discs problem gigabyte x58a-oc

[zanik11]

Hello , i have problem with discs on x58a-oc . Dunno that i crap something or just wtf  . Problem what i have is that windows 7 see my 2 discs (ocz agility 3 and seagate 150 gm sata) like a removable same like you connect phone or pendrive . Can some1 help and tell me how to setup correct bios and where i will find this option there . Sorry for my english . Pozdro.

[Aussie Allan]

  Welcome Pozdro.......Mmmmmmmmm!

 1) Is this a new build ?

 2) Is the OS been installed as yet ?

 3) Just to get it out of the way ...... we have 2 drives and a Motherboard ?.....anything else...

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[Rolo42]

Would that be because AHCI supports hot-plugging?

Were these disks formatted after Win7 was installed?  (when I added an internal disk to one computer and formatted it, it showed as removable in Zentimo/USB Safely Remove) but not Disk Management.  Are they showing as removable in Disk Management?

[Dark Mantis]

If you are running Windows 7 and that is where you problem lies then there is a registry hack to make Windows see them as standard fixed drives like normal. Just be careful when doing it.

Right Click the command prompt and select 'Run as Administrator';

Copy and paste the following command into the command prompt:
reg.exe add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\msahci\Controller(n)\Channel(N)" /f /v TreatAsInternalPort /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

Change (n) for the contoller number – 0 on my machine ie. 'Controller0' and change Channel (N) for the SATA port number – 1 – 5 on my machine ie. Channel1, Channel2, channel3....etc

You can check which controller number and port(s) by using regedit to check the registry keys. The keys can also be be added while you're there.


reg.exe add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\msahci\Controller0\Channel1" /f /v TreatAsInternalPort /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

[Aussie Allan]

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[Dark Mantis]

Yes I have found it to be quite useful Allan. Windows 7 does seem to have the knack of labelling everything as removable. Probably a lot of it is to do with more people using AHCI and RAID for their controllers now.