Are SSDs Causing Instability?

[Luminis]

Hey guys,

need some advice.

I've recently purchased a SSD and went on to install Windows7 on it. And ever since, I'm experiencing severe instability issues. By severe I mean that I can't go two days without Windows refusing to boot because some system file is supposedly missing or corrupted (all sorts of different files, by the way; winload.exe, various drivers... There seems to be little to no pattern there). Never had anything like that happen while I had Windows on my HDD.

Went over all the regular stuff already. Installed Windows again, repaired it with the installation disk, ran all the tools for Windows to repair itself. Drivers are all up to date, all updates are installed. Did a full clean install after formatting the drive, too.

Nothing seems to help. Thus my question: Are SSDs somewhat unstable? The loading times are awesome in case Windows doesn't fail to boot. But I'm spending so much time repairing and re-installing my damn OS and drivers that I'd be better of with the lower speeds of a HDD-based Windows installation. Just wanted to get some feedback on the matter before I reformatted stuff yet again

Any other tips on how to fix such issues would be greatly appreciated too, of course.

 

[BobK]

Sounds to me like a flakey SSD.

 

[Luminis]

It definitely does.

Strange stuff's happening left and right. The system just failed to start because the file 'winload.exe' is supposedly missing. It did, however, start fine in safe mode. Ran an sfc/scannow from CMD and Windows booted up properly afterwards. Ugh. Puzzles me.

Gonna try rebuilding the Master Boot Record and Boot Configuration Data if it happens again. Which it will.

 

[dddsprayshop]

Just had a hickup once.
The history of my ssd's
Bought a 120gb PNY ssd, build in my desktop, worked fine.
Bought me a 120gb Samsung 850 evo for my PS3, still works fine ( only play GT, so 120 is enough)
Then PNY 480gb ssd's became cheaper, bought one, built in my laptop, still works (and fast)
My mom wanted that also in her old quadcore, bought a second 480GB PNY for her, still works

Replaced the 120GB pny in my main desktop computer with a 500GB samsung evo 850 in my desktop.
Installed the old 120GB PNY in another AMDX2 desktop, worked for a week and busted
Connected the busted 120gb to another desktop, no go, connected to a sata2USB, no go.
went back to the store , they tested it and i got a new one,
My very first SSD 120GB PNY is the only one that died..

My guess, the AMD2X desktop is so old, i think my sata ports malfunction and fried the SSD, the IDE ports still function with old ATA drives.

If you keep having troubles with your SSD? record on your phone the errors, go back to the store and claim warranty.

 

[sesselpupser]

I'd RMA that SSD if I were you, it sounds buggered. My PC has been booting from two different SSDs since the day I built it in 2011 with no problems at all... That is except for the firmware bug in the Crucial M4 that made it shut down after an hour, but a firmware update fixed that.

 

[Luminis]

Yeah, I'm certainly considering RMA'ing that piece of crap. Should not be too hard.

I'll give it another go before doing so. Windows bootrec might do the trick. Haven't encountered any issues with any of the other stuff on the SSD.

 

[Grayfox]

My first SSD was a Corsair Force 3.
It worked fine for a about 7 months.
Since I put my PC in to S3(sleep) everynight, the next morning I turned on my PC, got a bluescreen, then on reboot nothing.
The drive was not even being detected in UEFI.

I became another victim of the sandforce controller.

I have another one which was used on my old laptop in my PC and it works fine.

 

[Luminis]

Okay, so I went on and installed Windows on my HDD. And, well, system's perfectly fine now. No instabilities, no corrupted files, no constant bluescreens. Like it!

Took the SSD out, gonna send it back to get an replacement.