Why can't boot ANY windows volume if the internal drive is connected?
A while ago I opened up my iMac (7.1 24" 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM) and replaced the internal HD with a 32 GB Solid State Drive. My /Users folders, all my apps, documents and "super duper" system copies and Time Machine backups are all housed on external drives connected by firewire. This works superbly and I'm very happy with it.
HOWEVER, I have now spent ages trying to set up a Windows 7 installation with Boot Camp and just can't seem to do it. By experimentation it seems to come down to this:
- No windows volume (whether it's a complete installation already on a drive, or the Windows setup DVD) will boot AT ALL if the system drive (the internally SATA-connected SSD) is connected to the motherboard.
Any windows drive I select, such as the setup disc, freezes the machine instantly. For example, if I hold the Alt key and click the icon for the Windows disc to boot from it, the mouse cursor locks and that's it... nothing.
However if I open my iMac and disconnect the SSD's SATA cable from the motherboard, I can boot Windows discs absolutely fine.
Can anyone suggest what's causing this or if there is anyway to fix it? I have tried the following:
- Removed all extra equipment out of the equation, leaving just the SSD and the Windows setup disc.
- Formatting my system drive (SSD) so it is totally blank
- Disconnecting the power cord for 10 minutes
- Installing rEFIt and syncing the partition tables.
None of these makes any difference. It's as if the mere physical presence of the SSD prevents Windows discs booting at all. With it connected, the machine happily boots other OS X installations and the Snow Leopard installation disc. With it disconnected, I can boot the Windows installer just fine. I have tried reconnecting the SATA SSD (with my Boot Camp partition) once the Windows installation has started. This makes it show up in the Windows setup partitioner, but it then complains that the drive can't be used because it's not known to my system's BIOS.
I'm out of ideas! I think I may have to give up on installing windows. I get the impression if I took out the SSD and replaced it with the original hard drive, that would solve it (I always used to have a Boot Camp setup when I had the HD installed) - but that is not what I want.
Thanks,
Si
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+ for a very well stated question.
Majesty tarafından
Ah OK, interesting! It's a Corsair "Extreme Series" 32GB SSD. I don't see any firmware updates on the corsair site. And my Mac's boot ROM version is IM71.007A.B03 (which is the latest available, apparently). Here's the drive info:
Corsair CMFSSD-32D1:
Capacity: 32.02 GB (32,017,047,552 bytes)
Model: Corsair CMFSSD-32D1
Revision: 1.0
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Medium Type: Solid State
TRIM Support: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
And here's my hardware overview:
'''Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1'''
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
Si B tarafından