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RJK
After slightly rearranging my PC innards, and connecting a DVD drive to a
"black" SATA port, DVD drive does not show up in bios.
( 3 x Red + 2 x Black SATA connectors on this Asus "M3N78" board btw ).
Previous configuration was :-
80gb boot hd on ..........SATA 1 (red)
160gb hd on ................SATA 2 (red)
Sata DVD rewriter on ...SATA 3 (red)
empty ..........................SATA 5 (black)
empty ..........................SATA 6 (black)
IDE DVD rewriter on the single IDE port.
....and all was OK.
I removed the IDE DVD rewriter drive,
....added 3rd hd - 160gb, connected it to SATA 3, (swapped the DVD drive SATA
lead from SATA 3 to SATA 5),
....and the bios cannot see the DVD drive on SATA 5
The only slightly relevant information I can glean from the manual is :-
"If you change the 'Sata Mode Select' item in the bios to [Raid Mode] or
[AHCI Mode], set the 'Onboard PCI IDE Controller' to [Disabled] to ensure
that SATA5 and SATA6 work normally."
I understand that in the nightmare world of shared motherboard resources,
that using all 5 SATA ports means IDE port must stay empty.
With current hardware configuration :-
80gb boot hd on ..........SATA 1 (red)
160gb hd on ................SATA 2 (red)
160gb hd on ................SATA 3 (red)
Sata DVD rewriter on....SATA 5 (black)
empty ..........................SATA 6 (black)
....and having tried setting bios 'Onboard PCI IDE Controller' to [Enabled]
and [Disabled] ...no luck with either setting !
...i.e. I can remember a board where IDE port had to be switched on, and
nothing connected to it, to make all 4 SATA ports work !
....anyhow, the system can see all the hd's but, BIOS cannot see an optical
drive connected to that black SATA 5 :-(
....any thoughts would be MUCHLY appreciated.
regards, Richard
"black" SATA port, DVD drive does not show up in bios.
( 3 x Red + 2 x Black SATA connectors on this Asus "M3N78" board btw ).
Previous configuration was :-
80gb boot hd on ..........SATA 1 (red)
160gb hd on ................SATA 2 (red)
Sata DVD rewriter on ...SATA 3 (red)
empty ..........................SATA 5 (black)
empty ..........................SATA 6 (black)
IDE DVD rewriter on the single IDE port.
....and all was OK.
I removed the IDE DVD rewriter drive,
....added 3rd hd - 160gb, connected it to SATA 3, (swapped the DVD drive SATA
lead from SATA 3 to SATA 5),
....and the bios cannot see the DVD drive on SATA 5
The only slightly relevant information I can glean from the manual is :-
"If you change the 'Sata Mode Select' item in the bios to [Raid Mode] or
[AHCI Mode], set the 'Onboard PCI IDE Controller' to [Disabled] to ensure
that SATA5 and SATA6 work normally."
I understand that in the nightmare world of shared motherboard resources,
that using all 5 SATA ports means IDE port must stay empty.
With current hardware configuration :-
80gb boot hd on ..........SATA 1 (red)
160gb hd on ................SATA 2 (red)
160gb hd on ................SATA 3 (red)
Sata DVD rewriter on....SATA 5 (black)
empty ..........................SATA 6 (black)
....and having tried setting bios 'Onboard PCI IDE Controller' to [Enabled]
and [Disabled] ...no luck with either setting !
...i.e. I can remember a board where IDE port had to be switched on, and
nothing connected to it, to make all 4 SATA ports work !
....anyhow, the system can see all the hd's but, BIOS cannot see an optical
drive connected to that black SATA 5 :-(
....any thoughts would be MUCHLY appreciated.
regards, Richard