Windows 10: Drive randomly disconnects/stops appearing/crashes

Discus and support Drive randomly disconnects/stops appearing/crashes in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Every now and then my secondary drive stops running. It usually happens when playing a game that uses that drive. It only happens after some time... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Dawid Szarek, Sep 10, 2024.

  1. DAWID SZAREK
    Dawid Szarek Win User

    Drive randomly disconnects/stops appearing/crashes


    Every now and then my secondary drive stops running. It usually happens when playing a game that uses that drive. It only happens after some time too.The drive is the SSD Samsung 970 Evo Plus, the 2TB one.In the event viewer, right after the drive stops working, I get in order:1. Reset to device, \Device\RaidPort3, was issued.2. The IO operation at logical block address 0x5cae48 for Disk 1 PDO name: \Device\00000051 was retried.Then there are a couple of messages similar to number 2.I've che

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    Dawid Szarek, Sep 10, 2024
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  2. TOOTHLESS
    Toothless Win User

    OS drive disconnecting while in use

    Okay so my SSD (listed in specs) keeps disconnecting itself while my desktop is in use. What happens is I'll be sitting there and suddenly progams stop working and crashing. Then Task Managerwwon't come up, followed by more programs and background services and then a BSOD.

    When it reboots the SSD isn't listed until I disconnect the power and boot it. Works for a bit, then drops again.

    Halp plz. I'm missing out on WCG crunching.
     
    Toothless, Sep 10, 2024
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  3. 3870X2
    3870x2 Win User
    Raid-0 Randomly Disconnects

    Asus maximus iii with PII 945
    Raid-0 configuration with 2x seagates

    The hard drives will randomly disconnect and reconnect. This is a huge problem when playing a game and it suddenly errors out because the hard drive will disconnect, then immediately reconnect.

    I am going out to get some better SATA cables (these are questionable).

    Any ideas why this would happen?
     
    3870x2, Sep 10, 2024
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  4. ADRIAN SMITH
    Adrian Smith Win User

    Drive randomly disconnects/stops appearing/crashes

    USB 3.0 randomly disconnecting and reconnecting, not power config

    So I have a Surface Pro 3 running Windows 10, and an external USB 3 HDD. If I plug in the HDD, a process will begin. First the drive will appear with the drive letter only, and be unreadable, but in an unusual way. Any software that attempts to interact with it will hang until it either crashes or the drive is disconnected. During this stage the drive may disconnect and reconnect multiple times. If left in for long enough, the drive will finally show up with it's name, and be readable. However it still disconnects and reconnects.

    Steps I have tried:

    • Disabling the power saving features for all USB devices in Device Manager
    • Reinstalling all USB drivers
    • Testing hard disk on my desktop computer (where it works fine).
    • Powering down the drive for an extended time before trying again
     
    Adrian Smith, Sep 10, 2024
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