gigabyte ud3r x58a rev.2.0

[Johnz-]

Hello, i need some help how and where to install all my devices.
if someone can make a picture with that motherboard and tell me where to install my intel ssd 80gb sata2 , wd sata sata 3 and my dvdrom sata.

i wanna know where at intel controlers? up or down, marvel controler up or down step to step i want to see it. if someone can help me will be great.

motherboard : gigabyte ud3r x58a

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

I am sure we can help you out here. Starting from the top of the board (CPU end) you have three blue ports and then two white ports.

Put your SSD on the first(top) blue port (SATA2_0)

Put your Western Digital drive on the next port down (blue SATA2_2)

Put the DVD optical drive on the top white port (SATA3_6)

In the BIOS I would suggest setting the Intel ICH10 Southbridge ports to AHCI and then the Marvell ports to IDE

Hope this helps you.

[Johnz-]

Hello Dark Mantis.
you mean the western digital and the dvd rom make them slaves?

edit: western digital is sata 6gbs ... but working good on sata 2 port too. is that problem?
i have mode ahci now and ssd and wd is in the same drivers installed by intel sata raid. from the gigabyte forum. technology save intel rapid.
is all ok?

[Dark Mantis]

There is no such thing any more as Master and Slave with SATA. That was only for the old IDE drives. Disregard anything it says like that in the BIOS as it is just a leftover from then.

The SSD should be the first drive in your list with the Western Digital drive on the same controller, even though it is only SATA2 and the drive is SATA3 it is still the best port for it as the Marvell controller never worked as it was supposed to. The optical DVD drive obviously doesn't matter as much speed wise but sometimes they can be troublesome on a controller set to AHCI so it is better to seperate them and run it as IDE.

Don't worry that you have used the IRST for the AHCI drivers although there was no reason to.

[Johnz-]

what drivers should i use for my motherboard can you tell me please?
from now and on what drivers i must install, from the gigabyte site.

[Dark Mantis]

If you can post what operating system you are using I can be more accurate on what you need to download.

[Johnz-]

intel i7 960
gigabyte ud3r x58a revision 2.
gigabyte gtx 480
ram 1600 mhz kingston
western digital sata  3( i had it on marvel but i change it to intel controler dosnt matter because it is sata 6gbs right?)
intel ssd 80 gb

[Johnz-]

i forget somethink, now i have the dvdrom on the marvel controller should i use drivers? please reply to this when you answer me my previous answers.
because im a little confused of all this:/

[Dark Mantis]

Hi Johnz-

Firstly you still haven't answered my question regarding what operating system you are using ?

Yes your system seems fine and the drive should be ok on that controller.

You should use all the chipset drivers from the website and that will enable the optical drive to work fine too.

[Lsdmeasap]

No drivers needed for the Marvell controller unless you are using RAID on it, and especially are not needed if you are only using a CD/DVD player there.

[Johnz-]

yep thx guyz, sorry im using windows 7 ultimate 64 bit service pack 1 .
i think if i dont install drivers i will see the marvel controler in the devices with (?)

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks. No you don't need to install anything just to use the Marvell controlled ports. The drivers you should load are here:

http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3449&dl=1#dl

[Wonderwrench]

Don't worry that you have used the IRST for the AHCI drivers although there was no reason to.

I use the RST driver because without them internal drives are listed as removable cluttering up the safely remove hardware wizard. I also find the RST drivers to be more compatible with optical drives connected to the Intel controller. Nero CD DVD speed does not work correctly using the MSAHCI driver. My SSD also performs better using the RST drivers. IOPS are greatly improved. 4K read/write also improves to some degree. Do to the above I see no reason not to use the Intel RST driver.

Bill

[Dark Mantis]

Yes that's fair comment Bill. I certainly wouldn't argue about it as I hold a similar belief myself.

[Johnz-]

Audio, Chipset, Realtek LAN Driver, from the sata raid section(only Intel SATA RAID Driver, i dont need sata 2 drivers right?) and i dont need usb 3 i have it disable from the bios i dont need it, i working with usb 2, and gsata ports usb.

i need somethink else?