probook 6560b does not recognize my SSD

[jmachiels]

Anyone tried the new f.29?

[ptichdown]

Yep, no higher performance than SATA2 !

[juterjung76]

a shame the SATA-Problem is not fixed yet. With .28 set to SATA I my c300 starts and does not FREEZE anmore thats nice. With setting Sata II it even doesnt start up, i am not sure to give .29 a try?

[Doekje]

I also tried the F29 with my SSD, the samsung 840 but there is no improvement. When the sata III option is enabled in the bios the system doesn't recognize the ssd anymore. 

[Pvginkel]

I also had issues. I first tried the OCZ Vertex 5 256 GB, which did not work. I've tried the original BIOS, F.27 an F.29 and none of them worked. The drive btw was on firmware 1.5 (the latest) and did work in a different PC.

After finding this thread, I exchanged my drive for a Crucial M4 256 GB, wich worked without a hich with BIOS F.27.

[patriwag]

Same thing here. Just updated to F29. My Samsung 840 works fine with 3.0 Gbit/s. If I choose 6.0 Gbit/s, the 6560b will not recoginize the SSD.

[juterjung76]

LOL F40

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=32...

no word on SSD ISSUE !!!!!!! SHAME

[Probooker]

I installed Intel 330 SSD 120GB into my Probook6560b.

Eventually I managed to get it run using 3Gb/s maximum SATA speed.

After updating the BIOS to version F40 yesterday, I set the speed to 6Gb/s.

The machine started once and I tested it half an hour. Everything went nice and smooth and I had the feeling that it worked much faster too. Then I shut down the system, started again and bang, It didnt start.

I couldnt even open the BIOS set up for an hour. I only got the message hard disk not found. Finally I managed to go in set-up and I set the speed back to 3Gb/s. Now its workin again like before.

Sad to say but it seems that fixing this problem is not in HP's hands ?

Otherwise Probook 6560b is nice Laptop and I like it. Only thing that makes me pissed off is to have SATA3 SDD and use it in SATA2 mode. I am thinking to ask my employer to buy me Probook 6570b that has USB3 ports too. Does anybody know if that model has the same problem with 6Gb/s SATA speed ?

[juterjung76]

It seems to be ONLY HPs issue and it is in their hands to fix it

[UniProg]

Hello Probooker,

Your ProBook is a Business model.  Your issue would be best answered on the HP Enterprise Business Community Forum

Good luck!