X79 Sabertooth SSD caching issue

Robmoo · 06-30-12, 05:57 PM

This has been quite the adventure. I have a 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 connected to the Marvell controller with a OCZ Colossus 256GB SSD. When I enter the ASUS SSD Caching utility both drives are displayed, but the enable caching button is greyed out. After much searching and pulling out a few hairs I noticed that a harddrive icon is displayed next to both of my drives. I imagine this means the ASUS SSD Caching software is not detecting my OCZ Colossus as a SSD. The Colossus is a SATA2 drive not a SATA3.

Anyone know a solution for this issue.

First the MB wouldn't boot to my HD until I swapped the SSD and HD between sata port E1 and E2. I had to call tech support on that one because there was nothing in the manual regarding which port the SSD and which port the HD were supposed to be contected. The ASUS support website looks like something out of the 90's and is about as slow.

Thank you! I appreciate the help with this issue.

txus.palacios · 07-01-12, 09:17 AM

Why are you using the E1 and E2 ports?

IIRC, those are powered by... maybe Marvell? or any other third-party contoller, and you don't want that.

redduc900 · 07-01-12, 12:39 PM

The drives are supposed to be connected to the white Marvell ports (SATA6G_E1 & SATA6G_E2). Other than that, in the BIOS both the Marvell Storage Controller and Marvell Storage OPROM should be set to Enabled .

txus.palacios · 07-01-12, 03:45 PM

What for? Why don't you use Intel Rapid Start Technology? (or however it's called)?

redduc900 · 07-01-12, 04:20 PM

In order for Asus' SSD caching to work, the drives have to be connected to the Marvell controller.

Robmoo · 07-01-12, 09:15 PM

I'm attached to the Marvell ports. It must not be recognizing my older slower
SataII OCZ Colossus as a SSD.

06-30-12, 05:57 PM	Thread Starter #1
Robmoo Member Join Date: Aug 2005	X79 Sabertooth SSD caching issue This has been quite the adventure. I have a 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 connected to the Marvell controller with a OCZ Colossus 256GB SSD. When I enter the ASUS SSD Caching utility both drives are displayed, but the enable caching button is greyed out. After much searching and pulling out a few hairs I noticed that a harddrive icon is displayed next to both of my drives. I imagine this means the ASUS SSD Caching software is not detecting my OCZ Colossus as a SSD. The Colossus is a SATA2 drive not a SATA3. Anyone know a solution for this issue. First the MB wouldn't boot to my HD until I swapped the SSD and HD between sata port E1 and E2. I had to call tech support on that one because there was nothing in the manual regarding which port the SSD and which port the HD were supposed to be contected. The ASUS support website looks like something out of the 90's and is about as slow. Thank you! I appreciate the help with this issue.
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07-01-12, 09:17 AM	#2
txus.palacios Premium Member #18 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Cádiz (Spain)	Why are you using the E1 and E2 ports? IIRC, those are powered by... maybe Marvell? or any other third-party contoller, and you don't want that. __________________ Maximus V Gene \| i5-2500k 4.8GHz (ekHF) \| 16GiB \| GTX470 SLi @ 800MHz (ekFC) \| m4 128GB \| T50-RP \| Arch Linux + Windows 8 Pro \| gaming P67 Extreme4 B3 \| i3-2120T 35W 2.6GHz \| 32GiB \| ZFS - zRAID1 2TB \| VMware vSphere (ESXi) 5.1 \| server Samsung RC520 \| i5-2410M 2.3GHz \| 4GiB \| HD3000 + GT520m \| 320GB \| Arch Linux \| laptop [ more info about my systems... ] The only sound I want to hear out of my computer (unless I'm gaming or watching a movie) is the hum of my 6000 rpm fan pushing air through my heatsink. - Seebs If I turn up dead, somebody make sure they put "should have just benched in the cold" on my tombstone, along with my most recent superpi32m score. - I.M.O.G. I didn't go water-cooling for an air-cooling Vcore!! - bluezero5 I'll rm -rf /yourface/* - thideras
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redduc900 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: WCG@home in Portland	The drives are supposed to be connected to the white Marvell ports (SATA6G_E1 & SATA6G_E2). Other than that, in the BIOS both the Marvell Storage Controller and Marvell Storage OPROM should be set to Enabled . __________________ "Taking Your Posting to the Next Level" "Unofficial Posting Guidelines" "Forum FAQs, Guidelines, and Rules" "Signatures: Content, Size and readability"
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07-01-12, 03:45 PM	#4
txus.palacios Premium Member #18 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Cádiz (Spain)	What for? Why don't you use Intel Rapid Start Technology? (or however it's called)? __________________ Maximus V Gene \| i5-2500k 4.8GHz (ekHF) \| 16GiB \| GTX470 SLi @ 800MHz (ekFC) \| m4 128GB \| T50-RP \| Arch Linux + Windows 8 Pro \| gaming P67 Extreme4 B3 \| i3-2120T 35W 2.6GHz \| 32GiB \| ZFS - zRAID1 2TB \| VMware vSphere (ESXi) 5.1 \| server Samsung RC520 \| i5-2410M 2.3GHz \| 4GiB \| HD3000 + GT520m \| 320GB \| Arch Linux \| laptop [ more info about my systems... ] The only sound I want to hear out of my computer (unless I'm gaming or watching a movie) is the hum of my 6000 rpm fan pushing air through my heatsink. - Seebs If I turn up dead, somebody make sure they put "should have just benched in the cold" on my tombstone, along with my most recent superpi32m score. - I.M.O.G. I didn't go water-cooling for an air-cooling Vcore!! - bluezero5 I'll rm -rf /yourface/* - thideras
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07-01-12, 04:20 PM	#5
redduc900 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: WCG@home in Portland	In order for Asus' SSD caching to work, the drives have to be connected to the Marvell controller.
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07-01-12, 09:15 PM	Thread Starter #6
Robmoo Member Join Date: Aug 2005	I'm attached to the Marvell ports. It must not be recognizing my older slower SataII OCZ Colossus as a SSD.
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