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From: Percival P. Cassidy on 16 Jun 2010 14:13 Having now added a fourth internal SATA hd to a machine built around an M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3, I get a "No device!" message at boot-up, but everything seems to work fine. Could this simply be because I have drives connected to SATA 1, 2, 3 and 5, skipping 4 (which is the eSATA port on the back)? Perce
From: TM on 18 Jun 2010 11:14 "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody(a)NotMyISP.com> wrote in message news:hvb46f$vod$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Having now added a fourth internal SATA hd to a machine built around an > M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3, I get a "No device!" message at boot-up, but > everything seems to work fine. > > Could this simply be because I have drives connected to SATA 1, 2, 3 and > 5, skipping 4 (which is the eSATA port on the back)? > > Perce Are you set up in AHCI or RAID mode? In IDE mode you're only allowed 3 HDs.
From: Percival P. Cassidy on 18 Jun 2010 12:06
On 06/18/10 11:14 am, TM wrote: >> Having now added a fourth internal SATA hd to a machine built around >> an M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3, I get a "No device!" message at boot-up, but >> everything seems to work fine. >> >> Could this simply be because I have drives connected to SATA 1, 2, 3 >> and 5, skipping 4 (which is the eSATA port on the back)? > Are you set up in AHCI or RAID mode? > > In IDE mode you're only allowed 3 HDs. I've never heard of that restriction -- but no, I'm using AHCI mode, and all four drives show up during POST and work correctly in Win7Pro. Perce |