I think you might see the master/slave thing if your SATA mode is IDE rather than AHCI or RAID (RAID is just AHCI unless you've actually configured it).

NOTE: Look up HOW (and IF) to switch from IDE to AHCI before you do it. If you just do it in the BIOS, it probably won't boot.

But yes, the SSD does sound like it's dying. I've seen similar.

Last edited by Ken.C; 10/28/12 06:39 PM.
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