SSD won`t boot (black screen) during Windows 7 installation

gregrocker said:

Sometimes it does take finding the correct SATA port for an SSD to function best. THis may be it.

However what is that port 4 is intended for? It isn't exactly clear but it doesn't look like it opens to the outside so is it an actual HD bay?

Port 3 was for the OD, perchance? It may be that it should never have housed an SSD to begin with.

PORT 4 had my original HHD installed. This is where the SSD works with no problems.
PORT 3 - I believe that`s where the OD is installed don`t know for sure.

When i bought the laptop the HDD was placed in PORT 4. PORT 1 was empty. I want the SSD installed in PORT 1 because that`s where i can get SATA 3 speed.

I also opened a thread on MSI forums ... no answer so far. Some ppl with same laptop are using a SSD installed in PORT 1 and others have same problem like me.

I don`t understand why is not working with that port.

VistaKing said:

Port 3 is meant for hard drives. The Optical Drive is on side where the battery is . Most of the MSI GT70s come with a mSATA SuperRAID SSD's . That is what I am reading.

Cashcate you could get the Killer Ethernet PXE boot feature turned off in the BIOS you don't that unless you are installing Windows from a network server.

Yes when i bought this laptop there were 3 versions 0NC, 0ND and 0NE.
0NC was the only model without mSATA SuperRAID.

No, i can`t disable that feature. All i can do is to hide that text from the screen

As you can see in the picture from BIOS the OD is in PORT 2 (P2)

What's the exact problem with installing SSD to Port 1? Someone here should be able to help you with that.

Are you not getting the speeds you want in Port 4 which you say works without problem? Is there any reason then that you can't replace the HD with SSD or did you want to keep the HD?

@gregrocker:

1. The problem is that i don`t get SATA 3 speed and what i do get : lot of errors(laptop don`t see the SSD or when it does see the SSD, windows doesn`t boot or i get a black screen when it`s about to boot).
2. Nope, PORT 4 have only SATA 2 speed.
3. I want to replace the HDD witht he SSD and use the SSD with SATA 3 speed from port 1.

@VistaKing:

Yes, AHCI selected. Someone said that he managed to get it done with IDE or RAID. Does this makes any difference in speed ?

I know but the guy who managed to get his SSD work on PORT 1 without errors but with SATA 2 not 3 used IDE and also RAID even if he only had 1 SSD in his laptop.