970 Performance SATA3_0 and SSD question
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Topic: 970 Performance SATA3_0 and SSD question
Posted By: Ernst
Subject: 970 Performance SATA3_0 and SSD question
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 5:50am
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After reading on this site I see there is some connection between SATA3_0 and SSD my question is with a SSD on a card in a PCIe slot can SATA3_0 be used for non SSD drives? I have been having all kinds of problems with hard drives, DVD drives and installing OSs' until I plugged the HD into SATA3_1 and the DVD ino SATA3_2 leaving SATA3_0 empty. So what is the deal with SATA3_0 ? I don't intend to use that port for a SSD I am a number cruncher not a gamer. I code and drive access isn't critical. I bought the 970 Performance for the 9590 support and the 64 GB of ram support. I assume this use of SATA3_0 for HD and or DVD is why my installs were so problematic. I now have both Windows 10 and Fedora 23 installed. I will be installing the SSD soon so I am wanting to understand. ------------- Dynamic Unary generates a new kind of number |
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Posted By: Ernst
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2016 at 1:38am
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Okay I sort of solved that issue. If I have a SSD on a card plugged into PCie I can't use the SATA Port 0 socket! Also I cannot have two PCIe cards with SSDs' or the system gets confused thinking they are both SATA 0 so I can however, have the second SSD plugged into the PCIe's expansion port and the system will see on as ) and the other as 1 I hope that helps the next person. ------------- Dynamic Unary generates a new kind of number |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2016 at 2:34am
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Per spec for this motherboard: ""(M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3 is shared with the SATA3_0 connector)"" So unless you have an M.2 drive installed on the board, SATA3_0 should work as intended for SSD/HDD/ODD M.2 drive installed = No SATA3_0 as the M.2 shares the _0 resources. One or the other. |
Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2016 at 2:40am
I'm guessing the SSD adapter card is in slot PCIE5? If so, then that seems to fit your board's specs, in a roundabout way: 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x4 (20 Gb/s) (M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3 is shared with the SATA3_0 connector) If M.2 PCI Express module is installed, PCIE5 slot will be disabled. http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty%20970%20Performance/?cat=Specifications" rel="nofollow - http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty%20970%20Performance/?cat=Specifications So if the PCIE5 slot is in use, the M.2 slot won't be available. Since the M.2 slot shares resources with the SATA3_0 port, it follows it won't work too. This is due to the limited number of PCIe 2.0 lanes that the 970 chipset provides. This is also an example of why a detailed and exact description of the situation, such as which PCIE slots are being used, is critical in analyzing the problem. Your post above is still ambiguous in that way.  ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
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Ernst wrote:Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2016 at 2:44am
Oops. Missed that caveat. |
Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2016 at 10:25am
Looks like we were writing our replies at the same time, NOT an ambush!  ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2016 at 11:05am
Nor mine. These past few days seems you and I have been doing that quite often. |