Laptop SSD is unavailable. No boot option from SSD. No OS detected.

[mef0bat]

Hi everyone!

I am using HP ProBook 450 G3. It has SSD Lite-ON CV5-8Q256-HP on board.

Suddently Laptop stopped to boot properly. SSD is not available from BIOS. No OS detected. The device act like the SSD is not present at all. There is a very important info on SSD. Please help me get it back.

[Huffer]

Well, SSDs are perhaps less prone to failure than mechanical hard drives but not immune. They can and do die. 

I would first remove and reseat the M.2 mSSD. 

Manual

You can see on page 37 of the Manual the M.2 mSSD is behind the smaller of the 2 service doors. Remove it and reseat it in the slot and try booting again. 

It is possible the M.2 slot on the laptop has gone bad and since it is a SATA-type M.2 you can get a usb adapter to try it with another computer or even try to boot your computer from it as an external usb startup disk:

https://www.amazon.com/SATA3-0-Converter-PC-PARTS-239/dp/B01LWVBSET/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=150697361...

Let us know how it goes. Do you also have a mechanical hard drive in the laptop? Might also try removing it and boot from just the M.2 after you reseat it. 

[mef0bat]

Thank you for reply. But unfortunately the ssd is not available from any device. I have tried to connect it to PCs that have M.2 slot on motherboard but no result too.

I dont have hdd, only ssd on board. BIOS thinks there is no SSD installed. So do another PCs.

[Huffer]

Then I regret to inform you it is dead. Sorry. 

[mef0bat]

Pizdets.

This is not the first time. I had to send it to service with the same problem four months ago. They just changed my dead ssd to new one same model.