Windows 7: SSD stopped being recognized

Hi,
Yesterday i was playing mass effect 3 until i got tired and went to sleep, shutting my computer down on the way.
Today, i turned my computer on, and it wouldn't boot. Then after a restart i noticed that my SSD wasn't being recognized by the marvell controller. The bios also won't recognize it. I tried replugging the sata and power cables, with no results.

What can i do? I have no idea on how to start.

Have you tried using it in another computer, or putting it into an external enclosure and seeing if it powers up and is recognized?

Also allow the system to completely power down (unplug it) and reset the bios. (or just the escd if the bios allows for that)

I have tried setting it to IDE Compatible mode with no good results. I have also plugged it into an USB Controller, but the computer in question wouldn't recognize that also. I reset the bios as well. Nothing so far.

One more thing, it can't have died right? It was powered down the whole time, it can't die if it has no power? Or can it?

Thanks,
Alex.

To be honest my experience with ssd's is fairly recent and new so I don't think I can really answer that question outside of saying 'anything is possible'
My guess would be it happened at the moment power was cut if that is the case.

I would also scrutinize your power supply to make sure it's functioning properly in that scenario.

The problem here is we can't even run diagnostics on it if we can't get the motherboard to see it.


...and unlike a mechanical you can't even check to see if it's still spinning.

It might have died during the shut down sequence. How old is it?

The SSD isn't even a month old

Did you update the firmware on your M4 SSD??

The new firmware 0309 corrects the problem where an incorrect response to a SMART counter will cause the m4 drive to become unresponsive after 5184 hours of Power-on time.


EDIT: Just noticed where you say its only a month old, so you could not have enough hours up time to be affected

It is possible the SSD died, another member here had his 128GB M4 just go poof!
Have you updated the M4 firmware? M4 firmware 0309 is now available - Crucial Community
Oops Kipper beat me to it.

You say you have it connected to the Marvell controller; move it to one of the SATA III Intel based controller where it will be running off the Z68 chipset. Worth a try.