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Pi Desktop won't boot from mSATA PCI-E SSD

imartin

Hi,

 

Does anyone have any pointers as to how I might troubleshoot this further?

 

I have A Raspberry Pi3 B+ installed in a Pi Desktop case.

 

Having failed to get the pi to boot from the SSD using the instructions (and various other methods by googling) I tried this route:

 

Using Etcher on a Window PC and the M2 in a USB3 SSD caddy I was able to transfer the latest image.

 

Transferring the caddy to one of the USB ports on the pi Desktop I can then reliably boot from the SSD without a micro sd card installed.

 

On fitting the SSD to the Pi Desktop SSD 'daughter' card the pi refuses to boot. The monitor senses this and goes into power saving mode - so I guess hdmi out on the pi is dead at this point.

 

Thinking it might be the PSU I am now using a 3.0 amp version. This made no difference.

 

The daughter card appears to be working as when I remove the ethernet cable (left for several hours) and reboot - the data and time are current.

 

 

Any advice gratefully received.

 

Message was edited by: Ian Martin Brain fade as to SSD type

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  • It would be helpful if you can specify exactly the brand and model of SSD that you're trying to get working if you're not sure. I suspect you mean mSATA (rather than M.2 or PCIe) as M.2 PCIe cards don't seem to be supported. Have you triple-checked connector alignments and ensured everything fits snugly?

     

    Regardless - is there any changes to the lights on the board once you have the daughter board installed? Does the red LED blink? Does anything get unusually warm? Will it boot if you put a blanked dummy card in the microSD slot (as some people have reported this was necessary)?

     

    Unfortunately, I don't own one of these Pi Desktop setups so I can't really provide any more specific tips.

     

    - Gough

  • in reply to Gough Lui

    Hi,

     

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    You are right - I incorrectly stated it was a M2 - is is as you say a msata

    The device in question is a Samsung MZMPC256HBGJ-000D1 256 GB mSATA PCI-E SSD drive.

     

     

    I have a USB caddy which I have installed it in and connected it to one of the three remaining USB ports on the pi (one is iused to connect the SSD board supplied with the pi desktop.

    In this configuration it is able to boot and function normally (without a micro sd card).

     

    However when I take this (working) SSD and fit it to the board fitted to the pi inside the pi desktop case - it will no longer boot - in fact the monitor connected to it goes to power save mode - presumably as the hdmi has not come online.

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  • in reply to Gough Lui

    Hi,

     

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    You are right - I incorrectly stated it was a M2 - is is as you say a msata

    The device in question is a Samsung MZMPC256HBGJ-000D1 256 GB mSATA PCI-E SSD drive.

     

     

    I have a USB caddy which I have installed it in and connected it to one of the three remaining USB ports on the pi (one is iused to connect the SSD board supplied with the pi desktop.

    In this configuration it is able to boot and function normally (without a micro sd card).

     

    However when I take this (working) SSD and fit it to the board fitted to the pi inside the pi desktop case - it will no longer boot - in fact the monitor connected to it goes to power save mode - presumably as the hdmi has not come online.

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