- Nov 11, 2013
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Does my MSI X58 Platinum SLI have a dying SATA controller?
Ever since I bought the motherboard, I've it set to AHCI mode and it works fine, but recently, it wouldn't detect the hard drive (or any other SATA devices) unless it's set to IDE mode.
This is what the BIOS said
IDE Mode:
SATA 1: [Hard Drive name]
SATA 2: [DVD Burner name]
SATA 3: [Not installed]
SATA 4: [Not installed]
SATA 5: [Not installed]
SATA 6: [Not installed]
SATA 7/SATA 8: [Not installed]
IDE: [Not installed]
AHCI Mode: (SATA 1 to SATA 6 doesn't even show in the BIOS)
SATA 7/SATA 8: [Not installed]
IDE: [Not installed]
When AHCI is enabled, only SATA 7/SATA 8 works.
Unfortunately, since this is an x58 motherboard, it is very costly to replace. If the issue is with the onboard SATA controller, should I buy a SATA controller/RAID card?
Note that I have updated the motherboard to the latest BIOS and that didn't help.
Ever since I bought the motherboard, I've it set to AHCI mode and it works fine, but recently, it wouldn't detect the hard drive (or any other SATA devices) unless it's set to IDE mode.
This is what the BIOS said
IDE Mode:
SATA 1: [Hard Drive name]
SATA 2: [DVD Burner name]
SATA 3: [Not installed]
SATA 4: [Not installed]
SATA 5: [Not installed]
SATA 6: [Not installed]
SATA 7/SATA 8: [Not installed]
IDE: [Not installed]
AHCI Mode: (SATA 1 to SATA 6 doesn't even show in the BIOS)
SATA 7/SATA 8: [Not installed]
IDE: [Not installed]
When AHCI is enabled, only SATA 7/SATA 8 works.
Unfortunately, since this is an x58 motherboard, it is very costly to replace. If the issue is with the onboard SATA controller, should I buy a SATA controller/RAID card?
Note that I have updated the motherboard to the latest BIOS and that didn't help.
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