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[Hopalong X]

I only have the Microsoft drivers. Even the internal HDD's are showing up.

I turned on the AHCI in Bios then it loaded the MS drivers after boot then the Eject Icon appeared.
I looked in with the printers (above posting snip) and all the drives were listed.

I figured it must be normal but it is a bit odd.

I think it has to do with the Hot Swap ability from what I could gather.

 

[essenbe]

I think that is what it is. After all, one of the benefits of ahci is supposed to be the hot swap ability. Many people don't like it, I just pay close attention to what I eject. Doesn't bother me.

 

[profdlp]

...I believe if using the msahci driver it is normal, but if using iaStor ahci driver (IRST) it does not show up like that.

That was my experience.

...I think it has to do with the Hot Swap ability from what I could gather.

Exactly. It in effect wants to treat all your drives as if they were external drives or hot-swappable drives. As A Guy pointed out, clicking the thing by accident would be a mistake.

 

[essenbe]

I had IRST installed at one time and used the iastor driver. I don't remember whether the internal drives showed up. I changed the driver to msahci. The IRST was causing my CPU to run at about 25% all the time, so I uninstalled it.

 

[essenbe]

profdlp, I have never done it, but if you clicked one by mistake couldn't you just plug it back in same as you do an external hard drive?

 

[profdlp]

I disabled the IAStorDataMgrSvc service (to no ill effect) for the same reason.

 

[profdlp]

profdlp, I have never done it, but if you clicked one by mistake couldn't you just plug it back in same as you do an external hard drive?

I don't really know. I suspect you would have to open the case and unplug it first, though. I guess it's also possible that a reboot might do it.

The big question would be what would happen if it were your "C:\" drive you ejected. Any guinea pigs out there?

 

[essenbe]

Your computer would crash. As far as guinea pigs - I might have been born at night, but it wasn't last night.

 

[Hopalong X]

profdlp, I have never done it, but if you clicked one by mistake couldn't you just plug it back in same as you do an external hard drive?

Theoretically yes for the HDD's.
Never tried it but it should work just like eSata or Sata external would.

I'm not sure what would happen if you eject the SSD while the OS is booted. :shock:

Where is the virtual padlock for the SSD eject?

Guinea Pigs?
Where did A Guy go?
:roflmao:

 

[profdlp]

For me, the best of both worlds is to use the IAStor driver and keep the service disabled. No high CPU overhead, no icons to spaz out on and click by mistake. No performance degredation.

 

[Hopalong X]

What or I guess where is this iastor driver?

I found one driver on the Intel site and it stated it was for Intel moboards though it may work on others.

Actually it is the Rapid storage.
RAID: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver for Intel Desktop Boards


Lightingltd listed it in his SSD tutorial.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/70822-ssd-tweaks-optimizations-windows-7-a.html

 

[essenbe]

Once I was doing some minor wiring inside the computer with it running. (I know, but I have never followed the rules) at any rate I disconnescte the SSD sata cable from the sata connector by mistake. Surprisingly, it took a few seconds then the computer went black and crashed. As I recall I had to do a hard shutdown. I reconnected the sata cable, started and got the usual warning, and it booted into windows with no ill effects. I would assume that is about what would happen if you ejected the C drive. I think I mistakenly did that.

 

[essenbe]

It can be downloaded from Intel in the link A Guy gave us earlier or usually with your mobo drivers.

 

[profdlp]

What or I guess where is this iastor driver?

I found one driver on the Intel site and it stated it was for Intel moboards though it may work on others.

Actually it is the Rapid storage.
RAID: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver for Intel Desktop Boards


Lightingltd listed it in his SSD tutorial.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/70822-ssd-tweaks-optimizations-windows-7-a.html

That's the one, though I'm not sure that link still points to the latest driver.

Your Core i7 system qualifies as an Intel motherboard since it uses the Intel chipset. If your board is like mine and also has another controller (my second one is by JMicron, my housemate's is by Marvel) you'll still need the driver for the additional controller in addition to the Intel driver. I would highly recommend that your SSD be installed to the Intel controller in any case, though there may be others with a different point of view. I initially set up my housemates on her Marvel controller but saw a big performance boost when I switched it to the Intel controller.

 

[profdlp]

Once I was doing some minor wiring inside the computer with it running. (I know, but I have never followed the rules) at any rate I disconnescte the SSD sata cable from the sata connector by mistake. Surprisingly, it took a few seconds then the computer went black and crashed. As I recall I had to do a hard shutdown. I reconnected the sata cable, started and got the usual warning, and it booted into windows with no ill effects. I would assume that is about what would happen if you ejected the C drive. I think I mistakenly did that.

At least you and your system lived to tell the tale.

It can be downloaded from Intel in the link A Guy gave us earlier or usually with your mobo drivers.

You type faster than me. Good info.

 

[essenbe]

Once I was doing some minor wiring inside the computer with it running. (I know, but I have never followed the rules) at any rate I disconnescte the SSD sata cable from the sata connector by mistake. Surprisingly, it took a few seconds then the computer went black and crashed. As I recall I had to do a hard shutdown. I reconnected the sata cable, started and got the usual warning, and it booted into windows with no ill effects. I would assume that is about what would happen if you ejected the C drive. I think I mistakenly did that.

At least you and your system lived to tell the tale.

It can be downloaded from Intel in the link A Guy gave us earlier or usually with your mobo drivers.

You type faster than me. Good info.

It's not possible that I type faster. I type with one finger.

 

[profdlp]

It's not possible that I type faster. I type with one finger.

I don't use even one finger. I won't tell you what I do use to type with, but let's just say that I usually have a smile on my face.

 

[essenbe]

Hoppy, actually it can be downloaded from the screenshot you put up about the toolbox.

 

[essenbe]

profdlp, just keep on smiling.

 

[essenbe]

profdlp, Can you tell me how this works? I just installed IRST and my SSD is running with the iastor driver. But, to keep it from running my CPU like it did before, I set it to manual. But, if it is not running and that is where the iastor driver somes from, will the iastor work right?