I unintentionally shut down my computer before ending XTU.
I unintentionally shut down my computer before ending XTU.
Hello,
I didn’t turn off my computer properly, so I accidentally disabled the power switch on the back of my PSU. The Intel Xtreme Tuning tool was still active and I was overclocking a Core i7-7700k (MSI Z170M mortar). When I tried to restart, I saw the BIOS splash screen followed by a message asking to reboot and choose the correct boot device—indicating it couldn’t recognize my OS drive. This issue occurred before, and I managed to fix it after some trial and error, changing storage modes and using system restore, though that didn’t work well. I also reset the CMOS, removed other drives, and moved my OS drive to another machine. I’m not sure what steps I took last time, but I think it was XTU. The next time it worked, the screen showed the previous overclocking settings failed. Any advice would be appreciated. I’ll keep experimenting until it’s resolved.
When your PC shuts down unexpectedly while the SSD was writing and other devices can't access it, the file system might have become damaged. You might need to run recovery tools to try and salvage any valuable data before you erase the drive and restore it to a working condition.
InvalidError :
If your PC shuts down unexpectedly while the SSD was writing data and other systems can't access it, it's likely the file system got damaged. You might need to use recovery tools to try and salvage any important information before you reformat the drive to get the SSD back in working order.
This situation has occurred before, but it resolved after I took certain actions.
jnilsson618 :
This situation has occurred before, and it turned out okay after I made some changes. A lot of background processes are happening on an SSD. If you simulate a power loss 1000 times, you'd see 1000 different outcomes depending on what was occurring inside the SSD at that moment, where and when. A power loss during the wrong moment—like while the SSD is updating internal tables—will harm the SSD more than a power loss while writing regular user data, which is much more likely to occur. That's why enterprise SSDs include many capacitors to allow the controller time to complete updates, while consumer SSDs just hope for the best.
I know this is a really specific problem, but just in case anybody else has it, I solved it by turning on game boost. Probably turn it off if it was on before you turned off your computer because turning game boost on or off resets the cpu profiles. This will only work if you shut off your computer without closing out of Intel Xtreme Utility