| Windows 7: Apcer SSD 32GB Dead? |
24 Sep 2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek Greece-Crete |
Apcer SSD 32GB Dead? Hello all
Since yesterday my SSD Drive (  ) dont work.It shows as RAW Drive even if i try to change it to NTFS or try to format it an error pop up like semaphore timeout. Also when i try to clean instal on the selected drive it comes with error 0x80070057.
I tryed to instal the drive in all variation : AHCI IDE .same problem
Could my drive be dead?
Windows 7 64bit
Intel i7 3.20
Corsair 12 GB Ram
ATI 6990
2 SSD Drives Intel 40 gb +Apacer 32gb (Dead one?)
Motherboard:Gigabyte Technology X58A-UD3R
Sorry for bad English 
Ty for Help | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek |
24 Sep 2011
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#2 | | |
give us more info like when did you install it and operating conditions.....
Remember SSD's are like time bombs.
btw did you dry error checking with windows drive tools?
Go to drive properties find disk tools and check the drive for errors and come back | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HCL OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit CPU Intel Quadcore E5500 @2.8 GHz Motherboard IPM41 Memory 4 Gigs Sound Card Logitech 5.1 Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD PSU 400 W Hard Drives Seagate 500 GB |
24 Sep 2011
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#3 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Go into an elevated Command Prompt and run these commands: Diskpart List disk Select disk n (where n is the number that was given for your SSD in List disk) Create partition primary align=1024 Active (assuming you want to install an OS) Exit | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
24 Sep 2011
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SSDs do not guarantee more stability. They do remove the possibility of moving parts failing, but at least in the case of your most recent failure, bad LBAs (sectors/blocks) are just as likely to happen on SSDs (I have one which already has 1 reallocated LBA; big deal). Though SSD failures commonly do not appear as "blocks going bad"; usually the drive just stops working entirely for reasons which are completely different than that of their mechanical counterparts. So with SSDs, continue to follow the above "its-bound-to-fail" advice while remembering that the mechanical failure aspect has been removed from the picture. Electrical failure, however, is just as likely as it always was.
I hope what I've written suffices as both an educational and sympathetic note as someone who deals with storage on a regular basis. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HCL OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit CPU Intel Quadcore E5500 @2.8 GHz Motherboard IPM41 Memory 4 Gigs Sound Card Logitech 5.1 Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD PSU 400 W Hard Drives Seagate 500 GB |
24 Sep 2011
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek Greece-Crete |

Quote: Originally Posted by whs Go into an elevated Command Prompt and run these commands: Diskpart List disk Select disk n (where n is the number that was given for your SSD in List disk) Create partition primary align=1024 Active (assuming you want to install an OS) Exit This dont work. It says that i dont thave enough space to do this 
Also when i try to format or make active partition from Computer Managment it says Semaphore Time out . btw Green light in the back of my SSD is blinking green. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek |
24 Sep 2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek Greece-Crete |

Quote: Originally Posted by IluvWin7 give us more info like when did you install it and operating conditions.....
Remember SSD's are like time bombs.
btw did you dry error checking with windows drive tools?
Go to drive properties find disk tools and check the drive for errors and come back It was my main OS Partition.after i buy a secont ssd drive i format it.it was working fine till 2 days ago.The drive is about 8 months old maybe less dont remember. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek |
24 Sep 2011
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#7 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
24 Sep 2011
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek Greece-Crete |

Quote: Originally Posted by whs
Dont work as well..Semaphore time out.also in the event log says Disk4 has damaged block | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek |
24 Sep 2011
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#9 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Last attempt. Run a chkdsk /f /r in Command Prompt. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
25 Sep 2011
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek Greece-Crete |

Quote: Originally Posted by whs Last attempt. Run a chkdsk /f /r in Command Prompt. Hello
well now the drive wont show in Explorer but its listet under Hardware in Computer managment.when i plug in the drive and i restart it takes sometimes more then 15 min to boot.as soon i plug it off the system responts in seconts and restarts in normal time.
Well seems for me that the drive is damaged.dont know  i did all the ways are listet above nothink helped
I connected the drive in various way IDE AHCI etc. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Greek Apcer SSD 32GB Dead? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:37 PM. | |