe. Worth a shot.

 

can thanks man get some sleep.

 

DALLERS sent me in.

You need to erase the master boot record probably. This happened to me twice and a guy I sold an SSD to, seems to be common when installing an OS the 2nd time on an SSD. This will only work if the SSD is detected by the BIOS.

I will find you some instructions

UPDATE:

Here you go: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...nize-ssd/80a83aed-56dc-438c-a65e-a0ea815ce551

In short
1.Boot up Windows 7 disc.
2.When the welcome screen comes up on Windows Setup, press Shift + F10, which will display a command prompt.
3.Type "diskpart" (no quotes) and press enter.
4.Type "list disk" and press enter.
5.Hopefully you can see your SSD in the list. You should see a number identifying it. Now type "select disk X" (where X is the number identifying your SSD) and press enter.
6.Type "clean" and press enter. This will write a blank MBR, YOU WILL LOSE ANY DATA ON THE SSD if you did have anything on it.
7.Now install windows

 

That sounds far more intelligent and far more likely to work.

+1

 

Hey guys. I read the posts, and i was wondering if you may be able to help me since i have a similar problem.

Got a ssd, ocz solid 3, and i want to put 7 on it. When i try though, I get the weirdest errors, everything ranging from
Installer cant see the drive (but it can see it in the bios)
Installer starts instillation, but fails partway due to a read error (in which the drive can no longer be seen by the installer or bios, need a restart to see it)
Installer freezes as "Installing updates"
Installer installs, goes to reboot, then get a black screen
Installer installs, reboots, and i get the "starting windows" splash screen, then it freezes.

I have successfully installed 7 using another computer, But it wont work in the laptop (Blue screen, but it atleast it loaded the kernel). The ONLY way i have gotten it to work is to only have the SSD in the computer. Then sometimes I can install the OS to the SSD. But if I put the other drive back in, then it stops working (even if i pull the drive back out, i have to re-install it to get it to work again).

The drive works perfectly when using it from the os that came with the laptop, and i have successfully installed ubuntu on it, flawlessly first time.

Any ideas?

 

I have the same problem here... All the day Trying to install a FRESH windows 7 to my new G53SW in the bay 0 (drive0) OCZ Solid III SSD drive, Im getting the windows installation error 0x8300001 and the installer cant write or detect the drive for write windows files... I try all this procedures:

1) BIOS AHCI and disable, and only put IDE on the SATA CONFIGURATION.
2) BIOS UEFI Enabled, and disabled.
3) Connected the OCZ SSD to bay 1 and 2 (drive 0 and 1) in the SATA ports.
4) Tried 2 different Windows 7 H.P x64 versions. 2009 RTM and the 2010 with SP 1.
5) Firmware upgrade to 2.11 of the OCZ SSD Solid III (120GB)
6) Tried Intel AHCI F6 Drivers (last ones from intel site) can't proceede with this drivers...

No satisfactory results!! What I can do now??
I really need my G53 for this weekend, but I think discard the SSD and only install W7 OS on the factory HDD (Seagate 750GB).

Any suggestions?

 

I have opened a ticket with Valkerie to come and look at your questions . He is a busy man so can't say how long it will take him but as you both have the same issue with the same SSD it could be specifically related to your model.

Have you tried what was mentioned above in regards to the master boot record? Are the SSD that you have purchased brand new or been used before?

 

Thanks Dallers, odd that two guys with same drive would have the same problem.

1) Change BIOS ACHI
2) Does BIOS detect the SSD? If not does the drive have current firmware? It could be defective, try IDE mode, if that doesn't work, your drive is probably defective. All OCZ drives use sandforce controllers, my first sandforce drive was DOA, yours may be too.
3) If the bios detects the SSD but windows 7 install disk doesn't, make sure you are on ACHI mode, then use the tips I posted above to fix the master boot record.

That should do it, unfortunately that is the extent of my limited knowledge.

When you install Win7, you have to stick to the same disk operating mode forever, you can't switch from RAID, ACHI, IDE, etc and back and forth. I've gotten BSODs from that. Are you using different modes on each computer? That could explain it.


If none of that works, and these are brand new OCZ Solid III drives, then I think there is a high probability your drives are bad. Go to newegg.com and read reviews, all sandforce drives have high DOA rates, sometimes up to 25%+

 

Thanks for the reply, and i am grateful for your knowledge, even if it is limited.

My bios and installer can see the drive, its just that windows 7 cant install to it with both drives in it. While i though it was the drive at first too, ubuntu worked just fine, and it works in other computers. This leads me to believe that the sata controller is acting up. Im going to see if a friend will let me borrow his SSD to see if there are different results. Im also going to try it again on my desktop, we will see how that goes in a bit. If all else fails, then ill send it back to get a new one.

And about the BSOD, I knew it would do something along those lines, just wanted to see what =P

 

Thanks for the reply Valky.

YES! my SSD is Brand new, the drive appears fine in BIOS and in the windows installation (select drive step).

After read a lot of articles and reviews, the problem is the series 3 of the SSD drives, a lot of people have the same problem, it's a "SSD BUG".

Intel doesn't make a Fix for this chipset and is a OCZ problem, OCZ must fix this BUG and put a new firmware or something related for this kind of motherboard and chipset.

I found a lot of posts in Forums (in spanish) I will paste the Urls here for reference (you must google traductor this spanish to english)

Problema de BSOD con SSD Vertex 3 - Comunidad N3D
BUG OCZ Vertex 3 max iops y famillia de SSD - Comunidad N3D
OCZ Agility 3 60 GB ¿Son normales estos valores ? - Comunidad N3D

After this, Im installed OS in the default HDD drive of my G53Sx and used the SSD for install software and games...

 

Also this isn't just an ocz bug. This applies to all ssds that have the new sandforce sata iii controller.

 

This was quite disappointing... my first SSD and too much problems for only installing Windows 7x64 on it.

You this will take someday a solution? Or discard the SSD drive for S.O...

How is possible that manufacturers do not test well and retest before publishing products to market with a wide variety of chipsets and motherboards. They wait for consumers purchase the products and solve their problems, find bugs, etc...

 

Hi again guys,

Well after some days I tried again...Install OS Windows 7 HP x64 into my OCZ SSD Solid 3 2.11 FW.

1) I do a secure erase. OCZ Toolbox in other PC. (the drive was Frozen)
2) Maked partition and Format to NTFS.
3) Try to install

The same thing, the "locked" R/W (it was blocked for some reason during OS Install.) dissapear after the Secure Erase but the W7 Installer doesn't copy the files to drive, It stop process and hangup at 18%, doesn't pass to 19%.....=(

Well... I in this month I will get other SSD for make tests, but I thing other manufacturer and Sata2, some friends buy Kingston SSD 128GB and have good results...

Regards, I wait some feedback from other users, maybe some day Ocz or Intel fix this problem in the 6 series of laptop motherboards...

 

Try to remove every AHCI drive under Windows, then install the last Rapid storage driver diskettes.
At least you will handle the driver under windows.

Still looking for a solution under windows installation.

 

Not Working for me... =(

Im saved to a USB Pendrive the Intel Rapid Storage Driver Diskette files and try to install from a fresh Windows 7 with Disk controllers, and doesn't work.

Not Signed Drivers (Digital Signature) and with other Windows 7 ISO I try witj SP1, same result. The driver is not accepted or the Installation hangs up and not pass the 18%.