I want to thank this forum with past help. I now have my rig running smoothly, OC'd from 2.66 GHz to 3.06 GHz and running 4 sticks of Corsair ram.
My question today has to do with the Intel ICH9R and Gigabyte SATA ports. I have 2 Seagate HD attached to SATA 0 and SATA 1 ports in a Raid 0. I have another non-raid HD attached to SATA 2 (for backups). I have a SATA DVD drive attached to SATA 3. And I have the rear, external SATA attached to SATA 4 and SATA 5. All 6 of the ICH9R channels are used. I didn't use any of the Gigabyte SATA ports, hoping to save resources. I thought I could save boot time by disabling "Onboard SATA/IDE Device (Gigabyte SATA2 Chip)" in the BIOS, hoping it would improve boot times. However, my SATA DVD drive became inoperable when I did this, even though that drive is hooked to the Intel chip. How does this work, and does it sound like I have things hooked up for optimum performance?
My question today has to do with the Intel ICH9R and Gigabyte SATA ports. I have 2 Seagate HD attached to SATA 0 and SATA 1 ports in a Raid 0. I have another non-raid HD attached to SATA 2 (for backups). I have a SATA DVD drive attached to SATA 3. And I have the rear, external SATA attached to SATA 4 and SATA 5. All 6 of the ICH9R channels are used. I didn't use any of the Gigabyte SATA ports, hoping to save resources. I thought I could save boot time by disabling "Onboard SATA/IDE Device (Gigabyte SATA2 Chip)" in the BIOS, hoping it would improve boot times. However, my SATA DVD drive became inoperable when I did this, even though that drive is hooked to the Intel chip. How does this work, and does it sound like I have things hooked up for optimum performance?
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