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    X220 SSD Issues

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Engmus, Sep 6, 2012.

  1. Engmus

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    X220 i7 2620m
    8GB DDR3 1866mghz
    Intel X25-E SSD
    Intel MSATA 80GB SSD
    Windows 7 Enterprise SP1
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    Decided to cleanup my X220 this past weekend, updated the bios, secure erased my SSDS, and tried to get the formatted.

    Since the Bios Update to 1.33\1.21, I have been tearing my hair out with a growing anger.

    I came from bios 1.24 and had my X25-E as my OS\boot SSD on UEFI, the 80gb MSATA as a storage SSD.

    The following issues have arisen...

    With the X220 to Legacy Only, I can boot to my external DVD-rom and launch the Windows 7 Installation media, It detects the SSD and will install the OS onto the SSD, after restart the machine hits the blue and grey boot menu. To resolve this I have to hard-power the machien on and then off, only after a hard power on and off will the X220 detect my X25E again.

    I can then boot into windows, make changes, use the Operating System, but every time I reboot the X220 fails to see the X25E and my only choice is to hard power the machine.

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    If I try to use UEFI First\UEFI only, the machine will only post to the blue\grey boot menu\loader. At this point I can see my external DVD drive, but it will not launch any CD\DVD in the drive.

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    Similar results are found when using a USB flash-drive.


    It seems clear to me that the only change is the BIOS Update, since the update the machine sometimes will not restart "Ctrl-alt-delete" and get past post with the SSD in the X220, it will stay paused at the "Thinkpad" logo startup screen and not progress.

    Immediately the changes are removed if I pull the X25E out.


    Sorry if this all seems rather complicated it was hard to put down in words whats been happening.

    Any input would be appreciated.
     
    Engmus, Sep 6, 2012
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