Solved SSD goes from disk 0 to disk 4

[AddRAM]

Just did an install on the new Intel ssd, the Intel goes from disk 0 to disk 4 when I plug my 4 hard drives in.

The Intel is plugged into Sata port 1 on the Asus board.

Disk Management is perfect on my Ultimate install on the OCZ ssd, so I`m wondering why this one won`t cooperate, any input would be appreciated.

Thanks, Brian

 

[whs]

As I said, check the port the SSD is attached to.

 

[theog]

Asus Sabertooth Z77
Motherboards - SABERTOOTH Z77
2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), brown
4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), black

DM will show drive postsin this order
1) IDE
2) SATA1
3) SATA2 (your 4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), black) Disk0 to Disk3
4) SATA3 (your 2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), brown) Disk4 to Disk5.

 

[whs]

So you are on the first Sata3 port which is port #4. You are on the right port with the SSD, so there is nothing to worry about.

I guess when no other disk is attached it shows it as port0 - which is a bit strange though.

 

[AddRAM]

Everything is hooked up properly, the Intel ssd is on port 1 brown 6Gbs, I could understand if the IDE drives were always listed 1st, of course that would make sense, but like I said, on my W7 Ultimate install on the OCZ ssd it`s listed as disk 0 in Disk Management and the IDE drives are listed 1,2,3,4 perfectly. So I have no clue

And in the bios the layout is:

Port 1) Intel SSD
Port 2) DVD drive
Port 3) Hard Drive
Port 4) Hard Drive
Port 5) Hard Drive
Port 6) Hard Drive

Nothing hooked up to 7 & 8

 

[whs]

Hmm, Theogs post #3 shows the 6Gb ports to be 4 and 5. Is this your board he is showing ??

 

[theog]

Disk drive numbers may not correspond as expected to the SATA channel numbers when you install Windows on a computer that has multiple SATA or RAID disks

 

[AddRAM]

No, ports 3,4,5,6 (black) are Sata 2 3Gbs, Sata ports 1 and 2 (brown) are Sata 3 as well as 7 and 8 (white) according to the manual. But anyway, here is a shot of the OCZ ssd with Ultimate showing Disk Management. And it`s perfect. But I think I know what`s causing it. I have not installed any Intel Sata controller drivers on the W7 Pro install yet, and they are installed on the OCZ drive, hopefully that`s the cause.

 

[AddRAM]

And BAMMMM that fixed it And it boots up in 8 seconds OMG :shock: I can`t believe I forgot about the Intel Sata Controller driver

And now it`s perfect Pats self on the back LOL. Thanks to all who tried to help

Now I`ll have to run some benchmarks on it.

 

[theog]

A test made some time ago.

SATA drive with dual boot XP & Windows 7.



Installed a JMicron JMB36X Controller & SATA drive.

 

[Britton30]

Put the SSD on the top most brown port, your most important HDD on the brown one underneath it. The DVD drive has no benefit being on a SATA 6GBs port, move the other drive up one port.

The brown ports (and black 3GBs) are controlled by the Intel Z77 chipset while the white ones are ASmedia controlled.

 

[AddRAM]

The Intel ssd has always been on port 1 I`ll move the dvd drive to another port later, I wasn`t concerned about that. I will hook the OCZ to port 2.

By the way Gary, I phoned Thermaltake the other day because I knew I`d be battling with the 2.0 Extreme again, he sent me an email with the 3.0 Extreme software attached, he said that`s what they`re attempting to use to fix the problem. It installed Ok but it won`t control the fan speed, FAIL !!!!

I emailed back saying Nope sorry, Try again

But you really don`t even need the software.

 

[Britton30]

I have emailed them twice on their non working and non installing software and have no response at all from them. Plus they have decided to try and cheat me out of a $25 rebate.

I'd like to be able to hook the fans up and just use them. The USB must be connected or the things run full speed all the time. It's a PITA to waste a USB header for something that's completely useless. It's a bigger PITA trying to submit a ticket with them too, you have to fill in so much info then get nothing but BS from them.