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1380480 2014-08-03 05:59:00 Lol Wainui you might want to read the question again.
bk T yes I believe a SATA express port can be used for 2 standard SATA devices, the specs for that ports say 1 SATA express port compatible with 2 SATA 6GbS devices. You either plug in 2 x standard cables or one larger SATA express cable.
I don't have access to one myself to test it but the standard is supposed to be backwards compatible with both the drives and the cables.
dugimodo (138)
1380481 2014-08-03 06:12:00 Thanks, dugimodo. Will have a closer look later as am now running all the fine tunings.

Just completed Intel's CPU/Memory stress tests, all seem to be good. :)
bk T (215)
1380482 2014-08-04 00:07:00 Thanks for your suggestions, the SATA express ports perfectly with the SATA devices - just tested it. :thumbs:

Just another issue, the reset button doesn't seem to work properly - when I press the RESET button, the system shuts and re-boot (Asus POST screen) but stops at a black screen with a white cursor blinking on the top left corner. I got to press the PWR button to shut it down and restart it. I have swapped the RESET +- wires around but produces same results.

What is happening here?
bk T (215)
1380483 2014-08-04 00:22:00 Change the bootdisk back to the hdd. See if that fixes it Speedy Gonzales (78)
1380484 2014-08-04 00:26:00 Sorry, Speedy, I don't quite understand by that. If I change the bootdisk priority, it won't boot, right? bk T (215)
1380485 2014-08-04 01:14:00 If you change the bootdisk to hdd in the BIOS it should boot Speedy Gonzales (78)
1380486 2014-08-04 02:01:00 My bootdisk is selected correctly, and it works OK, no issues.

It's only the Reset function doesn't work correctly as it should.
bk T (215)
1380487 2014-08-04 21:21:00 New issue.

The Reliability log shows that 'Windows was not properly shut down';

5882

but, I did shut down the PC correctly by - Alt+F4 -> Shut down.

What's this about?
bk T (215)
1380488 2014-08-04 21:42:00 Double post Speedy Gonzales (78)
1380489 2014-08-04 21:45:00 So which hdd did you get in the end?? The intel or the samsung?? And if windows is installed now, whats it on in the BIOS?? UEFI or legacy?? And how did you install windows?? With a DVD or a flash drive?

This - stops at a black screen with a white cursor blinking on the top left corner according to some sites can mean it cant find the OS
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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