On 3/27/2012 12:51 PM, Russell Hansen wrote:
A quick glance at the motherboard manual for what you have indicates the
probability that your on-board SATA ports aren't using AHCI. Likely some
compatibility mode meant for those poor souls that may have needed Win9x when
that BIOS was basically coded.
http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/motherboard/3000/MNL-0889.pdf
Page 4-4
In the BIOS check to see if the SATA Controller Mode is set to Compatibile.
You will need to change it to Enhanced. (*Note: The Enhanced mode is supported
by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version. :-p )
From there the SATA RAID mode should default to Disabled. The SATA AHCI mode
you will want to change to Enabled.
AHCI mode should give you hot-swap capabilities as well as let you use your SSD
with some sanity.
Must be a bios bug then. I am pretty sure (will confirm tonite) that
the sata controller is set to enhanced. My other mobo x9scl-f that runs
esxi has TWO settings for each port: one for whether to enable AHCI and
one for whether to enable hot plug. I kid you not. If I can't figure
this out, I may just get the $14 rosewill sil card - it's only for
occasional backup to a WD Blue consumer sata drive.
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