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| 01 Jan 2011 | #1 |
| | SATA that support AHCI and RAID mode only I have an Asus M4N78 PRO. There are 6 Sata connectors but 2 support AHCI and RAID mode only. (4 red and 2 black) I have 3 harddrives and 1 DVD connected in the 4 red ports. Maybe I'm going to buy a SSD to speed up my PC  Is it possible to use one of the black sata ports if I enable AHCI. (I don't want RAID, just want to use it like the others SATA ports).Then should I put my DVD or a harddrive in the black port? |
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| 02 Jan 2011 | #2 |
| | If you enable AHCI, I suppose that SATA ports 5 and 6 will behave like the other four SATA ports. I see no indication in the M4N78 PRO manual that ports 5 and 6 are on a third-party controller. On my own Asus motherboard, I'm using AHCI mode. An SSD, a HD, and two optical drives (all SATA) work without problems. I don't know how easy it is to switch to AHCI mode without re-installing windows with your nVidia chipset. It's not difficult with Microsoft drivers: Error message when you start a Windows 7 or Windows Vista-based computer after you change the SATA mode of the boot drive: "STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE" |
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| 02 Jan 2011 | #3 |
| | Thank you! If I buy a SSD I have to re-install windows and then then I guess there will be no problem? Just to switch to AHCI in BIOS and re-install windows? If I don't re-install windows I'll try this guide: AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista I have Windows 7 x64. |
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| 02 Jan 2011 | #4 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Scratchy  Thank you! If I buy a SSD I have to re-install windows and then then I guess there will be no problem? Just to switch to AHCI in BIOS and re-install windows? If I don't re-install windows I'll try this guide: AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista I have Windows 7 x64. If you try switching to AHCI without a re-install, let us know how it goes. |
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| 05 Jan 2011 | #5 |
| | I bought a SSD disk and switched to AHCI in BIOS then I installed Windows 7 Ultimate. But now I can't see one of my old harddrives  In Disk manegement I can see the disk and I choose Convert to Dynamic disc. But I still can't see it in My computer. I've installed the motherboard and graphics drivers. Now I'm installing all recommended Windows updates. Hope it helps. I have moved all harddrives to differnet SATA ports. The SSD is in port 5. Any suggestions if it doesn't help with windows updates? |
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| 05 Jan 2011 | #6 |
| | Hi, Just to check: this disk in Computer Management, does it have a drive letter? Regards, Golden |
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| 05 Jan 2011 | #7 |
| | No..and the updates doesn't help. |
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| 05 Jan 2011 | #8 |
| | Are you able to assign a drive letter to it? |
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| 05 Jan 2011 | #9 |
| | Oh, thanks It was easy Maybe a conflict...I didn't have to Convert to a dynamic disk. But I wouldn't install OS on it anyway so it's fine |
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| 05 Jan 2011 | #10 |
| | No worries mate  |
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