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I needed to add a PCIe SATA card, so I went on eBay and got a generic SATA/eSATA 2 port PCIe card, and it works.
Kinda.
The Build:
GA-H87N-WiFi v1.1 (F9 BIOS)
El Capitan 10.11.6
Clover v2.3 rev 3899
&
ASMedia 1061PCIe SATA/eSATA Card.
(The card has 4 ports. 2 SATA / 2 eSATA, although only 2 ports can be used.
To switch between the SATA & eSATA ports, requires moving jumpers on the card, so I've got them jumpered for the internal ports.)
In System Profiler, this is what I get in SATA/SATA Express>
Generic AHCI Controller:
Vendor: Generic
Product: AHCI Controller
Physical Interconnect: PCI
Link Width: x1
Link Speed: 5.0 GT/s
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
I've connected 2 HDDs to it, and that's where the problem begins.
One of the HDDs mounts just fine, and the System (touch wood) has been stable, but when I connect the second HDD, I get System freezes usually within 10 minutes of booting up.
I've tried different SATA cables, I've tried connecting the "problem" HDD to the other SATA port, but to no avail.
The problem HDD is a WD Green 1TB WD10EARS
The HDD that seems to be perfectly happy is a Seagate 1TB ST1000DM010-2EP102
I've currently got an old WD 250GB HDD (WDC WD2500JS-41MVB1) connected as the second drive and thus far (fingers crossed, touch wood) it's behaving, and I haven't had a System Freeze (yet).
Is it possible for a SATA Card and a HDD to just not get along ?
Originally, I had the "problem" HDD connected to one to the MoBo SATA ports, and had no issues at all (It's my Time Machine HDD) but I wanted to add another HDD & an optical drive so I needed a PCIe SATA solution.
(I discovered the optical drive needs to be on the the MoBo SATA bus or else it doesn't "play nice")
And I thought, because the PCIe SATA card is only a 1X PCIe card, put the HDDs I need the least speed out of, on the SATA Card.
Back when I ran the MultiBeast v8.2.3, I didn't specifically select 3rd Party SATA in the Drivers/Disk section,
and I'm wondering if I should go back and install it ?
UPDATE: With the old WD drive attached, the System eventually froze, so I tried a 1TB WD Blue, and the System froze too.
Is it likely I've got a dodgy PCIe SATA Card ?
tia
furbies
Kinda.
The Build:
GA-H87N-WiFi v1.1 (F9 BIOS)
El Capitan 10.11.6
Clover v2.3 rev 3899
&
ASMedia 1061PCIe SATA/eSATA Card.
(The card has 4 ports. 2 SATA / 2 eSATA, although only 2 ports can be used.
To switch between the SATA & eSATA ports, requires moving jumpers on the card, so I've got them jumpered for the internal ports.)
In System Profiler, this is what I get in SATA/SATA Express>
Generic AHCI Controller:
Vendor: Generic
Product: AHCI Controller
Physical Interconnect: PCI
Link Width: x1
Link Speed: 5.0 GT/s
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
One of the HDDs mounts just fine, and the System (touch wood) has been stable, but when I connect the second HDD, I get System freezes usually within 10 minutes of booting up.
I've tried different SATA cables, I've tried connecting the "problem" HDD to the other SATA port, but to no avail.
The problem HDD is a WD Green 1TB WD10EARS
The HDD that seems to be perfectly happy is a Seagate 1TB ST1000DM010-2EP102
I've currently got an old WD 250GB HDD (WDC WD2500JS-41MVB1) connected as the second drive and thus far (fingers crossed, touch wood) it's behaving, and I haven't had a System Freeze (yet).
Is it possible for a SATA Card and a HDD to just not get along ?
Originally, I had the "problem" HDD connected to one to the MoBo SATA ports, and had no issues at all (It's my Time Machine HDD) but I wanted to add another HDD & an optical drive so I needed a PCIe SATA solution.
(I discovered the optical drive needs to be on the the MoBo SATA bus or else it doesn't "play nice")
And I thought, because the PCIe SATA card is only a 1X PCIe card, put the HDDs I need the least speed out of, on the SATA Card.
Back when I ran the MultiBeast v8.2.3, I didn't specifically select 3rd Party SATA in the Drivers/Disk section,
and I'm wondering if I should go back and install it ?
Is it likely I've got a dodgy PCIe SATA Card ?
tia
furbies
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