can't get both drives working on blacx duet

treepop · 06-09-12, 10:29 PM

Hey guys,

I am trying to get the system in my sig to recognize both hard drives in my blacx duet. I have enable ahci and run the registry patch to make it so it boots, but still only 1 drive is showing up on in windows 7. I also notice when looking under the settings in my bios it only shows the 1 drive with 1tb of storage in the sata port. It does not show the second 1tb drive in the bios.

Am I doing something wrong? I also searched for my downloaded the latest achi drivers from msi's website.

Please advise. Thanks!

redduc900 · 06-10-12, 11:56 AM

Could it be that the eSATA port the docking station is connected to isn't port-multiplier compatible?

treepop · 06-10-12, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redduc900

Could it be that the eSATA port the docking station is connected to isn't port-multiplier compatible?

could be. i just stuck it in one of sata ports. i didnt know there were special sata ports for esata.

treepop · 06-12-12, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by treepop

could be. i just stuck it in one of sata ports. i didnt know there were special sata ports for esata.

Does anyone know how I could figure out if my mobo's sata ports are capable of port multiplying? Is there some sort of 2 sata to 1 port adapter I can get?

Knufire · 06-12-12, 10:59 PM

Quick Google searching seems to say that SATA port multiplying isn't a common feature, and it's usually done through a expansion card. At which point you might as well just get a PCIe to SATA adapter card rather than a SATA multiplier to avoid bottlenecking (though I doubt two spinners would bottleneck SATAII).

treepop · 06-15-12, 01:31 PM

I don't think I have room on my mobo for a pci-e sata adapter.

EDIT 1
I will check when I get home to see if this will fit: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

EDIT 2
Would that esata thing fit in the little black port between the blue ones?.....I am 99% sure that my gtx 480 covers that up big time...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130253

txus.palacios · 06-15-12, 01:52 PM

GTX 480 covers that slot if not watercooled.

You can always use PCIe "riser card" cables.

treepop · 07-01-12, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txus.palacios

GTX 480 covers that slot if not watercooled.

You can always use PCIe "riser card" cables.

Link? Thanks a ton!

Also. any alternative to using pci-x would be GREAT. I really need to make duplicate backups and would love any help you guys could give.

Thank you guys/gals a bunch. Just shot a wedding and backup is taking forever!

txus.palacios · 07-01-12, 03:52 AM

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=pcie+riser+card

treepop · 07-01-12, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txus.palacios

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=pcie+riser+card

Awesome thanks.

Okay so going to order this:

http://www.amazon.com/PCI-E-Express-...+express+riser

with this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

to work on this

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P55M-GD41.html

Thanks

*EDIT*
It looks like the card I linked doesn't support pci-e 2.0. Which means slow xfers. Noob question here, but can you get 2.0 on a pci-e 1x? I think you can.....

06-09-12, 10:29 PM	Thread Starter #1
treepop Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas H-TOWN!	can't get both drives working on blacx duet Hey guys, I am trying to get the system in my sig to recognize both hard drives in my blacx duet. I have enable ahci and run the registry patch to make it so it boots, but still only 1 drive is showing up on in windows 7. I also notice when looking under the settings in my bios it only shows the 1 drive with 1tb of storage in the sata port. It does not show the second 1tb drive in the bios. Am I doing something wrong? I also searched for my downloaded the latest achi drivers from msi's website. Please advise. Thanks! __________________ How to overclock your i3/i5/i7 in 5min WORKED FOR ME! Mobo: MSI P55M-GD41 Proc/cooling: i5-750 w/ Corsair H50 cooling @ 4ghz (200 x 20) Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 HD/OS: Seagate 320gig // HITACHI Deskstar 2TB 32MB Cache // 2 x external 1TB Drives for backup Windows 7 x64 Power Supply: Corsair 620HX Case: Antec 900 w/ 3x120mm and 1x200mm fans Monitor: 2 x 23" Dell IPS Displays Sound: M-Audio Studiophile AV 40's powered by an X-FI Xtreme Music Video:Nvidia GTX 480 HEAT 8-0-0
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Knufire Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI	Quick Google searching seems to say that SATA port multiplying isn't a common feature, and it's usually done through a expansion card. At which point you might as well just get a PCIe to SATA adapter card rather than a SATA multiplier to avoid bottlenecking (though I doubt two spinners would bottleneck SATAII). __________________ i7-920 3.8 Ghz \| Venomous-X w/ Panaflo HS \| Sapphire Vapor-X 4890 EVGA X58 SLI LE \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 \| 500GB Samsung OEM \| Rosewill 850w \| Thermaltake Armor Series \| OCZ Vertex 2 60GB Secondary Rig: CM Elite 430 \| A8-3870K stock \| Radeon HD 6670 \| 500GB WD Caviar Blue \| 4GB G.SKILL DDR3-1333 \| ASUS A55 HEATWARE
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06-15-12, 01:31 PM	Thread Starter #6
treepop Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas H-TOWN!	I don't think I have room on my mobo for a pci-e sata adapter. EDIT 1 I will check when I get home to see if this will fit: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER EDIT 2 Would that esata thing fit in the little black port between the blue ones?.....I am 99% sure that my gtx 480 covers that up big time... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130253 __________________ How to overclock your i3/i5/i7 in 5min WORKED FOR ME! Mobo: MSI P55M-GD41 Proc/cooling: i5-750 w/ Corsair H50 cooling @ 4ghz (200 x 20) Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 HD/OS: Seagate 320gig // HITACHI Deskstar 2TB 32MB Cache // 2 x external 1TB Drives for backup Windows 7 x64 Power Supply: Corsair 620HX Case: Antec 900 w/ 3x120mm and 1x200mm fans Monitor: 2 x 23" Dell IPS Displays Sound: M-Audio Studiophile AV 40's powered by an X-FI Xtreme Music Video:Nvidia GTX 480 HEAT 8-0-0 Last edited by treepop; 06-15-12 at 01:37 PM.
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txus.palacios Premium Member #18 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Cádiz (Spain)	GTX 480 covers that slot if not watercooled. You can always use PCIe "riser card" cables. __________________ 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, 03:52 AM	#9
txus.palacios Premium Member #18 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Cádiz (Spain)	http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=pcie+riser+card __________________ 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 Last edited by thideras; 07-01-12 at 06:35 AM.
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