[MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) P67] Frequent boot freezes with A3 code / SSD HDD problems

Hello
I experience frequent freezes on boot with black screen and A3 code. After turning off power and rebooting it usually boots OK but then very often Windows fail to load restarting itself just when logo starts to appear. After another boot Windows usually starts OK.
A couple of weeks ago however those problems led to situation where I experienced a total freezes of Windows when accessing certain files on SSD drive. I've read that low level SSD HDD erase might help with that so I've done that and reinstalled W7. A3 code freeze still happens from time to time and yesterday Windows froze again. I've turned the computer off and after restart MoBo didn't see the SSD drive at all. I've opened the case, checked the connections and restarted again. A3 freeze again. Another restart and this time SSD was detected and W7 loaded properly.
According to this doc (http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMI_Aptio_4.x_Status_Codes_PUB.pdf) A3 means 'IDE Enable' so I guess there is a problem with one of the HDDs (SSD most likely). I've updated BIOS to the latest version (I guess that also clears the CMOS, right?) but the problem still persists.
What else can I do to fix that issue?
EDIT: Just wanted to mention that I haven't had any problems with that SSD drive on the old mobo (different CPU type/socket though)

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A3 means 'IDE Enable' so I guess there is a problem with one of the HDDs (SSD most likely)
Please unplug one by one to find out which device is causing this.

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