SATA Query - hard to explain, please read.
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Topic: SATA Query - hard to explain, please read.
Posted By: shakey1961
Subject: SATA Query - hard to explain, please read.
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 8:16pm
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Hi everyone. My first post here after installing my first ASRock Phantom Gaming X motherboard yesterday. I have a Ryzen 5 3600 chip with 16Gb (2x8gb) of Corsair DDR4 Vengence LPX 3200mhz memory and a 500Gb Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe drive running the latest version of Windows 10. For personal reasons, I have another 5 hard drives, 3 HDD's and 2 SSD's. One SSD used to run Windows 10 on my previous board, an MSI A88x Assasins Creed MB. I also have a switching unit (push-button power switches, made by Kingwin) which enables me to turn on a hard drive as and when required, as I would prefer to only run the HDDs when I need them. They don't need to be running all the time. My problem is this... On the previous MSI board while my computer was running, when I powered up a drive, it would be recognised and Windows Explorer would show me its contents. This new Phantom MB doesn't appear to do that. Power up a Hard Drive and nothing. However, if I switch on the power to the hard drive(s) I need before starting the computer they show up. When plugging in a USB drive, the new motherboard recognises it and opens the window to display the files. I would like it to do the same when I power up an HDD. Is this the "new" way of doing things with new CPUs and memory etc, or is there a way around it? Bios update? While it's inconvenient and a faff, it's something I'll have to learn to live with if it can't be corrected. Any ideas people? Many thanks in anticipation of your help and replies. Jonathan |
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Posted By: datonyb
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 9:54pm
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i think your problem lies within 'enable hot swapping' not my particular subject though but i think having hot swap enabled will cure your issue now i cant tell you if its a bios option (which i think it is) or just a windows settings options ------------- [url=https://valid.x86.fr/jpg250]  [/url]3800X, powercolor reddevil vega64, gskill tridentz3866, taichix370, evga750watt gold |
Posted By: shakey1961
Date Posted: 16 May 2020 at 1:32pm
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Hi. Just a quick update. A BIOS update was needed, and after some digging I enabled the SATA ports to work while running. |