S3 951 problem after upgrade to SSD

tursic
tursic Member Posts: 2 New User

I am a happy owner of old S3, and I recently replaced its old 320GB HDD with Samsung 850 EVO SSD.

 

Originally it came with Win 7 but it's been upgraded to Win 10 last year.

 

I successfully cloned the disk and everything works great when laptop operates on AC power, and also when it is booted using battery power.

 

However, when it's operating on battery power and when powercord is switched on, it BSODs with the "unknown store exception" message.

 

I retried with old HDD just in case if wiring was damaged during the upgrade, but it works OK and doesn't fail with it.

Answers

  • padgett
    padgett ACE Posts: 4,532 Pathfinder

    Wonder if the EVO is pulling too much power for an older computer. Is that a terabyte drive ?

     

    I have an 850 250GB in my R3 and is working well and much faster than the rotating drive.

  • tursic
    tursic Member Posts: 2 New User

    I don't think it's power consumption - battery actually lasts a bit longer than with HDD, and it doesn't fail until the moment when I plug in the power cord and battery starts charging. I think it could be the power spike/fluctuation at the moment when charging starts.

     

    I hoped Iwould be able to solve this by upgrading chipset driver (mine is from 2006, I don't think anyone thought about SSD in cheap machines then), but installation for the newer drivers I found are for win8, and worse, installation procedure is in Japanese/Korean or some other language that I can't even read - drivers on http://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers/4088;-;Aspire%20S3-391 

     

     

  • JordanB
    JordanB ACE Posts: 3,729 Pathfinder

    I'm not familiar with your computer model, but there's some links specifically for the S3-951......not sure if they apply to you.  Proceed at your own risk....as I won't be able to help you if something goes wrong.

     

    http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30001

     

    Edit: Be sure to backup your important personal files and create recovery media before you tinker.

     

    http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29934/related/1

    I'm not an Acer employee.