Sata questions

[Aaron G]

I recently installed a new nvme ssd and powered up my system. After going into the disk management an old hdd wasnt showing up anymore. I swapped the sata cable for a hard drive I knew was working and after powering up the system for the second time the hard drive that showed up originally was now missing and the other hard drive that was missing on the first boot up was now shown.

 

After a little bit of digging it looks like they had a sata cable with multiple connectors on it one going to a hard drive and another going up to my optical drive.

 

I feel like i messed something up while installing the nvme drive, because the optical drive and my hdd both showed up on my file explore before but now I only ever see one device.

Edited December 3, 2020 by Aaron G
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[Oshino Shinobu]

What motherboard are you using? 

 

Most disable certain SATA ports when you use M.2 drives. 

[Aaron G]

Asrock z270 gaming k6

[bellabichon]

3 minutes ago, Aaron G said:

Asrock z270 gaming k6

Make sure to quote people so they're notified of your replies.

@Oshino Shinobu

[Oshino Shinobu]

5 minutes ago, Aaron G said:

Asrock z270 gaming k6

On your board, if you have a M.2 drive in M2_1, SATA ports 0 and 1 are disabled. If you use M2_2, SATA ports 4 and 5 are disabled. 

 

Normally, ports and M.2 slots are numbered from top to bottom. You can also refer to your manual for which ports are which and move the drives to ports which aren't disabled. 

[Aaron G]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

On your board, if you have a M.2 drive in M2_1, SATA ports 0 and 1 are disabled. If you use M2_2, SATA ports 4 and 5 are disabled. 

 

Normally, ports and M.2 slots are numbered from top to bottom. You can also refer to your manual for which ports are which and move the drives to ports which aren't disabled. 

I have an M.2 drive in both available M.2 slots, does that mean 0,1,4 and 5 are all disabled? Unfortunately I don't have access to a paper manual as I bought a prebuilt from micro center. Thanks for the help. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, Aaron G said:

I have an M.2 drive in both available M.2 slots, does that mean 0,1,4 and 5 are all disabled? Unfortunately I don't have access to a paper manual as I bought a prebuilt from micro center. Thanks for the help. 

Yes. 

 

There's a user manual you can get through ASRock's site: https://download.asrock.com/Manual/Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K6.pdf

 

SATA ports 2 and 3 will work and the two ports provided by the ASMedia ASM1061 controller, which are ports SATA3_A1 and A2, the lowest two SATA ports on the motherboard.

[Aaron G]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Yes. 

 

There's a user manual you can get through ASRock's site: https://download.asrock.com/Manual/Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K6.pdf

 

SATA ports 2 and 3 will work and the two ports provided by the ASMedia ASM1061 controller, which are ports SATA3_A1 and A2, the lowest two SATA ports on the motherboard.

Thank you so much, you've been a world of help!! What pages were you looking at for this info?

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, Aaron G said:

Thank you so much, you've been a world of help!! What pages were you looking at for this info?

The specification page for your motherboard details which ports are disabled when using M.2 drives, as well as the general specs and supported M.2 drive types.  https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K6/index.asp#Specification

 

For finding out which ports are provided my the ASMedia controller, it's pages 8 and 9 in the motherboard manual. 

[Aaron G]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

The specification page for your motherboard details which ports are disabled when using M.2 drives, as well as the general specs and supported M.2 drive types.  https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming K6/index.asp#Specification

 

For finding out which ports are provided my the ASMedia controller, it's pages 8 and 9 in the motherboard manual. 

Thanks again, I really appreciate It!!