Installed mSATA SSD. Get A Black Screen With Blinking Cursor

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Installed mSATA SSD. Get A Black Screen With Blinking Cursor

#1 Post by epu » Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:38 pm

Just purchased a Runcore SSD (RPC-V-T501B-MC) which is compatible with the X220. I installed it. When I turn on my laptop, I get a black screen with a blinking cursor. What's going on here?

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Re: Installed mSATA SSD. Get A Black Screen With Blinking Cursor

#2 Post by control » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:15 pm

Did it boot to empty unformatted ssd instead of your old harddrive?

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Re: Installed mSATA SSD. Get A Black Screen With Blinking Cursor

#3 Post by epu » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:32 pm

Ahhh. There is no operating system on there. Is it taking over from where my regular SSD Hard Drive would for booting? I bought my mSATA for extra storage. That's it.

Would I just have to change the boot order in the BIOS? I can't seem to access this order like I would in a normal desktop system

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Re: Installed mSATA SSD. Get A Black Screen With Blinking Cursor

#4 Post by control » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:34 pm

I'm running it on a tablet verison, but it should all be the same. I can't restart my machine at the moment to check, but I don't remember it being particularly hard to find. edit: Sorry, yes you'd just change it to boot off of the other harddrive.

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Re: Installed mSATA SSD. Get A Black Screen With Blinking Cursor

#5 Post by epu » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:41 pm

Hi. I did that. I still get the cursor. When I take out the mSATA, my laptop boots as normal off of the 2.5" SSD. I can't understand what the problem is. I thought this was just plug and play.

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Re: Installed mSATA SSD. Get A Black Screen With Blinking Cursor

#6 Post by twistero » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:28 pm

In the boot order settings page in BIOS you should be able to identify both your 2.5 inch SSD and the mSATA ssd by name. Are you sure the 2.5 inch SSD is closer to the top than the mSATA SSD?
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