Format causes BSOD.

[martijim]

I just received a new 32 GB V2 Warp SDD today. The computer recognizes it and I see it in"disk management" but when I attempt to format, I get the BSOD. My MoBo is a NF4U Am2G Biostar. My primary HD is a 160GB Western Digital SATA.

[earls]

Can you partition the drive ok?

But when you right click > Format, you get a BSOD?

Are you using FAT or NTFS?

If you can parition ok, but you get a BSOD regardless, try formatting from the command line?

start > run > cmd > format D: /FS:NTFS /Q

Replace "D:" with your appropirate drive letter for your SSD.

[martijim]

earls: The drive partitions ok. The BSOD occurs about half way thru the format. I'm using NTFS. Tried formatting from CMD and same result. Drive letter designation makes no difference. martijim

[earls]

First, what does the BSOD say?

Possible solutions you may try:

# update your sata controller drivers

# format the drive with a third party disk management tool

# update your bios

# format the drive on another system, then install it in the intended system

[martijim]

earls:
I tried your suggestions and the last one worked. I move the drive to another computer and it formats and writes OK. The more I play with computers the less I seem to understand them. Thanks much for your help!

[earls]

You're very welcome, for what it was worth. Good thing you had another computer! I've been fooling with them for over a decade, and they never cease to frustrate me!