Solved Installed new SSD as secondary HD, getting error 0xc00000e9.

[dietlbomb]

I just installed a new Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB SSD as a third hard drive for my pc as additional space for games. The computer has been running well with a 120GB SSD as the primary boot drive and with a 1TB HDD for media storage.

The installation went well initially and the computer was able to run well. Suddenly the PC would freeze and crash. When restarting I encountered error 0xc00000e9 and repeatedly hitting enter would occasionally summon the Windows repair tool, but it would only appear randomly.

At my wit's end, I unplugged the new SSD from the motherboard's SATA 3Gb/s port, and the machine booted with zero problems.

I then turned off the PC and plugged it back in, and the PC started without any problems. I installed a game on the SSD and it worked well. At this point, I assumed that I got the installation right.

But no. I left the computer on when I left for some errands, and when I returned home, the computer was stuck on error 0xc00000e9 again, so I turned off the PC and unplugged the new SSD's SATA cable again, and the computer is working fine now.

One other thing I tried was to set the BIOS to ignore the new SSD, but that didn't help.

Has anyone here had a problem like this before? Is my new SSD a dud?

 

[Layback Bear]

Your new ssd could be bad but I would try a different sata cable first.
Check all connections again and one more time.

Poor connections on the sata data cable and or the power cable can cause this problem.

 

[dietlbomb]

Thanks. It seems to be working so far.

 

[Layback Bear]

Did you or did you not find a problem with the cable or connections?

What solved you problem?

 

[dietlbomb]

I removed the SSD, detached the cables, and then reattached the cables. It hasn't had any problems so far today. Thanks again for the good idea.

I haven't run any of the programs that I have sitting on the SSD today, however, so it's possible that there is still a problem. But it seems to be behaving.

 

[Lonko]

You could try to exchange the Sata cable with the HDD cable, only to discard this potential cause

 

[dietlbomb]

My computer has been working fine for two days since I reattached the cables. Thanks for the help Layback Bear and Lonko.