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ZIF SSD Troubleshooting / FAQ
The ZIF SSD is not recognized by my laptop.
- Double check the cable to make sure it is plugged in right, with the cable contacts facing the right direction both on the drive and on your laptop. Make sure the ZIF cable is inserted all the way in and the lever is latched.
- Make sure the ZIF cable is completely clean and free of dust or dirt, which can prevent good contact.
- Try the drive in another laptop if possible.
- Go to the Disk Management Console to see if the SSD is detected. The new SSD may need to be initialized, partitioned and formatted before it can be used. To access the Disk Management Console in Windows Click Start > Run, then type diskmgmt.msc.

Can’t Install software onto the SSD.
- Make sure to initialize, partition and format the drive using Disk Management Console before trying to install software. To access the Disk Management Console in Windows Click Start > Run, then type diskmgmt.msc.

SSD Performance is Very Slow
- The drive is probably operating in a slower IDE DMA/PIO Mode than it should be. There’s an article on how to check and fix that here,
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/check-your-transfer-mode-to-boost-computer-speed/
- The drive may suddenly slow down permanently for no apparent reason. The most likely cause is that if the drive generates CRC errors in DMA mode your laptop may revert to the slower PIO mode without notifying the user. To fix this, first back up all your data to another storage device (clone the whole drive to another drive if possible). Open Device Manager, then right click the primary IDE channel and click uninstall. This forces a reboot. After the reboot, Windows announces that a new driver has been installed and a reboot is required. Reboot again. After doing this, the channel should now be back in UDMA Mode 5. You can verifiy this in Device Manager after the second reboot.

SSD shows up as only 24MB Capacity.
- You may have split the drive into two partitions (ie. two logical drives such as C: and D:). Re-partition the drive using Disk Management Console. To access the Disk Management Console in Windows Click Start > Run, then type diskmgmt.msc.
- This can also be caused by a firmware issue, so the drive may need to be replaced.