M2 ssd

enfield_freddy

anyone had any dealings with them?


just got a Kingston sm2280s3/120 to go in my new intel nuc 513


loaded win 8 , wasn't happy (display via a hdmi/vga adaptor) , then tried win 7


decided it was,nt suited so I rebooted back , to my 2t 2.5 (openelec) , and the m2 has disappeared from the boot menu


removed the 2.5 , and there are no drives showing ,


its almost like a pendrive that has gone knackered,


just looked back on scans website , and they have either all been sold or all sent back , and I mean ALL of the Kingston ones.

Big_Graeme

Can you have two hard drives in them?

enfield_freddy

yes , this is the reason I bought the nuc 513 , you can have a M2 and a 2.5in drive , and multiboot , this was to replace the n2820 that only held a single drive , and I had to change it when needed.


the multiboot on the 513 worked ok for about an hour , now the M2 just cannot be seen in the efei bios and it says M2 slot "unoccupied" , I have tried reseating etc , but its still not showing

Big_Graeme

You got anything else you can test the drive or the slot with?
It's looking like a DOA drive though.

enfield_freddy

well this is where it gets awkward , sata caddies and computers but no m2 devices (what has them?)


my final job was going to be re installing win7 or win8 on the 2.5 then run mini partition tools in order to format the m2 as ext 4 for a openelec setup (store films onboard) , but the drive just disappeared before I got close to that.


either a faulty nuc or a faulty m2 drive? , I will take a morning off work and drive to scan tomorrow

enfield_freddy

trip to scan this morning , explained the problem , they had no 120 g in stock , so I paid extra for a 256g M2 card.


came home , still not seen by the NUC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




drove back to scan , M2 and nuc, they tested the returned item , IT WORKED


faulty Nuc


120 miles round trip , many hrs involved


working now tho ,

ptrichardson

Remember, in native mode (ACHI vs IDE), you don't see drives in the BIOS.

enfield_freddy

there is no ide mode in the latest uefi bios , just a choice of achi or raid


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=uefi+bios+intel+nuc&rlz=1T4GUEA_enGB643GB643&biw=1409&bih=923&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=9yyEVaHSF8SuU9SugIAH&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw#imgrc=-1BHdcLfEr9tRM%253A%3BaxY7nDrjHXt2EM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fdeploymentresearch.com%252FPortals%252F0%252FBlog%252FFiles%252F1%252F141%252FWindows-Live-Writer-Install-Windows-8.1-on-Intel-NUC-_10CBB-BIOS003_-_Copy_thumb.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fdeploymentresearch.com%252FResearch%252FPost%252F344%252FInstall-Windows-8-1-on-Intel-NUC-D54250WY%3B1028%3B580

ptrichardson

enfield_freddy wrote: »

there is no ide mode in the latest uefi bios , just a choice of achi or raid


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=uefi+bios+intel+nuc&rlz=1T4GUEA_enGB643GB643&biw=1409&bih=923&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=9yyEVaHSF8SuU9SugIAH&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw#imgrc=-1BHdcLfEr9tRM%253A%3BaxY7nDrjHXt2EM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fdeploymentresearch.com%252FPortals%252F0%252FBlog%252FFiles%252F1%252F141%252FWindows-Live-Writer-Install-Windows-8.1-on-Intel-NUC-_10CBB-BIOS003_-_Copy_thumb.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fdeploymentresearch.com%252FResearch%252FPost%252F344%252FInstall-Windows-8-1-on-Intel-NUC-D54250WY%3B1028%3B580

Cool, didn't know that. Only used uefi once (current system). Wasn't aware

enfield_freddy

even more worrying is on the "nuc" range , the bios is non seeable on the majority of hdmi tv,s


my new nuc is now duel boot , win 8.1 on a m2 and open elec media player on the other with Istream live streamed vids and tv


the i3 broadwell is a lot faster than the older n2830