SATA 3 not working on Asus P6X58D-E motherboard with SATA III support

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  1. Posts : 190
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #1

    SATA 3 not working on Asus P6X58D-E motherboard with SATA III support


    Yesterday I had a PC technician around to see why my PC was not booting-up properly and also to change my SSD to a larger SSD. As I am visually challenged I cannot do hardware upgrades etc, so I got a Techie guy in.

    We used Zinstall HDD by-the-way and I would highly recommend this application for such a job plus, it is extremely fast.

    Anyway, while he was diagnosing my boot-up issue he discovered I had a malfunctioning network card; while removing this, he noticed all the SATA settings were set to SATA 2.

    When he reset these to SATA 3, the PC would not start-up! When he set them again to SATA 2 there was no problem and it worked fine?

    Can anyone illuminate me on this please?

    Thanks for any/all imput
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  2. Posts : 325
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    Many people have had issues with the Marvell controller on that MB.
    You may want to live with SATA 3g/s. Easiest path, no real difference except for benchmarks, and no chance of data loss.
    But in case you're not satisfied with that, here's something to look at.

    AHCI-mode on Marvell 9128 controller in Windows 7 Ultimate x64

    and

    [Solved] ASUS P6x58D-E, Win 7 (64) Marvell AT 91xx - Asus - Motherboards-Memory
    A fellow name Jaquith seems to know what's up.

    Bottom line is you need the right drivers.
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  3. Posts : 190
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks very much Victor, I really appreciate that. I will pass that on to the technition.
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  4. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #4

    Go to the ASUS website to get the proper drivers for your mother board.

    Here> http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int...58DE/#download

    Enter your OS version and select the newest by date driver listed.

    Listed under SATA. Version 1.0.0.1034 / 2010.03.25 update

    Use the Global download button.
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  5. Posts : 190
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thank you very much Hop along X, I really appreciate that. I thought all my drivers were up-to-date but maybe not.

    Thanks again
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  6. Posts : 325
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #6

    Hopalong X said:
    Go to the ASUS website to get the proper drivers for your mother board.

    Here> ASUS - Motherboards- ASUS P6X58D-E

    Enter your OS version and select the newest by date driver listed.

    Listed under SATA. Version 1.0.0.1034 / 2010.03.25 update

    Use the Global download button.
    There's some question about that driver supporting TRIM.
    The consensus is that it doesn't.
    If that matters to the OP, he might choose to stay with the Win 7 drivers.
    OTOH. his SSD controller might have garbage collection that can replace TRIM.
    There's a lot dispute about this.
    Personally, I would just go with TRIM support and forget about the increased speed gained by the Marvell driver. His next MB can have it it all. But it's his call.
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  7. Posts : 190
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    These drivers seem to be dated before my PC was manufactured so surely they should be up-to-date?
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  8. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #8

    I have the same motherboard and through a lot of trial and error I use sata 2 for my ssd. Some benchmarks show sata 2 faster than sata 3. In actual use I can't tell the difference.
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  9. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #9

    Marvell 9128 supports TRIM.

    The older Marvell chips such as mine with the Marvell 9120 controller are questionable especially with older drivers.
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  10. Posts : 190
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Thank you guys
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