Intel SSD 535 180 GB SATA3 shows as "SandForce 2000" after soft reboot.





Several days ago my Windows OS started to freeze and reboot spontaneously. After reboot "no boot device" error shows up. When I enter BIOS setup, I see "SandForce 2000" instead of my Intel SSD.

After I power off and power on my PC again, Intel SSD shows up correctly and Windows starts booting.

How do I fix this?
Hi Ohforf,

We understand your SSD stopped responding sometimes and after a power cycle, it starts to work again.

 

For this situation, we do recommend to you the following <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25348> firmware version link to install to the SSD and fix this situation. For this update, you need to create either a USB thumb drive or a CD, once you run it and install it, please let us know if the issue was resolved.

Regards,

 

Nestor C
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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maybe the boot disk partition be cleared. you can disable emmc in bios then install a pure windows in ssd. enable emmc after the windows installed. thank you for taking interest in my post.

i have solved the problem.it was mistake from my own part.

i have disabled some of the hardware detection services before the update.

i have disabled the "device install service" on the windows service

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renabling it and rebooting it solved the … you need to change the boot order so it checks the HDD before the floppy, cdrom etc...



btw a new pc means you will have to reinstall windows following cards have been verified

rcs\_r2ug-a2e16-a pcie switch

nvidia’a dgpu

intel82572ei nic

nec upd720200 usb3.0 card

asus usb3.1 card

moschip usb2.0 card

ocz ssd

ocz rvd400-22280-512g-a ssd

silicon image corp. 3132 sata controller

intel e10g42bt x520-t2 10gigabit nic card

sta… first try testing your RAM (goldmemory or memtest)
  

  
if the memory pass the tests try reparing your xp, if repair doesn't pass from any reason, pull your HD take it to your friend, back up the data, and reinstall OS OK, Problem fixed. If anyone else comes across this problem: I was able to install the new driver by using Intel's EXE version rather than the zip version and disconnecting from the inet. Everything went fine. have you tried entering safe mode? Let us know if it is the same.



It could be corrupt files and not startup programs. This is a chicken and egg problem. No drive, cd/dvd won't work. You either need to get an external drive, or have someone write it to a USB thumb drive that your system can boot from. try that drive with another computer. if it doesn't work, it's probably dead. have added psu to above post. (i added specs because i knew someone would ask. however i think it's a software issue.)

unlikely that it's the psu.

the current psu is a hx750i, and the previous psu was a hx650i. swapped over a year ago at least. this is a recent issue.


good, a lot of times this is the psu. but with an excellent unit, that's far less likely.

were you monitoring temperatures at the time? was there something specific you were doing similar in both times? really intermittent things can be hard to nail down.