Asus A8v-e Deluxe and Sata iii hdd

[maguscimarron]

Hello all!

I am currently trying to resurect my old PC that has an Asus A9v-e deluxe motherboard and use it as a server to play around with. I want to install an internal WD RED 2tb 6.0 gb/s hdd but it looks like my system won't recognize it on boot up. I think it is because this mother board only recognizes old 1.5 gb/s hdds. I sthere anyway to get this hdd to work internally? I've tried to look for jumper settings and firmware updates but so far no luck. Thanks!

 

[BadPeteNo]

1) You may not like this, but it will work:
Get yourself a sata-usb adapter for like 5 bucks on amazon, and either pass the cable out the back of the case, or splice your own header cable. The downside is that you will only get usb speeds. This is basically making and internally mounted external hard drive. I did this once before for someone who wanted to use a pre-sata computer with a 1TB sata drive he'd won in a poker game (can't wrap my head around that last part).

Cheap-o adapter: http://www.amazon.com/Sata-Converter-Adapter-Cable-Drive/dp/B008ASF5MC/


2) This MAY work, but I'm not sure.
get yourself something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124108

Basically, it's $20 and if it doesn't work, you've added USB 3 which is nice. You can call syba and ask them (1-909-548-7706, they're not open weekends, I tried).

3) This idea is kinda silly, and costs about $50 total, but if you really want it to work and USB 2 is too slow...
Get the syba pci-e adapter, an esata to sata cable, and an esata to usb 3 adapter. Make sure not to get the kind that has both sata data and power as this won't give you enough juice to power a full size drive. Those are intended for laptop drives and ssd's.
cable: http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-P952-003-eSATA-Signal/dp/B00119P6SU/
adapter: http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar-eSATA-Adapter-CB-ESATAU3/dp/B0064J75IQ/

This is basically the same idea as my first suggestion, but a lot more complicated. The advantage is that USB 3 is actually pretty darn fast. Mind you, USB 2 is fast enough to watch movies with little or no lag. I wouldn't suggest using this as your boot drive if you use either method 1 or 3. You can, it will just be really slow and clunky. Frankly, I'm not even sure you can install Windows on a usb device without some major effort.