Extreme4 Gen3 Sata 3.0 issues.

RollerBall · 6 Oct 2011 at 20:57

So, originally I had my M4 128GB plugged into sata3_m1 and m2. I did this because I didn't realise there was a difference and my GPU obscures the sata3_1 and sata3_2.

Now, this didn't work. The SSD is only picked up in 1/2 not m1/m2. I was under the impression this board has 4 sata3 slots but the bios only shows 1/2 and m1/m2 don't appear to work. Nothing is plugged into the eSATA at the I/O either.

Is there only actually two sata3? What are the other two physical sockets for? I also changed the bios settings to ACHI but left the bootable marval thing to off. This will be my boot drive, what should I do? The Bios tells me to use sata2 to boot which is silly.

Also, even with it now attached properly the SSD doesn't show up in my computer.

SpoonedurI · 6 Oct 2011 at 22:14

The board has two Sata 3.0 with an intel controller and x2 Sata 3.0 ports with a marvell controller (hence the m1/m2). I think the marvell controller is disabled by default so you'll need to enable it from UEFI before you can use it.

RollerBall · 6 Oct 2011 at 23:24

SpoonedurI said:
The board has two Sata 3.0 with an intel controller and x2 Sata 3.0 ports with a marvell controller (hence the m1/m2). I think the marvell controller is disabled by default so you'll need to enable it from UEFI before you can use it.

I see. I'll look into it tomorrow. Is the Marvell controller better than Intel's? I get a bit lost by all this SSD controller stuff.

Should my SSD show up in my computer straight out the box or do I need to format it?

Surveyor · 7 Oct 2011 at 00:03

RollerBall said:
I see. I'll look into it tomorrow. Is the Marvell controller better than Intel's? I get a bit lost by all this SSD controller stuff.

Should my SSD show up in my computer straight out the box or do I need to format it?

Intel SATA 3 is much better than Marvell SATA 3.

All drives need formatting, and a drive letter allocating, before they appear in My Computer.

RollerBall · 7 Oct 2011 at 08:49

Surveyor said:
Intel SATA 3 is much better than Marvell SATA 3.

All drives need formatting, and a drive letter allocating, before they appear in My Computer.

Alright, cheers. I've never used more than one drive before and the last time I used a brand new drive was like five years ago.

One last question, if I install windows/drivers on my SSD and don't format my old HDD I wont have driver conflict issues right?

Avathar77 · 7 Oct 2011 at 09:24

I did exactly the same. But I disconnected the HDD to be safe

Connected it later after installing win7 to the SSD and could use both with out any conflicts. No need to format.
I kept the OS on my HDD as a secondary boot any way so when I want to boot from my HDD I just changed the boot order(not sure if it is the same in all mobos)

RollerBall · 7 Oct 2011 at 10:01

Avathar77 said:
I did exactly the same. But I disconnected the HDD to be safe
Connected it later after installing win7 to the SSD and could use both with out any conflicts. No need to format.
I kept the OS on my HDD as a secondary boot any way so when I want to boot from my HDD I just changed the boot order(not sure if it is the same in all mobos)

If I boot from my HDD atm it goes ******* insane as there's no drivers for my current rig, only for my old one.

ukgeezer1 · 7 Oct 2011 at 10:12

How comes board manufactures don't just stick to intel SATA 3 rather than having marvel and then disabling them?

Surveyor · 7 Oct 2011 at 11:05

ukgeezer1 said:
How comes board manufactures don't just stick to intel SATA 3 rather than having marvel and then disabling them?

Because you can only have 2 Intel SATA 3 ports as that's all the chipset supports.

The Marvell ports are added extras.

ukgeezer1 · 7 Oct 2011 at 11:12

ah i c