Board: [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help Subject: Re: NVMe drive failure From: nelgin Date: Sat Oct 03, 2026 17:00 @VIA: EOTLBBS On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 08:52:05 -0700 "poindexter FORTRAN" (VERT/REALITY) wrote: > My wife's desktop PC failed to boot; after a couple of times it came > back to life. I backed it up, then acouple of days later it failed > again. > > Odd, the fans spin and change speed, like it's going through POST- but > no video. > > What I learned is that NVMe drives, since they're directly attached to > the PCI bus, can prevent boot when they fail - asopposed to a SATA > drive, which just doesn't appear. With SATA, the system will POST, > then fail to boot with a "boot device not found" message. > > I would have thought it was the power supply or a bad motherboard at > first glance. Glad I took the drive out to reseat it and saw it boot > to setup without the drive in it. > > I was going to replace it with a SATA drive, but Idon't see a place > to mount it. She doesn't need NVMe speed and those tiny 2230 SSDs are > expensive. Per gb they're expensive but you can get a 256gb from Amazon for $60. Does it have to be 2230? Also, you don't have to be able to mount of SSD drive,assuming that's what you mean by SATA these days? Unless a spinning disk, it doesn't need to be bolted down and it really doesn't care on its orientation. As long as you're not moving your system around it should be fine lying on the bottom of the case. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- * Synchronet * End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com .