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'?
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'?