Hello All,
I build a new config as below.
GA-X58A-UD5 Rev 2.0 - BIOS Ff1
I7 960 with Noctua NH-U12P SE2
G.Skill Extreme3 3 x 2 Go PC16000 Trident
ATI Saphire 6900 2GB
2X Sony - AD-7260S-0B DVD SATA drives
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 700 W
Gigabyte Gigabyte iSolo 230 case
HDD WD3000HLFS SATA 2 Raptor (Since moved to another PC)
HDD WD4500HLHX SATA 3 Raptor
HDD WD1002FAEX SATA 3 Cavier Black
2X HDD Seagate SATA 2 ST31000528AS
HP LP2475W Monitor
Windows 7 Professional N x64
French Gigabyte Tech support (I’m an expat) wrote that I should RMA my Motherboard, I think they’ve got it wrong. I think I should wait for an improved set of drivers for the Marvel controller and wait for BIOS improvements.
Here’s the problem.
I installed Win7 x64 on the WD3000HLFS SATA 2 Raptor 300GB Drive (IDE mode in the Bios) on the GSATA3_6 Position. It Worked. Same is true for the AHCI mode. Same is true for other SATA plug positions on the Motherboard. It works.
The above is applicable for the WD1002FAEX SATA 3 Cavier Black also.
The above does not work for the WD4500HLHX SATA 3 Raptor. It is not a disk problem, as I am using it now as my C: drive but on GSATA3_7 and the 1000GB Caviar Black is on Position GSATA3_6. The WD4500HLHX SATA 3 Raptor works on all positions except the GSATA3_6. All other disks work as the systems C: Drive on the GSATA3_6 position, in both IDE and AHCI modes).
Providing the marvel drivers during the install of windows doesn’t change anything. The install just hangs at the copy files stage, or various other install points.
As it is today, the build is fairly stable… hasn’t just frozen up needing a reset to get going again for a few days.
I still have the startup problem described in this post
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=27718;sa=showPosts even after following the fix instructions.
So … Should I RMA the motherboard or wait for Gigabyte or Marvel to provide better drivers. Or just give up on the Marvel all together for a while?
Tks
JDS
