SSD suddenly stopped booting
I had Samsung 860 EVO 250Gb SSD installed on my PC, probably for more than 1 year. I run Windows 10. It worked just fine. There was no errors, read/write speed was consistent.
One week ago, I booted my PC and "Reboot and Select proper boot device" error appeared. I booted from Debian live DVD, and it was throwing SError: { UnrecovData 10B8B BadCRC } during boot. I tried reconnecting my SSD and checking cables, and it worked. I forgot about it until yesterday. This error has appeared again.
I tried plugging it into another sata port, changing cables, nothing helped. Linux was throwing the same error. And when I connected this drive to another PC running linux, everything worked just fine, there were no errors, I could read data and when I brought it back to the PC where it had errors, it just booted up. But when I rebooted it once again, this error was back.
I didn't install any new hardware, nor changed any BIOS settings.
What could be wrong? Is my SSD or motherboard faulty or something wrong with my Windows setup? I have a spare motherboard, so I could try replacing it.
62 Answers
Thanks, everyone! I finally fixed it! The problem wasn't in my hardware. My SSD and motherboard are working properly now. I managed to fix it by rebuilding BCD from the live DVD.
bootrec /FixMbr
bootrec /FixBoot
bootrec /RebuildBcdHave a look at the "SMART" attributes of your ssd , using gnome disk or crystal disk(windows).See if you have any attributes that have been exceeded .There is a firmware for the 860EVO on samsung's site which you could try ,but it may reduce performance from initial reports.
Also check your psu , if its old it might be sending extra ripple down the 12v ,5v and 3.3v lines.The SSD being a microchip is very sensitive to bad voltage, and unstable voltage can lockup chips or change their behaviour to act strange.
Also check your memory , if your ram is going bad(general system instability).
