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T3500 SSD POST Issue
I have a T3500 workstation that I purchased as a refurbished machine with win7 pro.
The service code is and the BIOS is A17.
The issue that I am having is with an SSD as a BOOT drive.
The hard drive that came with the system failed and I was unable to recover the OS. So I decided to re install the OS on a SSD to gain a performance boost. I am no stranger to building systems, but this has me baffled.
I can see the drive in the bios and place it in the boot sequence; but POST reports that the drive is not present and the win7 installation also does not see the drive. I have gone so far to only have the ssd connected to the system and this is where I get the warning from post stating that there is no drive present.
I suppose I could use a standard hdd and build the system on that and then transfer the image onto the ssd, but I would prefer not to have to go through that process; which might also not be recognized.
Does anyone have any ideas? If I'm not in the right forum, please put this where it needs to be.
Thanks for any help.
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emeng
@emeng , what is the make-model of the SSD?
I have seen compatibility problems with (good but old) SATA drives in a newer machine (it was a HP) . IIRC, it still appeared in BIOS.
If the machine is very old (with early SATA), it might cause a problem in the other direction?
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Posted April 1st, 2018 09:00
I don't know much about this machine other than it's old. :Smile: Only posting and trying to help since you were referred here.
Yes, the HDD/SSD must always first appear in BIOS and at proper size.
I guess the machine is Legacy-BIOS (non-UEFI) ... so no choice there.
Try all the Drive-Mode Settings (SATA, AHCI, etc.). Some of these might require a "F6-Floppy-Driver" .
Maybe try Resetting BIOS to Defaults?
It's been so long, but IIRC Windows-7 must be SP2 or better? Have you tried Windows-10?
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