Here I go again with Sata Port problems, but this time it is on the Z97 Extreme6/4790K system.
I had the following configuration and it was working ok:
Sata3_0 Sandisk Extreme Pro 256GB
Sata3_1 OCZ Vertex 3 128GB - sometimes this drive would "disappear" at boot time!
Sata3_2 WD Raptor 250GB
Sata3_3 WD Black 1TB
Sata3_5 WD Black 1TB
Sata3_A3 Pioneer BDR-207D
With the exception of the sometimes missing OCZ SSD this configuration worked Ok.
A few days ago I replaced the OCZ SSD with a third WD Black 1TB drive. Sometime shortly after that change the system went into a funk. The boot times went out of site and W8.1 became unusable with the little blue circle spinning and eventually giving me the pretty blue screen. At that point I thought I had corrupted the boot drive (Sata3_0). I reinstalled W8.1 and nothing changed the system was unresponsive and had all the same problems. I disconnected all the drives and installed a brand new Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD. Reinstalled W8.1 on this drive and ran the system with no issues. I then reconnected the other drives one at a time and discovered Sata3_3 and Sata3_4 although detected by the BIOS W8.1 did not recognize either port. BUT when a drive was in Sata3_3 or Sata3_4 Windows had a tendency to become unresponsive and eventually crash. So I ended up moving the WD Black drive I wanted on Sata3_3 or on Sata3_4 to Sata3_A1 and all is "well".
I tried the following after reinstalling W8.1 on the new SSD before giving up on Sata3_3 and Sata3_4:
Reverted back to the BIOS's default settings.
Removed 2 of the 4 GSkill 2400 4GB memory sticks.
Change the Memory to Auto vs XMP 1.3.
Swapped Sata cables.
Ran Chkdsk on the WD Black drive.
Tried a different WD Black 640GB drive on Sata3_3 and Sata3_4.
Set the M2.2/Sata3_4, Sata3_5 Switch to Force Sata instead of Auto.
AND probably a few other things I've missed!
Seems strange that I'm having problems with the "dual" usage ports. This problem may have been there since day since I was not using all the Sata ports until a few days ago. Any ideas on what the heck is going on would be appreciated.
I had the following configuration and it was working ok:
Sata3_0 Sandisk Extreme Pro 256GB
Sata3_1 OCZ Vertex 3 128GB - sometimes this drive would "disappear" at boot time!
Sata3_2 WD Raptor 250GB
Sata3_3 WD Black 1TB
Sata3_5 WD Black 1TB
Sata3_A3 Pioneer BDR-207D
With the exception of the sometimes missing OCZ SSD this configuration worked Ok.
A few days ago I replaced the OCZ SSD with a third WD Black 1TB drive. Sometime shortly after that change the system went into a funk. The boot times went out of site and W8.1 became unusable with the little blue circle spinning and eventually giving me the pretty blue screen. At that point I thought I had corrupted the boot drive (Sata3_0). I reinstalled W8.1 and nothing changed the system was unresponsive and had all the same problems. I disconnected all the drives and installed a brand new Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD. Reinstalled W8.1 on this drive and ran the system with no issues. I then reconnected the other drives one at a time and discovered Sata3_3 and Sata3_4 although detected by the BIOS W8.1 did not recognize either port. BUT when a drive was in Sata3_3 or Sata3_4 Windows had a tendency to become unresponsive and eventually crash. So I ended up moving the WD Black drive I wanted on Sata3_3 or on Sata3_4 to Sata3_A1 and all is "well".
I tried the following after reinstalling W8.1 on the new SSD before giving up on Sata3_3 and Sata3_4:
Reverted back to the BIOS's default settings.
Removed 2 of the 4 GSkill 2400 4GB memory sticks.
Change the Memory to Auto vs XMP 1.3.
Swapped Sata cables.
Ran Chkdsk on the WD Black drive.
Tried a different WD Black 640GB drive on Sata3_3 and Sata3_4.
Set the M2.2/Sata3_4, Sata3_5 Switch to Force Sata instead of Auto.
AND probably a few other things I've missed!
Seems strange that I'm having problems with the "dual" usage ports. This problem may have been there since day since I was not using all the Sata ports until a few days ago. Any ideas on what the heck is going on would be appreciated.
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