Win7 Installation Issue: Drive Not Visible

[Scooter92]

So you're probably thinkin' : "Dear lord, another one of these posts." But I feel as though my situation may be unique.

Mobo: GA-X79-UD3
SSD: Adata S511
HDD: Seagate Barracuda

So I built a PC for my friend and used a HDD from his older computer that has windows 7 on it. The build went great, booted up into the HDD that had win7 on it and I flashed the BIOS (update that would stay post-OS reinstallation). So then the obvious second move was to reinstall the OS on the SSD. When I try to, it does not appear on list of available drives, but the HDD does.

Info:
1. The SSD is visible in the old HDD's win 7 partition and is NTFS formatted.
2. The SSD is visible in BIOS and is in AHCI mode.
3. I tested putting the SSD in IDE mode, no luck.
4. I tried to load the drivers for the Marvell 88SE9172 which is the chipset for some of the SATA ports on the mobo (others are controlled by the x79 chipset). When I load the appropriate drivers I have to UNcheck the box, that says: "compatible with hardware on the system." I hit next, and it installs, but I still do NOT see the drive. When I load the 32bit version of that very same OS it appears on the compatible list, installs, but does not reveal the drive.
5. When I load the x79 64bit drivers, I get an odd error and both of my DVD drivers that I installed on the computer vanish from the list you use to browse for drivers and I have to restart the PC to see them again.
6. The SSD is plugged into one of the Marvell SATA ports.

Any ideas why this puppy ain't showin'?

 

[aicom]

Definitely looks like a driver issue with the Marvell controller. That said, the solution is simple: Use the native X79 SATA III ports. Those are faster and better supported than the Marvell add-on ports.

 

[Scooter92]

Just tried it. The SSD still doesn't show up. When I try to load the driver for 64bit windows for the x79 rev III ports, it gives me an error and says to go contact your manufacturer for other drivers. So I go here: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4050&dl=1#dl and grab the preinstall driver. It's the only x79 SATA driver. When I load that off of a flash drive in the OS installation menu it throws the same error. SSD is still not visible to the installer

 

[aicom]

There's no need to load a 3rd party driver for the SATA controller. Windows 7 supports AHCI natively. Can you confirm the SSD isn't DOA?

 

[Scooter92]

Using HD Tune Pro to test it right now. Adata doesn't provide a diagnostic tool unfortunately.

 

[Arksys]

So you're probably thinkin' : "Dear lord, another one of these posts." But I feel as though my situation may be unique.

Mobo: GA-X79-UD3
SSD: Adata S511
HDD: Seagate Barracuda

So I built a PC for my friend and used a HDD from his older computer that has windows 7 on it. The build went great, booted up into the HDD that had win7 on it and I flashed the BIOS (update that would stay post-OS reinstallation). So then the obvious second move was to reinstall the OS on the SSD. When I try to, it does not appear on list of available drives, but the HDD does.

Info:
1. The SSD is visible in the old HDD's win 7 partition and is NTFS formatted.
2. The SSD is visible in BIOS and is in AHCI mode.
3. I tested putting the SSD in IDE mode, no luck.
4. I tried to load the drivers for the Marvell 88SE9172 which is the chipset for some of the SATA ports on the mobo (others are controlled by the x79 chipset). When I load the appropriate drivers I have to UNcheck the box, that says: "compatible with hardware on the system." I hit next, and it installs, but I still do NOT see the drive. When I load the 32bit version of that very same OS it appears on the compatible list, installs, but does not reveal the drive.
5. When I load the x79 64bit drivers, I get an odd error and both of my DVD drivers that I installed on the computer vanish from the list you use to browse for drivers and I have to restart the PC to see them again.
6. The SSD is plugged into one of the Marvell SATA ports.

Any ideas why this puppy ain't showin'?

I have the same Barracuda SSD and the ud3 from gigabyte and im having the same problem, i need help. Its very frustrating.

 

[Scooter92]

I have the fortune of owning 2 of the SSDs. I put the second 1 in, and it showed up on the list. I installed windows on it, and once that process was done it blue screened immediately. I figured it was a bad win7 install, so I went to reinstall it and it's not there anymore :[.