Hi all,
I'm working on my new build. I just flashed the BIOS to rev 0501.
I have a Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB drive (SATA) and a LiteON SATA DVD burner.
I hooked up the HD to SATA1 & the DVD to SATA 2. When it booted, I found that nothing seemed to detect on the SATA. So I pulled the HD. It detected the DVD. I moved the HD to SATA 5. Both detected.
I tried various combinations, but it seemed when I had both components in the block of SATA 1/2/3/4, I had detection problems.
I tried the HD on SATA 5 & the DVD on SATA 6, and both detected fine.
What gives here? I know that the 1/2/3/4 are on one chip, and 5 & 6 are on another. I thought perhaps the system was detecting both drives as masters, but there's no way to change that in SATA (I'm thinking back to old fashioned IDE...)
Also what's the deal with the fact that the red connectors are called "master" (1/2/5/6) and the black are "slave" (3/4)...? I tried the HD on 2 and the DVD on 4, and still no dice.
Do I have a bum board? Or something else I just don't understand about SATA (which I hope is the case).
FYI, I have a 8800GTX board, and while SATA 1 & 3 are tight fits, I can plug the cables in without too much issue (plugging them in first and then inserting the video board makes it much easier).
Thanks.
Edit: I have a 2nd DVD drive that I want to connect (for the purpose of copying CD's and stuff, but that really doesn't matter). No matter which SATA connector I plug it into - 1/2/3/4, when I have 5/6 filled, I cannot get the drive to detect. If I take the others off it detects. I can put it online with the HD in 5 and this drive in 6... but not all 3 devices at the same time. ARGH.
I'm working on my new build. I just flashed the BIOS to rev 0501.
I have a Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB drive (SATA) and a LiteON SATA DVD burner.
I hooked up the HD to SATA1 & the DVD to SATA 2. When it booted, I found that nothing seemed to detect on the SATA. So I pulled the HD. It detected the DVD. I moved the HD to SATA 5. Both detected.
I tried various combinations, but it seemed when I had both components in the block of SATA 1/2/3/4, I had detection problems.
I tried the HD on SATA 5 & the DVD on SATA 6, and both detected fine.
What gives here? I know that the 1/2/3/4 are on one chip, and 5 & 6 are on another. I thought perhaps the system was detecting both drives as masters, but there's no way to change that in SATA (I'm thinking back to old fashioned IDE...)
Also what's the deal with the fact that the red connectors are called "master" (1/2/5/6) and the black are "slave" (3/4)...? I tried the HD on 2 and the DVD on 4, and still no dice.
Do I have a bum board? Or something else I just don't understand about SATA (which I hope is the case).
FYI, I have a 8800GTX board, and while SATA 1 & 3 are tight fits, I can plug the cables in without too much issue (plugging them in first and then inserting the video board makes it much easier).
Thanks.
Edit: I have a 2nd DVD drive that I want to connect (for the purpose of copying CD's and stuff, but that really doesn't matter). No matter which SATA connector I plug it into - 1/2/3/4, when I have 5/6 filled, I cannot get the drive to detect. If I take the others off it detects. I can put it online with the HD in 5 and this drive in 6... but not all 3 devices at the same time. ARGH.