BIOS not detecting SSD

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21-08-2009, 06:21 AM
Espresso

BIOS not detecting SSD

Hey folks,

I just got a couple of P128 SSDs and was looking to set up a RAID 0 configuration with them however the BIOS on my motherboard doesn't see the drive on SATA port 2 in either AHCI or RAID.

The drives themselves are brand new and working fine, I've tested them both separately on SATA port 1 and both times the single drives were detected.

Only thing I can think of at the moment is trying each drive on each SATA port in AHCI to see if the BIOS detects the drives to see if there is a mobo fault.

I've previously been using multiple drives but in IDE mode.

Anyone got any suggestions?
21-08-2009, 07:22 AM
nibbler

Re: BIOS not detecting SSD

Does your motherboard support RAID?
21-08-2009, 08:44 AM
kalniel

Re: BIOS not detecting SSD

Quote:

Originally Posted by Espresso

Only thing I can think of at the moment is trying each drive on each SATA port in AHCI to see if the BIOS detects the drives to see if there is a mobo fault.

This.

Obviously make sure your BIOS is up to date as well.
21-08-2009, 12:40 PM
vinnyT

Re: BIOS not detecting SSD

sorry, mis-read.
21-08-2009, 01:07 PM
shaithis

Re: BIOS not detecting SSD

Replace the cable?
21-08-2009, 01:13 PM
oolon

Re: BIOS not detecting SSD

Are the secondary channels enabled?
Have you tried IDE MODE in the bios?
Having you tried pluging them in place of an exisiting drive?
Have the disks been raided before? If so can the native mode see them?
Are they getting power? SSDs are a pain to work out if they are on or not!
21-08-2009, 07:25 PM
Espresso

Re: BIOS not detecting SSD

It was a duff SATA cable. What I find odd though is up until I decided to change the drives I had been using this particular cable with a standard mechanical HDD fine.

Anyway, I checked both SSDs on all channels using the single cable first. BIOS detected the SSD all 12 times which proved there was nothing wrong with either the motherboard, the SSDs or that particular SATA cable.

As soon as I tried to POST with the second cable, I got the familiar sight of the POST trying to auto detect the drive on SATA I. Swapped the cable and sure enough, made it into the BIOS where it detected the SSD fine.

Should really have done that before making this post but at 5am you sometimes overlook the simplest of things.

Anywho, all sorted now I beleive. Currently installing Windows 7 in RAID 0.

Cheers for flooking in folks.