SSD and T61 aren't getting along.

I'm bringing my T61 back to life since my x100e is going back for repairs for the 4th time. I popped my Kingston SSD in it and I keep getting an error. It says the Hard Drive cannot be found. (It's in there though ) But if I reboot it works just fine. I saw others having this problem and Lenovo put out an update for it. The only problem is that Kingston isn't on the list. Anyone have insight or a solution for me. I just upgraded to the latest BIOS and the problem is still on going.

Thanks in advance. (If you need more information to help me, by all means tell me.)

~350

 

flash with the hacked bios to enable SATA2 speed, then try again with that SSD. Search for "SATA willing to pay" and you'll see the thread, on page 8 are posted all bioses

P.S. why do you send your laptop for repairs that many times ? I've never sent mine, lol

 

I've seen that thread before and will try that tomorrow.

That x100e likes to eat motherboards and CPU's. I've also had to send it back twice due to the "technicians" not fixing the problem or putting the wrong parts in it.

Edit: Just did it and it still has the problem. At least I'm not capped at ~140mb/s.

 

Are you using XP and are you in compatibility mode?

 

Windows 7 and AHCI.

 

Have you tried using the SSD on a different system, just to check if the drive is OK? Some SSD's can be temperamental and go AWOL on boot. If it does this on the other system then I perform a RMA with the manufacturer.

I too suffered this on my T61 but with a Corsair R120 SSD. Turns out lots of people are suffering the same problems on the Corsair forums on this particular model with no solution so I promptly swapped mine with an Intel SSD and the problem disappeared after.

 

so the brand really matters for t61 ?

 

It works fine on both of my two other laptops.

Sort of. Lenovo does support and have firmware updates for certain SSD and other hard drives, but support for Kingston(And others) seems to be missing.

 

@AboutThreeFitty

Noticed you ran into problems with your x100e, makes me hesitant about buying the x120e. I'm dying to replace my asus 1000e, bought a samsung 64g ssd for my next laptop purchase.

About your SSD: I saw a thread where someone was having similar issues with ACHI mode on a lenovo. The thread mentioned to install windows without ACHI and then switch back to ACHI, I'll look for the thread.

 

Lenovo has promised that all of the problems with x100e have been righted with the x120e. My advise would be to wait for reviews of the machine to come out before making a decision on whether or not to get it.

As far as the SSD goes, I'm trying to research and see what others have done to solve the problem in between my classes(And snowmobiling ). The problem is that not too many people have a Kingston SSD in their T61. So a fix for one SSD may not be a fix for mine.

 

I think you should turn ACHI off from bios, then install Windows and everything, then install the sata drivers from Windows, and then get back to bios and turn ACHI off.

this is how I clean installed XP long time ago