- Jul 25, 2006
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Just got my new 840EVO 500GB SSD today; I ordered it to upgrade from my 120GB Intel SSD (m320), as I need more space. I did cloning using the included software, swapped out the drives, and all seemed well after booting back up. I installed the Magician software to run the performance optimization; it told me there was a new firmware update released- sweet!
Magician installs the new firmware, tells me the system is going to restart, and then the Windows 8 shutdown with the chasing/rotating dots queues up, and then it FREEZES... followed a little later by a BSOD reporting "driver_power_state_failure." LAME!
The system took a few minutes to realize it wasn't able to "collect information" and restarted. Then system BIOS is telling me to insert something bootable! :twisted:
Tried toggling between AHCI and IDE and back again with no luck. Powered down, removed the battery, and held the power button down for a few seconds. Put humpty back together, and the laptop + Windows boot! I enter Magician to check the firmware version, and it reads the latest --BB6Q. Then another of the same BSODs. Restart, get into Windows, and try to run CHKDSK; it loads, and as the progress bar starts going back and forth, the same BSOD.
Samsung phone gets a call from me, and going through the call menu options after a few minutes finally gets me the right extension... they left for the day at just about the time I started troubleshooting! :thumbsdown:
The message suggested their 24/7 online live chat. They apparently support almost everything, and SSDs are included in what they don't.
I really need this drive for academic work, and I guess I will have to call them during a break at work tomorrow. Is there some known issue/work-/incompatibility?
Some laptop specs for reference:
ASUS U43jc-x1
Intel i5 450m
4gb 1066mhz DDR3
Magician installs the new firmware, tells me the system is going to restart, and then the Windows 8 shutdown with the chasing/rotating dots queues up, and then it FREEZES... followed a little later by a BSOD reporting "driver_power_state_failure." LAME!
The system took a few minutes to realize it wasn't able to "collect information" and restarted. Then system BIOS is telling me to insert something bootable! :twisted:
Tried toggling between AHCI and IDE and back again with no luck. Powered down, removed the battery, and held the power button down for a few seconds. Put humpty back together, and the laptop + Windows boot! I enter Magician to check the firmware version, and it reads the latest --BB6Q. Then another of the same BSODs. Restart, get into Windows, and try to run CHKDSK; it loads, and as the progress bar starts going back and forth, the same BSOD.
Samsung phone gets a call from me, and going through the call menu options after a few minutes finally gets me the right extension... they left for the day at just about the time I started troubleshooting! :thumbsdown:
The message suggested their 24/7 online live chat. They apparently support almost everything, and SSDs are included in what they don't.
I really need this drive for academic work, and I guess I will have to call them during a break at work tomorrow. Is there some known issue/work-/incompatibility?
Some laptop specs for reference:
ASUS U43jc-x1
Intel i5 450m
4gb 1066mhz DDR3
