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What BIOS version is currently installed?
Have you cleared the CMOS?
Page 29 of your motherboard manual.
Check Device Manager for yellow triangles, this indicates driver problems.
Start button, type 'Device Manager' in the search programs and files box, press enter.
What mode in BIOS are your HDDs and ODs in, IDE, SATA or RAID?
What are your IDE ATA/ATAPI controller drivers?
Right click the 'Intel 7 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller' or similar, click 'Properties' and the 'Driver' tab. Let us know the driver name and version.
You should be able to change the OD cables to the standard controller ports with no problems or extra steps required.
The two ports on the Gigabyte SATA controller are SATA2 3Gb/s ports, you need to check the drivers for these two ports, update if possible. Ports 8&9.
I wouldn't use the SATA 6 Gbps Support controller with Marvell's new SE9128 chips for high-speed SATA. Ports 6&7.
The Marvell controller is known to have some issues, update the driver if your using it.
Confirm the two ODs are plugged into the bottom two ports, #8&9.
Info from GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 1.0)
Let us know your motherboard revision number, found on the lower left corner of the motherboard.
I would use the standard controller ports for the ODs.
OS HDD in port 0, then other HDDs, ODs in the last standard ports.
Last edited by Dave76; 19 Oct 2010 at 01:12.