Problems with SATA hotswap on ICH controller

[DMZ]

I've got two isues.

The first is that when using the ICH controller, the system is very slow to detect that a drive has been added or removed. Sometimes I can wait several minutes for it to notice.

The other issue is new today. When adding a drive, my fixed drive (X:\) gets forgotten and doesn't even show up in Disk Management, or when telling Windows to rescan hardware (C: is not affected).

Interesting stuff. I'm going to try one of the other controllers, but I've had problems with them before. I forget what they are. One's Marvel and is quite bad in AHCI mode.

Has anyone got any ideas? The ICH controller is supposed to be the good one.

Thanks

 

[DMZ]

Aw, can someone edit the title to say "SATA"? Thanks

I just solved the 2nd problem. Very interesting solution: I connected the hotswap rack to a different voltage rail and X:\ no longer disappears. I'll have to check how my power is set-up. There's no more than 2 disks on any rail, so something seems to be amiss.

Problem #1 still outstanding though.