SSD is not detected in BIOS (Intel X25-E)

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Rapide518 · #1 Post by **Rapide518** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:14 am

I just bought a new SSD disk (Intel X25-E) and inserted into my SL 300 laptop. However, it is not detected during boot, BIOS or any post-installation of operating systems. When I switch back to the standard disk that followed the laptop, this disk gets detected immediately.

- I have the newest BIOS firmware 1.24, released 18 of June.
- I have tried changing the mode from AHCI to compatible mode.
- There is no new firmware update on the SSD disk.
- Supposedly, the Intel X25-M is having problems as well.

Anyone have any ideas how to deal with the issue?

visionviper · #2 Post by **visionviper** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:09 am

Have you tested the drive with another computer yet? It's unlikely, but it might be defective.

Rapide518 · #3 Post by **Rapide518** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:19 am

Unfortuantely no. I don't know anyone with SATA support on their laptop

Still no solution so far

visionviper · #4 Post by **visionviper** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:59 am

You can try using a USB adapter. Go to a computer with an operating system installed, plug in the USB adapter and then plug the SSD into the USB adapter and if the OS sees it then the drive is good. If the OS does not see it then there is probably a problem with the drive.

Rapide518 · #5 Post by **Rapide518** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:16 am

Thanks for the tip. I just tried it and it turns out that the SSD was working as supposed to be (no big surprise there). I guess the Lenovo SL series does not support the Intel SSDS yet, which is a real bummer.

#6 Post by **ZaZ** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:49 am

Perhaps you should contact Intel. You should have some warranty/support.

phr · #7 Post by **phr** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:03 pm

That seems weird, it is a generic SATA drive and should work on any SATA port. I have an x25-m in my t61 ultrabay and it works fine. However, that ultrabay works via a sata-pata bridge. I haven't yet moved the ssd to the t61's primary (SATA) bay but want to do so soon.

Rapide518 · #8 Post by **Rapide518** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:06 pm

I decided to return the SSD after endless of attempts to make it become detected. I haven't seen any SL-series thinkpad with either of the Intel SSDs models, maybe its too soon. The t61 on the other hand has had some time to mature.

Hopefully it changes in either the next BIOS update or SSD firmware update scheduled to be released 10th of August ..

Rochefort · #9 Post by **Rochefort** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:05 am

Rapide518 wrote:Thanks for the tip. I just tried it and it turns out that the SSD was working as supposed to be (no big surprise there). I guess the Lenovo SL series does not support the Intel SSDS yet, which is a real bummer.

Amazing !??
I've an Intel X25E on a T60p.
It works fine Compatibility and AHCI mode....but only at half speed (135 MB/s writing'n reading) coz SATA 150

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