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I remain baffled about the SSD in these. I found several posts all over about how the drives and the motherboards of this laptop had problems. Here's my question:For months the laptop (not mine, my wife's, Windows 8) was slow to boot and shutdown. When I finally looked at it, it was 6-10 minutes to boot and sometimes didn't appear to shut off at all.I did NOT see the SSD in BIOS or in Windows. After messing with several elements like DISKPART, Express, Intel Rapid, etc.
I could get nowhere. After a long sequence of seeing only one disk with 'LIST DISK', one in Device Manager and one in BIOS, suddenly I was seeing the 24GB SSD in all those places. However, DISKPART took forever to list the two and the disk manager app didn't display anything, while device manager DID.I installed and uninstalled the Intel Rapid Tech thing twice, turned the Express cache thing on and off a couple of times. I tried ECCMD.exe to create a partition and DISKPART as well, selecting disk 1 and doing a CLEAN.
It still complained about an HFS partition not mounted and no creation of partitions.You know how it is when you spend four days trying to figure this out. It's hard to keep straight what BIOS options etc you went through.SO I set things back the way they were and again, no SSD visible anywhere, but SURPRISE!Now the boot time in about one minute and shutdown is 18 seconds!Does this mean:A. The SSD is bad and now that the controller isn't trying to read it, things are working.B. The SSD is working as it should and it's true that you should NOT see the SSD listed anywhereC. Something else?While I'm totally puzzled, I fear touching anything at all will hex it, so I don't dare make changes. I'm still waiting for a second reply from ASUS (it's out of warranty) after getting a long cut and pasted message about going back to factory default state and losing everything. If the notebook keeps working like it is now, who cares about the SSD, except that it's one of the main selling points so I am very curious to hear if anyone has any comments.
This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.'
2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.' 2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1. In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.' , (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350).
This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.' 2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1.
In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.' , (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)Thanks Xasder Hamilton - great solution. I really hope what I am doing is correct.
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I have the same issue in my Asus UX32VD. However in my case, under the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I see Intel (R) 7 series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller. I did go down the series of steps you suggested and at 2.2.4, I get Standard SATA AHCI Controller along with the Intel (R) etc.
When I choose Standard. And reboot, in the Device Manager, I still see IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and Standard SATA AHCI Controller under it. But no mention of the ATA Channels. Under Device Manager-Disk Drives I see only the HDD. Do I not need to turn off the Channel? Is the SSD dead?
Booting takes about 90 seconds.Thanks much, in advance,-Amit. This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.' 2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1.
In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.' , (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)Thanks Xasder Hamilton - great solution. I really hope what I am doing is correct.
I have the same issue in my Asus UX32VD. However in my case, under the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I see Intel (R) 7 series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller.
I did go down the series of steps you suggested and at 2.2.4, I get Standard SATA AHCI Controller along with the Intel (R) etc. When I choose Standard. And reboot, in the Device Manager, I still see IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and Standard SATA AHCI Controller under it. But no mention of the ATA Channels. Under Device Manager-Disk Drives I see only the HDD.
Do I not need to turn off the Channel? Is the SSD dead?
Booting takes about 90 seconds.Thanks much, in advance,-AmitHi Amit!Try to complitely uninstall Your ATA Controller driver software and then update:1. Uninstall curent driver from device mgr (Safe mode way require)2. Update device driver (2.2 from my manual)4. Look for ATA Chanels in dev mgr.Also, it may be caused by Your BIOS settings.I'm using BIOS v. 216 with settings from this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dfWfh6QOQ).First, try the driver thing, then try flashing Your BIOS and updating Your BIOS settings.Also, You mentioned, that it takes You about 90 seconds to boot.
How long does it takes from:1. You push 'power' to windows logo2.
From windows logo to logon screen (or desktop)? This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.' 2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1. In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.'
, (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)Thanks Xasder Hamilton - great solution. I really hope what I am doing is correct.
I have the same issue in my Asus UX32VD. However in my case, under the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I see Intel (R) 7 series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller. I did go down the series of steps you suggested and at 2.2.4, I get Standard SATA AHCI Controller along with the Intel (R) etc. When I choose Standard. And reboot, in the Device Manager, I still see IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and Standard SATA AHCI Controller under it. But no mention of the ATA Channels.
Under Device Manager-Disk Drives I see only the HDD. Do I not need to turn off the Channel? Is the SSD dead? Booting takes about 90 seconds.Thanks much, in advance,-AmitHi Amit!Try to complitely uninstall Your ATA Controller driver software and then update:1. Uninstall curent driver from device mgr (Safe mode way require)2. Update device driver (2.2 from my manual)4.
Look for ATA Chanels in dev mgr.Also, it may be caused by Your BIOS settings.I'm using BIOS v. 216 with settings from this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dfWfh6QOQ).First, try the driver thing, then try flashing Your BIOS and updating Your BIOS settings.Also, You mentioned, that it takes You about 90 seconds to boot.
How long does it takes from:1. You push 'power' to windows logo2. From windows logo to logon screen (or desktop)?Thanks so much. After I changed the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to Standard SATA AHCI Controller, ASUS indicated a windows update it needed to install which I allowed (could just have been a coincidence wrt timing, since I had reset my laptop to 'factory settings' in frustration, the day before, without any luck). After that update (or pretty much the next time I booted after sending you my question), I have noticed that my laptop boots really fast.To answer your questions: 1. 6 secs; and 2.
About 10 secsI see only my Hitachi 500GB under Disk Drives always. Should I follow your steps to uninstall/reinstall/delete channel now or leave it as is? My gut tells me I should since the SSD, which has for some reason magically disappeared, may just as well reappear and start creating a problem like before. Your thoughts?Thanks in advance,-amit.
This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.' 2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1. In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.'
, (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)Thanks Xasder Hamilton - great solution. I really hope what I am doing is correct. I have the same issue in my Asus UX32VD. However in my case, under the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I see Intel (R) 7 series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller.
I did go down the series of steps you suggested and at 2.2.4, I get Standard SATA AHCI Controller along with the Intel (R) etc. When I choose Standard. And reboot, in the Device Manager, I still see IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and Standard SATA AHCI Controller under it. But no mention of the ATA Channels. Under Device Manager-Disk Drives I see only the HDD. Do I not need to turn off the Channel? Is the SSD dead?
Booting takes about 90 seconds.Thanks much, in advance,-AmitHi Amit!Try to complitely uninstall Your ATA Controller driver software and then update:1. Uninstall curent driver from device mgr (Safe mode way require)2.
Update device driver (2.2 from my manual)4. Look for ATA Chanels in dev mgr.Also, it may be caused by Your BIOS settings.I'm using BIOS v. 216 with settings from this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dfWfh6QOQ).First, try the driver thing, then try flashing Your BIOS and updating Your BIOS settings.Also, You mentioned, that it takes You about 90 seconds to boot.
How long does it takes from:1. You push 'power' to windows logo2.
From windows logo to logon screen (or desktop)?Thanks so much. After I changed the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to Standard SATA AHCI Controller, ASUS indicated a windows update it needed to install which I allowed (could just have been a coincidence wrt timing, since I had reset my laptop to 'factory settings' in frustration, the day before, without any luck). After that update (or pretty much the next time I booted after sending you my question), I have noticed that my laptop boots really fast.To answer your questions: 1. 6 secs; and 2. About 10 secsI see only my Hitachi 500GB under Disk Drives always. Should I follow your steps to uninstall/reinstall/delete channel now or leave it as is? My gut tells me I should since the SSD, which has for some reason magically disappeared, may just as well reappear and start creating a problem like before.
Your thoughts?Thanks in advance,-amitHi Amit!Try to complitely uninstall Your ATA Controller driver software and then update:1. Uninstall curent driver from device mgr (Safe mode way require)2.
Update device driver (2.2 from my manual)4. Look for ATA Chanels in dev mgr.Also, it may be caused by Your BIOS settings.I'm using BIOS v. 216 with settings from this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dfWfh6QOQ).First, try the driver thing, then try flashing Your BIOS and updating Your BIOS settings.Also, You mentioned, that it takes You about 90 seconds to boot. How long does it takes from:1. You push 'power' to windows logo2.
From windows logo to logon screen (or desktop)?/quotemsgThanks so much. After I changed the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to Standard SATA AHCI Controller, ASUS indicated a windows update it needed to install which I allowed (could just have been a coincidence wrt timing, since I had reset my laptop to 'factory settings' in frustration, the day before, without any luck). After that update (or pretty much the next time I booted after sending you my question), I have noticed that my laptop boots really fast.To answer your questions: 1. 6 secs; and 2.
About 10 secsI see only my Hitachi 500GB under Disk Drives always. Should I follow your steps to uninstall/reinstall/delete channel now or leave it as is? My gut tells me I should since the SSD, which has for some reason magically disappeared, may just as well reappear and start creating a problem like before.
Your thoughts?Thanks in advance,-amit/quotemsgHi, Ammit!It's normal that You see only Your Hitachi HDD. It's only about ATA Chanels Since You have no problems with boot timing, I'd leave it as it is, if I'd be YouAbout boot times:At start I had:2 mins from bios to windows,5-7 mins from windows to logon screenAfter modifying drivers I had:2 mins from bios to windows5 sec from windows to logonYesterday I've desided to manualy remove iSSD from motherboard, and succeded.Now it takes 6-8 sec summary to boot.
This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.' 2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1. In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab.
My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.' , (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)Thanks Xasder Hamilton - great solution. I really hope what I am doing is correct. I have the same issue in my Asus UX32VD. However in my case, under the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I see Intel (R) 7 series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller.
I did go down the series of steps you suggested and at 2.2.4, I get Standard SATA AHCI Controller along with the Intel (R) etc. When I choose Standard. And reboot, in the Device Manager, I still see IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and Standard SATA AHCI Controller under it. But no mention of the ATA Channels. Under Device Manager-Disk Drives I see only the HDD. Do I not need to turn off the Channel? Is the SSD dead?
Booting takes about 90 seconds.Thanks much, in advance,-AmitHi Amit!Try to complitely uninstall Your ATA Controller driver software and then update:1. Uninstall curent driver from device mgr (Safe mode way require)2.
Update device driver (2.2 from my manual)4. Look for ATA Chanels in dev mgr.Also, it may be caused by Your BIOS settings.I'm using BIOS v. 216 with settings from this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dfWfh6QOQ).First, try the driver thing, then try flashing Your BIOS and updating Your BIOS settings.Also, You mentioned, that it takes You about 90 seconds to boot.
How long does it takes from:1. You push 'power' to windows logo2. From windows logo to logon screen (or desktop)?Thanks so much.
After I changed the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to Standard SATA AHCI Controller, ASUS indicated a windows update it needed to install which I allowed (could just have been a coincidence wrt timing, since I had reset my laptop to 'factory settings' in frustration, the day before, without any luck). After that update (or pretty much the next time I booted after sending you my question), I have noticed that my laptop boots really fast.To answer your questions: 1. 6 secs; and 2.
About 10 secsI see only my Hitachi 500GB under Disk Drives always. Should I follow your steps to uninstall/reinstall/delete channel now or leave it as is? My gut tells me I should since the SSD, which has for some reason magically disappeared, may just as well reappear and start creating a problem like before. Your thoughts?Thanks in advance,-amitHi Amit!Try to complitely uninstall Your ATA Controller driver software and then update:1. Uninstall curent driver from device mgr (Safe mode way require)2.
Update device driver (2.2 from my manual)4. Look for ATA Chanels in dev mgr.Also, it may be caused by Your BIOS settings.I'm using BIOS v. 216 with settings from this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dfWfh6QOQ).First, try the driver thing, then try flashing Your BIOS and updating Your BIOS settings.Also, You mentioned, that it takes You about 90 seconds to boot. How long does it takes from:1. You push 'power' to windows logo2.
From windows logo to logon screen (or desktop)?Thanks so much. After I changed the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to Standard SATA AHCI Controller, ASUS indicated a windows update it needed to install which I allowed (could just have been a coincidence wrt timing, since I had reset my laptop to 'factory settings' in frustration, the day before, without any luck). After that update (or pretty much the next time I booted after sending you my question), I have noticed that my laptop boots really fast.To answer your questions: 1. 6 secs; and 2. About 10 secsI see only my Hitachi 500GB under Disk Drives always.
Should I follow your steps to uninstall/reinstall/delete channel now or leave it as is? My gut tells me I should since the SSD, which has for some reason magically disappeared, may just as well reappear and start creating a problem like before. Your thoughts?Thanks in advance,-amit/quotemsgHi, Ammit!It's normal that You see only Your Hitachi HDD. It's only about ATA Chanels Since You have no problems with boot timing, I'd leave it as it is, if I'd be YouAbout boot times:At start I had:2 mins from bios to windows,5-7 mins from windows to logon screenAfter modifying drivers I had:2 mins from bios to windows5 sec from windows to logonYesterday I've desided to manualy remove iSSD from motherboard, and succeded.Now it takes 6-8 sec summary to boot./quotemsgThanks again.
This is perfect for me - I'd rather not mess around. For you, I guess, JK's solution will have to be it. I believe its very easy to remove the SSD - a little heat is all it takes. I may have to default to it in future, so just confirming. This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.'
2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1. In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.'
, (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)Thanks Xasder Hamilton - great solution. I really hope what I am doing is correct. I have the same issue in my Asus UX32VD.
However in my case, under the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, I see Intel (R) 7 series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller. I did go down the series of steps you suggested and at 2.2.4, I get Standard SATA AHCI Controller along with the Intel (R) etc. When I choose Standard. And reboot, in the Device Manager, I still see IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and Standard SATA AHCI Controller under it. But no mention of the ATA Channels. Under Device Manager-Disk Drives I see only the HDD. Do I not need to turn off the Channel?
Is the SSD dead? Booting takes about 90 seconds.Thanks much, in advance,-AmitHi Amit!Try to complitely uninstall Your ATA Controller driver software and then update:1. Uninstall curent driver from device mgr (Safe mode way require)2. Update device driver (2.2 from my manual)4.
Look for ATA Chanels in dev mgr.Also, it may be caused by Your BIOS settings.I'm using BIOS v. 216 with settings from this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dfWfh6QOQ).First, try the driver thing, then try flashing Your BIOS and updating Your BIOS settings.Also, You mentioned, that it takes You about 90 seconds to boot. How long does it takes from:1. You push 'power' to windows logo2. From windows logo to logon screen (or desktop)?Thanks so much. After I changed the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to Standard SATA AHCI Controller, ASUS indicated a windows update it needed to install which I allowed (could just have been a coincidence wrt timing, since I had reset my laptop to 'factory settings' in frustration, the day before, without any luck).
After that update (or pretty much the next time I booted after sending you my question), I have noticed that my laptop boots really fast.To answer your questions: 1. 6 secs; and 2. About 10 secsI see only my Hitachi 500GB under Disk Drives always. Should I follow your steps to uninstall/reinstall/delete channel now or leave it as is? My gut tells me I should since the SSD, which has for some reason magically disappeared, may just as well reappear and start creating a problem like before.
Your thoughts?Thanks in advance,-amitHi Amit!Try to complitely uninstall Your ATA Controller driver software and then update:1. Uninstall curent driver from device mgr (Safe mode way require)2. Update device driver (2.2 from my manual)4. Look for ATA Chanels in dev mgr.Also, it may be caused by Your BIOS settings.I'm using BIOS v. 216 with settings from this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dfWfh6QOQ).First, try the driver thing, then try flashing Your BIOS and updating Your BIOS settings.Also, You mentioned, that it takes You about 90 seconds to boot. How long does it takes from:1.
You push 'power' to windows logo2. From windows logo to logon screen (or desktop)?Thanks so much. After I changed the Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to Standard SATA AHCI Controller, ASUS indicated a windows update it needed to install which I allowed (could just have been a coincidence wrt timing, since I had reset my laptop to 'factory settings' in frustration, the day before, without any luck). After that update (or pretty much the next time I booted after sending you my question), I have noticed that my laptop boots really fast.To answer your questions: 1. 6 secs; and 2.
About 10 secsI see only my Hitachi 500GB under Disk Drives always. Should I follow your steps to uninstall/reinstall/delete channel now or leave it as is? My gut tells me I should since the SSD, which has for some reason magically disappeared, may just as well reappear and start creating a problem like before. Your thoughts?Thanks in advance,-amitHi, Ammit!It's normal that You see only Your Hitachi HDD. It's only about ATA Chanels Since You have no problems with boot timing, I'd leave it as it is, if I'd be YouAbout boot times:At start I had:2 mins from bios to windows,5-7 mins from windows to logon screenAfter modifying drivers I had:2 mins from bios to windows5 sec from windows to logonYesterday I've desided to manualy remove iSSD from motherboard, and succeded.Now it takes 6-8 sec summary to boot./quotemsgThanks again. This is perfect for me - I'd rather not mess around.
For you, I guess, JK's solution will have to be it. I believe its very easy to remove the SSD - a little heat is all it takes.
I may have to default to it in future, so just confirming./quotemsgAmit,Wish You luck and working iSSD. This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2.
Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.' 2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1. In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.'
, (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)OMG!! This worked like a charm. Thank you so much. I had a similar problem with UX32A (Slow boot and Slow Shutdown) also blue screen during boot up and now this is all solved with your fix. I even was behind Asus service center for the last three months and they came up and told me that I have to change the entire motherboard (Around 500$) as the SSD is fault. I almost considered my notebook is dead and not usable anymore.
But you are my godActually I tried the 2nd option and I don't want to risk it soldering. After step 2.2.5, I could see only one option under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers which is 'Standard SATA AHCI Controller'. I guess thats okay right?
Anyways now the booting to login screen is 50 secs and shutdown time is 34 secs. Earlier with SSD its was less than 15 secs to start up, but 50 secs doesn't matter now as its up and working.A question though, do I need to disable the fast boot in the BIOS setting?
This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.'
2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1. In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.' , (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)OMG!! This worked like a charm. Thank you so much. I had a similar problem with UX32A (Slow boot and Slow Shutdown) also blue screen during boot up and now this is all solved with your fix.
I even was behind Asus service center for the last three months and they came up and told me that I have to change the entire motherboard (Around 500$) as the SSD is fault. I almost considered my notebook is dead and not usable anymore. But you are my godActually I tried the 2nd option and I don't want to risk it soldering. After step 2.2.5, I could see only one option under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers which is 'Standard SATA AHCI Controller'. I guess thats okay right?
Anyways now the booting to login screen is 50 secs and shutdown time is 34 secs. Earlier with SSD its was less than 15 secs to start up, but 50 secs doesn't matter now as its up and working.A question though, do I need to disable the fast boot in the BIOS setting?Hello, Tonio5454!You should realy see 2 ATA Chanels in device manager.Booting time to logon screen more than 10 secs means, that Your SSD is corrupted somehow and cannot be read by BIOS. It can be fixed by unsoldering, or realy changing your motherboard. This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.' 2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1.
In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.' , (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)OMG!! This worked like a charm. Thank you so much.
I had a similar problem with UX32A (Slow boot and Slow Shutdown) also blue screen during boot up and now this is all solved with your fix. I even was behind Asus service center for the last three months and they came up and told me that I have to change the entire motherboard (Around 500$) as the SSD is fault. I almost considered my notebook is dead and not usable anymore.
But you are my godActually I tried the 2nd option and I don't want to risk it soldering. After step 2.2.5, I could see only one option under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers which is 'Standard SATA AHCI Controller'. I guess thats okay right? Anyways now the booting to login screen is 50 secs and shutdown time is 34 secs. Earlier with SSD its was less than 15 secs to start up, but 50 secs doesn't matter now as its up and working.A question though, do I need to disable the fast boot in the BIOS setting?Hello, Tonio5454!You should realy see 2 ATA Chanels in device manager.Booting time to logon screen more than 10 secs means, that Your SSD is corrupted somehow and cannot be read by BIOS. It can be fixed by unsoldering, or realy changing your motherboard.@Xasder HamiltonI really don't know but I could see only one Chanel under the ATA Chanels in device manager. Let me attach a screenshot for your reference.
Also let me brief the sequence of events of my particular issue with Asus UX32A1. When all was well with the notebook, suddenly I started seeing issues with slow booting and slow shutdown.2. Looked out for solutions in many forums and it all told me that its something wrong with the 24GB SSD which is not allowing to boot or shoutdown.3. There were two issues,3.a The boot time takes 10 mins to reach the login screen and the shutdown would take 11 mins approx3.b Sometimes it would stuck with the Asus boot logo screen and after 7 mins it comes up with a blue screen which says, 'Windows have a problem and its solving by itself and sending information to Microsoft'. After this blue screen it will restart again and takes the same 10 mins time to for login screen.4. Once I login, there are no issues at all and it just worked as normal.5. I took it to the service center and I was told that the SSD is corrupt as they could not see them in BIOS setting and they requested me to change the entire motherboard which costs around $500 which is same as the notebooks price.
I was really hesitant to do that because the motherboard was working good and there is no issues once I login to the notebook.6. I requested them back saying, If the SSD is corrupt can it be removed the from the notebook, so that I can skip the slow booting, shutdown and work as a normal notebook.7. I requested them because, in many forums people suggested the same fix to unsolder the SSD. The service center said a 'NO' and unsolder doesn't cover the policy. So they said the only solution is to change the motherboard and I don't want to do it.8.
I even asked them whether is there any other way to disable this SSD through program and they said there is no such solution' I really thought its just ALL OVER with this notebook as this slow boot and shutdown pissed me off'And found your fix, followed the second fix and now everything works as normal.9. Today morning when I checked the booting time has improved. Yesterday it was 55 secs and now it takes 22 secs.So, if you look at my screenshot it has only one chanels. Now what do you suggest me from here.May be the SSD is corrupt and you have requested me to unsolder it, If I don't unsolder will I face any problem in the future with the notebook?Is that okay to work this way?For me the notebook has come back to life compared to the issue I had earlier, Please Help.If you need more details I can let you know.Thanks, Antonio. This problem is caused by built-in-motherboard iSDDThere are 2 actual ways to solve this problem:1.Unsolder it ( DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!) (http /forum.notebookreview.com/threads/ux32vd-issd-not-detected.679687/page-10#post-9627403)2. Programm way:2.1 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers2.2 Replace Intel Rapid Storage driver with standart Windows driver (Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller)2.2.1 Click 'Update driver software'2.2.2 Select 'Browse my computer.' 2.2.3 Select 'Let me pick.'
2.2.4 Select 'Standart ACHI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' from compatable drivers list2.2.5 Reboot on prompt2.3 Go to Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers again and locate 2 entries: ATA Chanel 0 and ATA Chanel 1. In my case ATA Chanel 0 was a HDD and ATA Chanel 1 was an iSSD.To determine what is on what chanel go to Chanel Properties and select Details tab. My HDD had an entry on drop down list named 'Children' with text: 'IDEDiskINTELSSDSC2.' , (I have replaced stock HDD with SSD) that tells You a model of Your curent drive.2.4 Disable the iSSD (ATA Chanel 1 in my case)2.5 Reboot2.6 Have a nice dayThanks JK for the idea (http /cookuop.co.uk/asus-ux32a-not-detecting-ssd/#comment-5350)OMG!! This worked like a charm. Thank you so much. I had a similar problem with UX32A (Slow boot and Slow Shutdown) also blue screen during boot up and now this is all solved with your fix.
I even was behind Asus service center for the last three months and they came up and told me that I have to change the entire motherboard (Around 500$) as the SSD is fault. I almost considered my notebook is dead and not usable anymore. But you are my godActually I tried the 2nd option and I don't want to risk it soldering. After step 2.2.5, I could see only one option under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers which is 'Standard SATA AHCI Controller'.
I guess thats okay right? Anyways now the booting to login screen is 50 secs and shutdown time is 34 secs. Earlier with SSD its was less than 15 secs to start up, but 50 secs doesn't matter now as its up and working.A question though, do I need to disable the fast boot in the BIOS setting?Hello, Tonio5454!You should realy see 2 ATA Chanels in device manager.Booting time to logon screen more than 10 secs means, that Your SSD is corrupted somehow and cannot be read by BIOS. It can be fixed by unsoldering, or realy changing your motherboard.@Xasder HamiltonI really don't know but I could see only one Chanel under the ATA Chanels in device manager. Let me attach a screenshot for your reference.
Also let me brief the sequence of events of my particular issue with Asus UX32A1. When all was well with the notebook, suddenly I started seeing issues with slow booting and slow shutdown.2. Looked out for solutions in many forums and it all told me that its something wrong with the 24GB SSD which is not allowing to boot or shoutdown.3. There were two issues,3.a The boot time takes 10 mins to reach the login screen and the shutdown would take 11 mins approx3.b Sometimes it would stuck with the Asus boot logo screen and after 7 mins it comes up with a blue screen which says, 'Windows have a problem and its solving by itself and sending information to Microsoft'. After this blue screen it will restart again and takes the same 10 mins time to for login screen.4. Once I login, there are no issues at all and it just worked as normal.5. I took it to the service center and I was told that the SSD is corrupt as they could not see them in BIOS setting and they requested me to change the entire motherboard which costs around $500 which is same as the notebooks price.
I was really hesitant to do that because the motherboard was working good and there is no issues once I login to the notebook.6. I requested them back saying, If the SSD is corrupt can it be removed the from the notebook, so that I can skip the slow booting, shutdown and work as a normal notebook.7. I requested them because, in many forums people suggested the same fix to unsolder the SSD.
The service center said a 'NO' and unsolder doesn't cover the policy. So they said the only solution is to change the motherboard and I don't want to do it.8. I even asked them whether is there any other way to disable this SSD through program and they said there is no such solution' I really thought its just ALL OVER with this notebook as this slow boot and shutdown pissed me off'And found your fix, followed the second fix and now everything works as normal.9. Today morning when I checked the booting time has improved. Yesterday it was 55 secs and now it takes 22 secs.So, if you look at my screenshot it has only one chanels. Now what do you suggest me from here.May be the SSD is corrupt and you have requested me to unsolder it, If I don't unsolder will I face any problem in the future with the notebook?Is that okay to work this way?For me the notebook has come back to life compared to the issue I had earlier, Please Help.If you need more details I can let you know.Thanks, Antonio.
I was looking at this SSD Sata III on ebaythe description says this:The SanDisk ReadyCache SSD gives you the benefits of solid state technology at a fraction of the cost of a traditional SSD. Designed for use as a cache drive, it works in tandem with your existing hardware to accelerate your PC's performance.
And since the SanDisk ReadyCache SSD works with your original hard drive, you can enjoy SSD-like responsiveness without having to transfer your files or reinstall your operating system.so if i dont have to reinstall or transfer my OS then how does this work? I was looking at this SSD Sata III on ebaythe description says this:The SanDisk ReadyCache SSD gives you the benefits of solid state technology at a fraction of the cost of a traditional SSD. Designed for use as a cache drive, it works in tandem with your existing hardware to accelerate your PC's performance. And since the SanDisk ReadyCache SSD works with your original hard drive, you can enjoy SSD-like responsiveness without having to transfer your files or reinstall your operating system.so if i dont have to reinstall or transfer my OS then how does this work?I purchased the this product for my brother back in September. The device increased his load times quite a bit and he was very pleased with his birthday gift. If you are a bleeding edge gamer and want the best in your system I would recommend an actual SSD. Load times of products that you use everyday are cached.
If you are doing any kind of work like video editing, photo editing, the performance will not change because they are opening different files every time and they will not be cached onto the SSD. For the price it is definitely worth it.I have read other reviews stating that the drive does write to much data the the SSD. For example, the game Guild Wars 2 got wrote to the SSD about 5 times and I beleive this is because of these game down loader saving the software into one file. Each time there was a patch it had to re cache the whole program. Results may be different for you.Thanks!Joel. I purchased the this product for my brother back in September. The device increased his load times quite a bit and he was very pleased with his birthday gift.
If you are a bleeding edge gamer and want the best in your system I would recommend an actual SSD. Load times of products that you use everyday are cached. If you are doing any kind of work like video editing, photo editing, the performance will not change because they are opening different files every time and they will not be cached onto the SSD. For the price it is definitely worth it.I have read other reviews stating that the drive does write to much data the the SSD. For example, the game Guild Wars 2 got wrote to the SSD about 5 times and I beleive this is because of these game down loader saving the software into one file. Each time there was a patch it had to re cache the whole program. Results may be different for you.Thanks!Joelthank you for your reply!
Using an SSD to cache the most frequently accessed data will have a very positive effect on the response of file access. ExpressCache (ReadyCache) does not cache files, it stores the most recently, and most frequently accessed, LBAs.
In doing so it doesn't store that unnecessary portions of the files that are not frequently accessed. ExpressCache will utilize smaller cache sizes (8GB-24GB) and will have excellent performance results. The SSD can also be used in conjuction with the fast resume feature from Intel, occupying a separate partition on the same SSD. ExpressCache is supported on both Windows7 and Windows8 platforms.
Using an SSD to cache the most frequently accessed data will have a very positive effect on the response of file access. ExpressCache (ReadyCache) does not cache files, it stores the most recently, and most frequently accessed, LBAs. In doing so it doesn't store that unnecessary portions of the files that are not frequently accessed.
ExpressCache will utilize smaller cache sizes (8GB-24GB) and will have excellent performance results. The SSD can also be used in conjuction with the fast resume feature from Intel, occupying a separate partition on the same SSD. ExpressCache is supported on both Windows7 and Windows8 platforms.This is a grat response. The difference from file based and block based caching is important to performance considerations.Theoretically, SSD caching performance should match the performance of an ssd alone as long as the amount of hot data doesn't exceed the size of the ssd. In practice it's a bit more compicated than that.Having said that, the reliability difference between ssd caching and an ssd alone is substantial.If you remove failure from shock or environmental damage, Hard Drives are still more reliable than SSD's.The noted exceptions are crucial(micron) and Samsung(with samsung Controllers).There seems to be an uncanny disconnect between the reliability sandforce driven SSD's and SSD's of the same brand that use their own controllers.So if you asked me what is more reliable, SSD alone or SSD caching? Caching would win by a huge margin.In terms of performance the margin would be relatively small.