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SSD will not boot when fitted in a Caddy
I have several computers all of them have two caddies fitted. The operating system is normally fitted in one the C: drive and the Data Store is in the D: drive. So far I have used Western Digital drives.
The computer I am having the problem with is an Asus Sabertooth 990FX board with the latest BIOS 1604.
I have decided to fit SSD's to all my computers. This Sabertooth machine allowed the HDD C: drive to be migrated to the SSD. This was done with the HDD C:drive in a Caddy and the SSD in the second caddy in place of the D: drive The migration was successful.
I then remove the HDD C: drive and fitted the newly migrated SSD C: drive to the same caddy which had housed the HDD. I powered up and found the SSD was not recognized. The message to insert a boot disc etc was displayed.
I tried the SSD in another machine with an Asus board this time an M5A 78L-M. The computer booted up OK.
I returned to the Asus Sabertooth machine and tried the SSD connected directly to the SATA ports on the Motherboard.and it booted.
The problem as I see it is the SSD will boot with a direct connection but will not boot when a Caddy is in the circuit.
Has anyone had a similar problem and any suggestions on a Fix.
Last edited by Grumpy275; 25 Oct 2014 at 21:33.