Linux (LL) compatible SSD

[stevef]

Having previously always used HDD I installed the Crucial SSD on my system a year ago.  The motivation was to improve boot time and the trigger was the release of LL 5.0.  I was impressed with both.  I don't recall doing anything outside of the standard instructions current at the time.

For what it is worth, I think defective hardware rather than your method is more likely the cause of the type of issues you have described given your HDD version works fine.