All,

I wanted to summarize the issues i have been experiencing with my G53SX when trying to upgrade to a SSD drive.

I am now using a Crucial m4 256gb SSD but it isn't my first try at SSD. I originally bought a ADATA Pro 256GB SSD but after installing in slot 0 and moving my stock ASUS drive to slot 1 the system BIOS wouldn't even detect the ADATA drive. I tried in other slot and by itself but no luck at all. The crazy thing is when i booted off my original drive and the SSD was still in the system when windows loaded it detected the drive and i was able to format it and copy files to it. So i know the drive is working fine it is just the ASUS BIOS that is not detecting it. It even shows up when running the Windows 7 64bit install but windows gives you an error and will not let you install on the SSD drive.

So I got savvy and took the Crucial m4 SSD drive out of my work laptop and cloned it to the ADATA, the ADATA works fine in my Dell work laptop. So i started testing my ASUS with the m4, as soon as i installed i was able to detect in the BIOS. I was so excited, even was able to install Windows with no problems. However, about 9 out of 10 times when i boot up I get a Hard drive read error, press Cntrl Alt Del. I just reboot and try a bunch of items and sooner or later get lucky and windows loads up fine. It is super fast when it works but for some reason it is hit or miss.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated, i have been working with Albert at ASUS and have tried a few different things but still no luck. I also am in AHCI mode and always have been also turned on the ASUS boot logo and sounds to help slow down the boot process and help the drive be detected.

So can anyone tell me what drives they are using if they have upgraded to SSD? Also where you able to have an SSD and another drive connected at the same time? What Bios version are you running? (I am on 209)

Appreciate the help and advice.


Jeff