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18-Nov-2009, 12:09 PM #1
Need help with SATA ports in Intel D975XBX
My first four (black) sata ports are filled on my Intel D975XBX motherboard and I want to add another drive.

There are four more SATA ports below these and they are blue. When I plug a drive into them, it does not get recognized.

I tried the Intel site and registered but even though, I can read the postings on their "discussion" site, I cannot start a new one.

Anyone here had and solved this problem?

Thanks
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18-Nov-2009, 10:35 PM #2
Those 4 ports are for raid configuration only, so you cannot use them for individual hard drives.

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Four Serial ATA ports via integrated RAID controller
3.0 Gb/s
Support for Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology
Support for RAID and non-RAID drive configuration


Four Serial ATA ports via on-board discrete RAID controller
1.5 Gp/s
Support for RAID drive configuration only
http://www.intel.com/support/motherb.../CS-022036.htm

You will have to use a PCI add in card to get more Sata ports for individual hard drive support.


Nice PDF on that board here

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/1506...03_English.pdf

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18-Nov-2009, 11:26 PM #3
Thanks to both of you for the help. I was looking for this info on the Intel site last night but could not get anywhere on there. Did get to the D975XBX2 boards and that lead to the D975XBX section and it did not have any accessible info that I could access.

Looks like I either need to get an add-in card or figure another alternative.

Thanks again
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18-Nov-2009, 11:38 PM #4
Yeah, the Intel site is so huge and hard to navigate, they make it so hard to find information on one product in one place. I always wind up using google to find what I need.

You are welcome.

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