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Drive Dock not working
My full specs are below. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. My motherboard has 2 spare sata ports (Intel ICH10R 3Gb/s). My two 6Gb/s are already taken.
If I plug a hard drive into one of those ports (I have a spare SAMSUNG 850 PRO 256GB SSD) and connect Sata power, the drive is recognized in windows. So I know the drive works, that port works, and the sata cable works.
I've been using an external eSata docking station but decided I wanted an internal one, that would fit into a drive bay in my case and connect directly to a sata port.
First I bought this one:
- Kingwin KKF-255-BK Internal Tray-less hot swap rack
Amazon.com: Kingwin Single Bay Mobile Rack for 2.5-3.5 Inches SSD and HDD (KF-255-BK): Computers & Accessories
The first one I got wouldn't power on so I figured it was defected. Got it replaced. This one powered on but when inserting a drive (I would insert with power off, then turn power on) it was not recognized in windows and would not show up in disk manager. Nothing happened at all.
So I figured this company was no good. I returned it and just got this one instead:
- ICY DOCK DuoSwap MB971SP-B Hot Swap Drive Caddy for 2.5 & 3.5 inch Sata Drives
Amazon.com: ICY DOCK DuoSwap MB971SP-B 5.25 Inch Hot Swap Drive Caddy / Docking for 2.5 Inch & 3.5 Inch SATA Hard Drive/SSD: Computers & Accessories
Same thing. It will power on but an inserted drive will simply not show up. Nothing pops up and disk manager does not show it at all.
Am I do something wrong? Why would the drive show up directly connected to the Sata port but not show up through a drive dock (which seems to me to just be like an extension of a sata cable)?
Thank you.
System specs:
--OS: - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) SP1 with latest updates.
--Monitor: - Dell UltraSharp U3011 30-inch Widescreen
--Case: - COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 ATX Full Tower
--Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 with latest Bios v1.7
--CPU: - Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz
--CPU Cooler: - CoolIT Systems VAN-R120 Vantage A.L.C. Liquid Coole
--Power Supply: - CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200 1200W
--Sound Card: - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty
--Video Card: - EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC+
--Memory: - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 24GB (6 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
--Memory Cooler: - G.SKILL FTB-3500C5-D Fans
--1st Hard Drive: - SAMSUNG 850 PRO 256GB SSD
--2nd Hard Drive - SAMSUNG 850 PRO 256GB SSD
--3rd Hard Drive: - Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ
--4th Hard Drive: -Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
--1st Optical Drive: - LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner
--2nd Optical Drive: - LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner
--Keyboard/Mouse: - Logitech MX 5500 Revolution Bluetooth Cordless Desktop
--Card Reader: Nippon Labs Delux 3.5" Internal Card Reader/Writer
--Speakers: - Altec Lansing ADA995 5.1 surround speakers