Z87x-ud5h hdd led

[LeeBos]

I have 2 Z87X-UD5H boards and both have a problem if an HDD or ODD is plugged in to the Marvell GSATA controller ports the HDD Led is always lit.

Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a fix? BIOS is F7.

[wazza300]

Re: Z87x-ud5h hdd led

GA-Z87X-UD5H - F8c Z87XUD5H.8c

could try f8c beta? if no fix can always flash back

[LeeBos]

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Tried both F5 and 8c and still have the HDD LED on if any drive is connected to the Marvell controller.

Could it be that this controller only works correctly in the RAID mode? I only have a single Seagate 2TB drive connected.

[wazza300]

Re: Z87x-ud5h hdd led

it should work fine with a single drive attached,could be a bios or driver bug

tried with and without the marvell controller drivers? use what Microsoft/windows installs

[LeeBos]

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The drive works fine, just that the HDD LED is always on.

Don't think it's drivers because the LED comes on well before the OS is up and is even on if I disconnect the boot SSD. That puts it in hardware or BIOS in my opinion.

Called Gigabyte and they wanted me to send the board in for them to test. Since I have 2 that were bought months apart I don't think that would help and suggested they experiment with one they have.

I did find someone that posted the same problem on a German site and as best as I could determine, (I don't speak or read German), he mentioned something about an optical drive being connected to the controller causing it, I think.

Was hoping someone on this forum could move an HDD or ODD to their GSATA controller and report back.

[boondocks]

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Interesting. I can't test right now because I have mine torn down for case mods, but I can't say as I remember the HDD LED staying on back when I was using the Marvell ports.
BTW I have had 2 different Z87 UD5H boards as well but don't recall ever seeing that problem, even when I had ALL drives on Marvell ports.......

[LeeBos]

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Interesting. I can't test right now because I have mine torn down for case mods, but I can't say as I remember the HDD LED staying on back when I was using the Marvell ports.
BTW I have had 2 different Z87 UD5H boards as well but don't recall ever seeing that problem, even when I had ALL drives on Marvell ports.......

It's difficult for me to believe BOTH boards purchased several months apart, (from the same vendor), have the exact same problem. I'm waiting for a CPU for the second board so I can do additional trouble shooting. If that fails to find the problem I will return them one at a time under warranty.

[morpheus67]

Re: Z87x-ud5h hdd led

I have 2 Z87X-UD5H boards and both have a problem if an HDD or ODD is plugged in to the Marvell GSATA controller ports the HDD Led is always lit.

All older boards (Z87X-UD5H) have this Marvell bug, the Germany Gigabyte support tell me this: many older boards have this error, you must be shipping your board to gigabytes (RMA), Bios fix unavailable for end user.

[LeeBos]

Re: Z87x-ud5h hdd led

All older boards (Z87X-UD5H) have this Marvell bug, the Germany Gigabyte support tell me this: many older boards have this error, you must be shipping your board to gigabytes (RMA), Bios fix unavailable for end user.

Thanks,
Lee

[boondocks]

Re: Z87x-ud5h hdd led

All older boards (Z87X-UD5H) have this Marvell bug, the Germany Gigabyte support tell me this: many older boards have this error, you must be shipping your board to gigabytes (RMA), Bios fix unavailable for end user.

Good to know. I had an early board that did not have this problem, but it was probably hit or miss.

[LeeBos]

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Good to know. I had an early board that did not have this problem, but it was probably hit or miss.

Unfortunately, I got bit twice, even though I bought them several months apart.

[LeeBos]

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Update. NewEgg Gigabyte support sent me a firmware update for the Marvell SATA controller that fixed the problem on the board I still have. The other board was RMA'd to Gigabyte. Would have been faster and cheaper if Gigabyte phone/web support could have done this before I sent the board back.

Lee

[boondocks]

Re: Z87x-ud5h hdd led

Update. NewEgg Gigabyte support sent me a firmware update for the Marvelle SATA controller that fixed the problem on the board I still have. The other board was RMA'd to Gigabyte. Would have been faster and cheaper if Gigabyte phone/web support could have done this before I sent the board back.

Lee

[Topp44]

Re: Z87x-ud5h hdd led

]Update. NewEgg Gigabyte support sent me a firmware update for the Marvelle SATA controller that fixed the problem on the board I still have. The other board was RMA'd to Gigabyte. Would have been faster and cheaper if Gigabyte phone/web support could have done this before I sent the board back.

Hi, Where i can find this firmware? because i have this problem too

[LeeBos]

Re: Z87x-ud5h hdd led

Hi, Where i can find this firmware? because i have this problem too

You have several choices, call Gigabyte support, (number in user manual), submit an RMA request on Gigabytes support site, or email [email protected] and see it they can email the firmware update and instructions as they did for me. Phone support didn't seem to be aware of the problem or may not have wanted to send what could be difficult for the average user to do. I have over 22 years experience building PC's so I guess they took that into consideration. Flashing firmware, as well as BIOS, (which is easier), has the potential to brick the motherboard and possibly void your warranty.

I'm not sure if I should try to attach it here as I don't want to be responsable for bricking someone's board. The update requires a DOS bootable USB flash drive.