ga x 58 ud 5 rev.2 unable to boot in ahci mode with revodrive 3 x2

[Dark Mantis]

 It frustrates the hell out of me as people ask for help and advise then refuse to take any action except there own or answer direct questions from someone that actually owns one and has a bit of a clue to installing one

  Problem analysis in PCs is a formula bordering on an art form .... if I have to qualify every statement I make .... we will never get anywhere in fixing your problem............   Aussie Allan

I would have to agree with you there Allan. It can be most frustrating when someone asks for help and then spends most of the time arguing over the advice given. Nobody forces anyone to ask for help if they don't want it so it is hard to understand why they are like it.

[mikbolo]

i wanna be helped, i simply was traying to explain that this is a bios problem not a windos problem

I attempted again a switch to ACHI by following the tutorial. After editing the registry, I reset, and switched the bios to AHCI.

The Revodrive would not initialize. It simply froze at that point. I was no longer able to enter the bios and had to clear it manually.

This is definitely a hardware problem...ocz staff forum said that is a gigabyte'bios fault, gigabyte (you) said that is a windows setting problem...

I do not care who's to blame I just want to solve the problem ,you could  advise me what is the most compatible bios with ssd pci-express? or if there is

 not ,to notify  the trouble  to engineers to search for a solution...ocz forum is full of gigabyte x58 owners with the same problem

thx in advice

 

[Dark Mantis]

We are not officially anything to do with Gigabyte. We are just volunteers trying to help each other out.

I don't know if you've tried contacting GGTS yet for advice but here are the details:

Just enter your email address and click on the language of choice.
GGTS   http://ggts.gigabyte.com/

Please expect several days for a reply.

[mikbolo]

ive tried 4 days ago,and this is the answer:

Dear michele,

Thank you for supporting GIGABYTE products and contacting GBT Tech Support. As to the problem you mentioned, because there are so many products available in the market, we can hardly test all of them with our products. To prevent hardware compatibility issue, we will suggest you to test before purchasing. If that is not possible, please then find a local store you can trust where can provide good after sale service to make sure you can get full support in the future. Sorry for the inconvenience.

......as u can see not pretty usefull....

[Dark Mantis]

I know it doesn't help you much but it is fair and good advice. I always try and dig around and do a lot of investigation before purchasing anything to go with my system as I know how awkward these things can be. I am afraid though that even with plenty of checking sometimes we all get caught out. If you can't get anywhere with Gigabyte how about the other manufacturer?

[Aussie Allan]

  I don't not believe you  re compatibility and the advice OCZ gave you that it's Gigabytes BIOS causing the problem ...... then why as I posted a few days ago does OCZ include your board in it's compatibility tables

                                                 Posted again for your convenience

   This was taken off OCZ website re compatibility list..........

     QUOTE:   Gigabyte    GA-X58A-UD3R (2.0)    FG1    Use any available PCIe x16 slot. No issues found  : END QUOTE

  Here's the compatibility tables ..... http://www.ocztechnology.com/displaypage.php?name=revodrive_moboguide

                                                          Note to every one with RevoDrive 3 x2 issues......

   it is not imperative to have these revodrives in ACHI ... IDE is fine .... would you rather have it running at 5% under the MAX in IDE or not at all in ACHI ....... Wake up! ..............1000Mb/s or Zero!

  Aussie Allan