Latitude E6540 - SSD cannot Boot

Question

Hey, i have a Dell Latitude E6540 Notebook (mid. 2013). It has a 500GB Hybrid HDD from Seagate and its Run with Windows 8.1 Pro x64 Legacy. The Bios Version is the newest A15. The System works great but the HDD is a little bit to slow for me.I would like to replace the Seagate Hard Disk with a Samsung EVO 850 ( 250GB  SSD).After Hardware Replacement i set the Bios back to the Default Settings.  BIOS: Default SettingsSATA Mode : RaidOnUEFI BootloaderLegacy Option DisabledSSD in Bootorder on Place one.The Setup I start with the Original Dell Win8.1 Pro DVD. (I tested serveral of them)The Windows installation formats and installed everything properly.  But, from the first restart after the Install, i have Problems. It results in the following Error message: I tired each of the following F6 drivers for the Storage Controller: IRST 12.8 - Intel IRST 13.1 - Dell (Newest) IRST 13.6 - Intel IRST 14.0 - Intel (Newest) But i have always the same error. Now I have changed the SATA - Mode from RaidOn to AHCI.This ends in the following error Message: In Summary, i have tested the following (Each Test with all IRST Drivers): Tests Boot mode SATA Mode Result UEFI RaidOn  Invalid Partition Table Lagecy RaidOn   Invalid Partition Table UEFI AHCI  A disk read error occurred Lagecy AHCI   A disk read error occurred UEFI ATA  A disk read error occurred Lagecy ATA  A disk read error occurred The Problem confused me a bit because I run the ePSA Diagnose from Dell and all Tests are passed without errors  (incl. Deep Test).If I Start from a boot DVD like Hirens Boot DVD I can read the Partition Table and all works great. I can Read / Write with 350 MB/s on the SSD without Errors. But i cannot boot from it. If I install Ubuntu 14 I get from Grub a I/O Error and cannot Start Linux.I have tested 4 identical new SSDs. All with the Same Error. In another topic, the compatibility is confirmed with a verified response. ( Here )I hope someone here has an idea to fix it. best regards, zer0x

zer0x · Answer

Hi, this has not helped. It always ends in the same messages. I have it in each case also with the Secure Erase from Samsung tried without success. I do not think there is a problem with the partitioning. It can be used to boot into other PC systems. USB 3.0 can also boot the SSD.

Best regards
zer0x

DELL-Ravi Ch · Answer

Hi zer0x,

It seems like there is an issue with hard drive partition table. Please backup all data from the hard drive and then try the following steps. Please follow the steps mentioned below and then try reinstalling the operating system.

Boot into your Windows 8.1 install DVD

Select repair your computer, it will fail and then select the command prompt after a few windows.

Type into command prompt (NO QUOTES)

"diskpart" (enter)
"list disk" (enter)

find your HDD (in my case disk 0)

"select disk 0" (enter)
"clean" (enter)
"exit" (enter)

Please let me know if this helps.

zer0x · Answer

I'm really frustrated.

I am willing to do anything to solve the problem.
I am happy to help with troubleshooting.

How do I get debug information about the boot process?
I am a software developer and Admin.

Ich think my guy on information technology should be enough to solve even advanced problems.
But I think the problem here is an error in the BIOS or in the IRST ROM.
I have seen the many firmware updates from Dell have been just released for Orginial SSDs in relation to Pre-Authentication.

Is there a problem here?

best regards,

zer0x

DELL-Ravi Ch · Answer

Hi zer0x, I would suggest you to follow the above Diskpart steps by changing the SATA operation to AHCI.

zer0x · Answer

Hi , unfortunately that does not help. It ends in the same error messages.

I think here is a problem with the Bios.


The SSD works perfectly in other Dell Latitude devices. (Latitude E6530 (Mid 2012))

I've noticed that the setup takes a long time to load in UEFI + AHCI mode.
Approximately 3 times as long as with UEFI and RaidOn. This only applies to starting the setup! Out of the installation. The installation then runs fast.

In 2012 Latitude everything works in RaidOn mode.

Here the same chipset is installed.

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