Mar 24, 2012 #1 B ben805 Limp Gawd Joined Nov 27, 2006 Messages 188 Need to try to roll back the firmware to see if it would fix the frozen state, i can't run secure erase on my samsung 830 256GB SDD....uggh.
Need to try to roll back the firmware to see if it would fix the frozen state, i can't run secure erase on my samsung 830 256GB SDD....uggh.
Mar 24, 2012 #2 C ckryan SSD Abuser Joined Nov 6, 2010 Messages 619 Are you using Intel's rst or MSAHCI? I can't unfreeze the drive with MSAHCI.
Mar 24, 2012 #3 C ckryan SSD Abuser Joined Nov 6, 2010 Messages 619 But should you need 02FW, I have it. Besides, Magician can create a bootable USB/CD/DVD to SE the drive if you can't unlock it.
But should you need 02FW, I have it. Besides, Magician can create a bootable USB/CD/DVD to SE the drive if you can't unlock it.
Mar 25, 2012 #4 B ben805 Limp Gawd Joined Nov 27, 2006 Messages 188 I tried to secure erase through CD and USB with the same frozen state error the drive work just fine but it wont' let me SE.
I tried to secure erase through CD and USB with the same frozen state error the drive work just fine but it wont' let me SE.
Mar 25, 2012 #5 C ckryan SSD Abuser Joined Nov 6, 2010 Messages 619 What motherboard and what ports are you using the drive on?
Mar 25, 2012 #6 C ckryan SSD Abuser Joined Nov 6, 2010 Messages 619 Do you know whether your board is in IDE/AHCI or RAID??
Mar 25, 2012 #7 B ben805 Limp Gawd Joined Nov 27, 2006 Messages 188 asus p6t deluxe tried ahci and ide, same result. connected to sata 1
Mar 25, 2012 #8 B ben805 Limp Gawd Joined Nov 27, 2006 Messages 188 figured out what happened, it was my LSi 9265 had the SSD 'locked', had to remove and unconfigure the drive from the controller first, no problem SE afterward, thanks.
figured out what happened, it was my LSi 9265 had the SSD 'locked', had to remove and unconfigure the drive from the controller first, no problem SE afterward, thanks.
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the drive work just fine but it wont' let me SE.