Re: HP 650 Notebook - no boot with samsung SSD

From	Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.ubuntu, comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	Re: HP 650 Notebook - no boot with samsung SSD
Date	2014-05-19 07:59 -0700
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BJB wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>> BJB wrote:
>>> a) try to flash the latest bios?

>> If you were thinking about Hiren's for its virtual miniXP
>> environment, it also has quite a lot of hdd utilities -- see the
>> numerous utilities in the hdd section of hiren's on this page
>> http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd
>>
>> Questions about utilities to check ssd/s suggest Crystal which is
>> on Hiren's.
>
> OK i DL,burn,boot hiren miniXp and try to run sp62135.exe which is
> supposed to contain the last bios but it gives a lot of errors:

I still think you are focusing on/ chasing/ the wrong pony.

This is supposed to be about troubleshooting whether an SSD problem is 
hardware related or something else.  You are currently focusing on 
trying to run a BIOS upgrade which according to HP's sketchy notes has 
nothing to do with SSD or hdd driver issues.

Further, you are observing the SSD issues in a linux distro, but you are 
spending energy trying to run a BIOS upgrade program which was designed 
to be run on Win7-8 OS.

When you had the Hiren's booted, such as Crystal Info was right there 
for evaluating SSD function, but you didn't say anything about anything 
other than that Win7-8 BIOS .exe.

> GetFirmwareEnvirnomentVariable ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION!!.

Here's a reminder of what the BIOS .exe is aimed at fixing and which 
Wins it runs  - previewable http://bit.ly/1sL9drC+

> Perhaps because this sp... is supposed to run with win7 and i have hiren
> mini XP.

Use crystaldiskinfo; it will run.

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html A HDD/SSD 
utility software

This page shows some crystal features including a SMART info table
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/manual-en/KeyFeatures.html

> Now i feel i'm going off topic... so somebody may help or suggest
> another NG where to continue to try?

I think it would be useful for you to know if you have some kind of SSD 
hardware issue or some kind of linux related SSD issue and I don't think 
trying to figure out how to achieve some kind of Win7-8 environment to 
run a BIOS upgrade shot in the dark is going to advance your 
troubleshooting at all.

-- 
Mike Easter

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Re: HP 650 Notebook - problems with HDD and worse with samsung SSD BJB <sesteseQUESTOVATOLTO@gmail.ANCHEQUESTOcom> - 2014-05-14 22:22 +0200
  Re: HP 650 Notebook - problems with HDD and worse with samsung SSD Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-05-14 13:48 -0700
    Re: HP 650 Notebook - no boot with samsung SSD BJB <sesteseQUESTOVATOLTO@gmail.ANCHEQUESTOcom> - 2014-05-19 14:37 +0200
      Re: HP 650 Notebook - no boot with samsung SSD Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-05-19 07:59 -0700

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