X9DAi how do I get those 4 extra SATA ports to work?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

stubbs

Honorable
Jul 10, 2012
7
0
10,510
I can not figure out hot to get the SATA ports to work that come on that extra cable with the big connector. The connector seems to plug into a port on the motherboard called I-SAS/SATA in the manual. But those sata disks attached to those silver cables will not show up. Also there is a 5th connector on that combined cable which is not a SATA connector. Looks more like something that plug into the motherboard as well...

can somebody enlighten me on how I am able to use those 4 extra SATA ports?
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
ko888

ko888

Titan
Feb 18, 2009
16,708
41
84,990

Is that with a SATA HDD attached to one of those greyed out ports? The AMI BIOS is suppose to automatically detect and display the status of any attached SCU devices on those ports.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
S

stubbs

Honorable
Jul 10, 2012
7
0
10,510
yes there are HDDs attached to some (but not all) of the ports...
Would it happen to have something to do with that 5th connectot which isnt a SATA connector? Where is it supposed to plug in? What does it do? I do not have it connected anywhere at the moment...
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
ko888

ko888

Titan
Feb 18, 2009
16,708
41
84,990

The fifth connector you're talking about is the "P4" SAS sideband connector.

Do you have a SAS Backplane to connect it to? If no then you don't need to use it.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
S

stubbs

Honorable
Jul 10, 2012
7
0
10,510
(no i dont have a backplane)

so either the cable or that ISAS port must be broken? Those grey cables are pretty stiff... do they break quickly when they get bent? Which would be weird because you need to stash the excess cable somewhere in the case...
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom