x58a ud5 & ssd

[rukavuda]

  please help me out 

i have an intel SSD, and im confused as to what sata port its to be connected to, and what im supposed to setup in the bios in order for it to work
at the moment the ssd and my other 500gig hdd are connected to the very top 2 ports sata 2, 0 and 1 but i think that may be wrong ? ? ?
if anyone could possibly help me out here it would be very much appreciated

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

No you have it totally correct. The SATA2 ports are the best ones on your motherboard especaillly for the SSD. They will pass the TRIM commands on to the drive to keep it healthy and if you set the port's controller, the Intel ICH10R (southbridge), to AHCI mode you will get the best speed out of your drives.

It is a good idea to put your optical drive on another controller's port though as sometimes it can lead to problems.

[rukavuda]

thanks for reply so quick mantis

how do i know i have the correct drivers installed ( sorry for uber noobish comment ) but this has been a total nightmare for me ! lolz
i had to do the reg hack to enable ACHI to work correctly, at the mo in the bios its set to ide, if i change it to AHCI in the bios and i run AS SSD benchmark tool its showing my device as istor ?

could you just explain the fundimentals to me as im about to explode
many thanks once again !

[Dark Mantis]

Well I think you probably have all the right drivers already installed. You need the chipset drivers, none of the RAID drivers, in fact the easiest way is to just download the latest ones from here depending on your motherboard's revision:

http://uk.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/download-center.aspx?kw=GA-P55-USB3&ck=

[rukavuda]

another daft question 

how do i find out what revision of ud5 i have ?

[Dark Mantis]

If you don't know it's not a daft question!

Have a look on the bottom left hand side of your motherboard and it will be printed in white lettering just below the PCIE slots.

[rukavuda]

whats a pci slot ?

only joking

rev 1 i have

so i download ---------- Intel INF installation and install

what do the gigabyte sata drivers do

[Dark Mantis]

They are for the GSATA ports. If you don't use them then don't bother to install them.

[rukavuda]

one last question
i have 4 sata devices
1 x ssd in 0 socket
2 x hdd 2 + 4 socket
1 x sata dvd 3 socket
are these all ok the be plugged into sata 2 sockets
and why if i plug one of the hdds into socket 1 ( right next to my ssd would i get bootmgr is missing everytime i boot up ?

many thanks for all your help mantis !!!! 

[Dark Mantis]

As long as they are all working alright then there is no problem. Sometimes the optical drive can play up when on the same controller as the boot drive but as long as it's not don't worry.

I take it that you are using the SSD as the boot drive and that is where all your OS files are stored. If so I really can't see why the missing bootmanager issue should come up.

[rukavuda]

yeah ssd is just for OS
all apps and games etc etc are on 1 of 2 hdds
but like i say if i have the ssd and a hdd sharing 0 and 1 every time i boot i get that message on post
ive had a right nightmare past 24hrs with my hdds !
many many thanks for help mantis ! your a star

[Dark Mantis]

Only too happy to help.

As I said I can't think of any reason why it should make any difference having the two drives on neighbouring ports. The only thing to do is move the offending drive to another port. At least for now.

Another thing that did spring to mind though is do you have your swapfile on the SSD too ? If so I would move that to one of the hard drives. Also don't use a defragger on the SSD. It makes no difference to performance how much they are fragmented.

[rukavuda]

yeah the swap file is located on another hdd
thing thats bugging me knowing something isnt quite right
i updated the firmware on the ssd and my speeds have gone down instead of up
everyone elses have gone up..i just dont know what it is.

[Dark Mantis]

What make and model is the SSD ?

When you updated the firmware did you make sure that it was the only drive connected to the system?

[rukavuda]

Intel X25-V Value 40GB

i didnt disable any other drives, everything was connected
it also said it was succesful

should i of disconnected everything ?
have a look here at whats going on http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18418638&postcount=37