Hello, this is my first post on the forums.
I'm interested in finding out the rest of this "story", as I've recently run into problems with the Marvell SATA3 controller on this motherboard.
I've had my machine for almost five years now with the GA-X58A-UD3R and an Intel SSD on the Intel SATA2 controller. One year ago, I bought a larger Samsung 840 Pro SSD and connected it to the Marvell SATA3 controller in AHCI mode to get the most speed out of it (note, not RAID 0, just a single SSD in AHCI with the standard Windows drivers); as a primary Windows disk.
It worked fine for almost two years until I installed an old, unrelated HDD to the Intel SATA 2 controller to get some files. When I started Windows it started hanging repeatedly in periods of 30 seconds or more. I checked the Windows logs and noticed lots of disk timeout errors coming from the standard Windows atapi driver; I also checked back and noticed many such timeouts over the course of two years in the log. It just probably hasn't been as bad as it was now, me not noticing, but now it's unbearable. I am very careful when I open my computer, I even wear an EST wrist strap. I installed the Marvell drivers from Gigabyte's web site, and still same problem, only timeout messages coming from the mv91xx driver. I installed the newest SSD firmware and a new BIOS version, still same problem. Then I tried to re-install Windows. At the first restart the computer booted past the BIOS screens, but then nothing; only a cursor blinking. The installation never finished. I connected the SSD into the Intel SATA 2 controller, and now the installation finished, everything working nice, but when returning to the Marvell SATA 3 controller, it won't boot, not even if I install the Marvell drivers while on SATA 2, switch, and restart.
Then I removed the Samsung SSD and installed my old Intel SSD to the SATA 3 controller instead. It still had Windows installed on it, so it booted into that, and no problems, no timeouts, everything works. So I naturally assumed there was something wrong with the Samsung SSD and almost sent it in for replacement; until I had packed it down for the next day and wanted to re-install Windows on the Intel SSD on SATA 3. Now the same happens on this disk! At the first restart of the installation, the disk won't boot and is stuck on a blinking cursor.
SO! Sorry for the long post, but I guess I am looking for help on this. Now it seems the Marvell SATA 3 controller doesn't work at all. Are there any new drivers for the Marvell chipset past those posted on Gigabyte's web site? And is this the same problem as people have experienced when running RAID 0 on the controller?
