Dead ssd how do I charge the OS

[cobito]

If I understand correctly, the motherboard suddenly doesn't detect your SSD drive and you're having trouble installing Windows on a mechanical drive?

First of all, enable IDE/Legacy mode in the BIOS or whatever it's called for the hard drive (there should be at least two modes: IDE or AHCI). If Windows 7 still doesn't install on the mechanical drive and you want to give Linux a try, you need to download an updated image.

It's normal for such an old version of Ubuntu not to detect your network card. If the only thing you have on hand to download things is a Raspberry Pi, download a recent version by closing the desktop environment. When you're in console mode, download the image and copy it to a USB drive to boot from there:

wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/19.10/ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso sudo dd if=/carpeta/ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M 

The X should correspond to the drive letter of your USB stick. If you don't know what it is, run

df 

Make sure the letter is correct. If you make a mistake, you'll also be left without an RPi.

[Clipper]

Almost solved.
For unknown reasons, the Raspberry asked for a password to record on the pendrive.
As I couldn't do it...
I opened the console on the pendrive and performed the download.
The PC told me it wasn't possible...
I opened Ubuntu 10.10 and burned the pendrive on a DVD.
Now the PC reads it, it took a while to load... I got stressed and left it for later, it took all day to act silly.
Thanks cobito
Regards

[Clipper]

Well...
Ubuntu 19.10 does not recognize the mouse, neither wireless nor wired.
Internet works.
You can mount the W10 ISO on a micro SD card from Ubuntu and it works.
Or is it better to use a DVD.
I have to buy either one.
The ones I have do not have enough capacity.
Regards

[cobito]

@Clipper Assuming the fourth and fifth lines are questions:

The mouse thing is probably because you have it connected to the USB 3.x bus. For it to work, you either have to connect it to a 2.0 one or disable the 3.x from the BIOS (each BIOS has its own name for doing this).

About DVD vs Pendrive, it's a matter of taste. I like USB better because it's reusable. I haven't used optical discs on my main PC in years, to be honest. Although it's also true that DVD is less likely to cause problems in these cases.

And about the SD card, there shouldn't be any problems. I've never booted from one of them, but the mechanics should be the same as booting from a pendrive. Looking around, it seems that you can burn it using a tool called woeusb (if it's not by default in Ubuntu, you'll have to install it):

sudo woeusb --device folder/windows-10-image.iso /dev/sdX 

You can also use dd, but the process is much more complex.

[Clipper]

A solved issue, Ubuntu wanted the mouse on a USB 3.
For strange reasons it won't let me "mash" the 10.10 and gives me an error in the installer.
More tomorrow.
I have received a gadget for the bicycle (after almost four months).
Regards

[cobito]

@Clipper

@Clipper said in Dead SSD as I charge the OS:

For strange reasons, it won't let me "mash" the 10.10 and gives me an error in the installer.

If you don't have important data on the Ubuntu 10.10 partition, delete it and recreate it. I don't recommend installing over the previous one, especially when they are two versions so far apart in time.

About the mouse on the USB 3, I'm curious, were you plugging it into a USB 2.0 and it didn't work?

[Clipper]

@cobito
Correct.
I only have two USB 3 and I'm not used to using them, I just plug in the mouse on one and it detects it instantly.
Regards

[Clipper]

Hello.
The three mechanical hard drives fail to format with Ubuntu in all three modes.
The SSD is not recognized by the BIOS
I can't update the BIOS.
It downloaded the three available ones from the gigabyte website, burned them to a pen and entered the BIOS and it says that's not possible.
I reset the BIOS via Jumper and it's like nothing happened.
Is the sudden death of the SSD normal?
I'm about to get a new SSD, but I'm worried about the BIOS.
Any ideas?
Regards and thanks.

[cobito]

@Clipper The sudden failure of the SSD is not uncommon. What is not normal is that you can't format 3 mechanical hard drives. What errors do you get both formatting hard drives and updating the BIOS?

[Sylver]

And wouldn't you have some way to access bootable software like Hiren's Boot? And format the disks through that, to leave them ready to install (Ubuntu or whatever).
In fact, some versions of Hiren's Boot carry operating systems to install, it can be a good resource.

Greetings!

[Clipper]

analysis and attempt to format is the same if I use ntfs or fat
regards

[cobito]

@Clipper It looks like a bug in the Debian formatting tool (the same one used by Ubuntu) that apparently comes up when using USB drives. A bug, by the way, that has been there for almost 8 years, which is ridiculous.

Anyway, the easiest solution is that you install Gparted (a graphical tool for managing partitions). From there you have to unmount the drive you want to format and then format it. From there, you shouldn't have any problems installing Ubuntu.

[Clipper]

@cobito good
disks ready and ubuntu installed.
but... I can only use the usb3 ports the "normal" usb ones do not work ( neither mouse, nor keyboard, nothing at all )
and that is really annoying me for creating the iso on the pendrive
regards
Edit
By default I think I found the fault of the BIOS update. If I got an error with the ISO it was because my pendrives were partitioned. It could be the same fault for the BIOS.
P.d the last BIOS is for ageia, the motherboard is am3+ the micro a 8350 would it be compatible?

Regards and thanks

[cobito]

@Clipper Well, I don't have an explanation for the USB issue. I've had problems with USB 3.something on a laptop from 2 or 3 years ago even using a very recent kernel version. But with USB 2.0 never. I can only think of a physical failure of the controller (which seems strange given that I assume you were using those ports until the SSD failed) or that it has a strange controller that uses proprietary drivers, something I've certainly never seen.

About the BIOS, no idea. Let's see if someone can shed some light on that.

[Clipper]

Well.
X-file
Two identical 500g mechanical Seagate sata disks
One with Ubuntu, with all the performances.
Another with W10, not updated.
Without touching anything in the BIOS.
With Ubuntu the USB 2 do not work
With W10 yes.
He left it for impossible.
I will buy a usb3 rear bracket and run.
Why a hub I do not know if to trust.
Regards
Of the SSD I will try to use the warranty (which I doubted)
Regards 2

[Sylver]

It's curious. I experienced a similar problem some time ago on my motherboard, with Windows 7 professional 64bits specifically. In a software update (or I don't remember if it was a format), suddenly the front USB 3.0 ports (connector integrated into the board + an extension cable to the ports themselves) never worked as 3.0 again, although they did work as 2.0, but the system warned that it could go faster every time I inserted a 3.0 device. No matter how much I searched for drivers, installed, uninstalled, formatted, bought USB 3.0 cables, adapters and specific connection devices to the 3.0 board, at no time have the ports that connect to the internal connector of the board worked as USB 3.0 again. I also gave up and bought a PCIe 1x card with several USB 3.0 ports and some extenders, which is a real mess and the performance drops a bit, but there is no solution at the moment and it seems that there are some other similar testimonies on the networks. I dare to say that it is a matter of proprietary software, because with all the drivers I have tried none have worked, and it is not a defect of the connector because those USB 3.0 have worked previously, since I bought the board. If the connector were damaged, they would not work as 2.0 either, but they do. Greetings!