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Only 2 of 4 SATA ports seem active

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by steveo65, 2009/02/02.

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    steveo65

    steveo65 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I have an Intel DR31PG motherboard. It has 4 SATA ports numbered, 0,1,2,3. I am using 3 hard drives. Ports 1 and 3 recognize the connected drives. Ports 0 and 2 will not recognize any drive plugged into them. I have already updated the BIOS for the board. Am i missing something?:confused:
     
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    Check your BIOS. It may have some setting for enabling/disabling SATA ports or using them as RAID ports.
     
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    steveo65

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    I can see all 4 ports

    I can see all 4 ports in the BIOS. 0 and 2 say "not installed ":confused:
     
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    Never seen or heard anything like that before - BIOS complaining of ports not being installed.

    Could be a problem with the board.
     
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    steveo65

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    ? Question ?

    Can I get a screen shot of the BIOS any way? When i look at the "drive configuration" that is where it says "not installed" I took A picture of the BIOS screen with my camera. can I post it anywhere for you to see?
     
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    mattman

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    Non-subscribers do not have facilities to attach files, they can only be small files anyway. Most people use a file hosting website (Photobucket?).

    Read through your motherboard manual. Some m/b models don't have all the features installed of other models in the series. The next model "up" may have all 4 ports installed. [Edit: Although they do not usually have the physical connectors (headers) still attached.]

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