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| Thread ID: 107708 | 2010-02-26 21:40:00 | eSata works but only on boot-up | alisam (4427) | Press F1 |
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| 861880 | 2010-02-26 21:40:00 | Just bought a NexStar CX enclosure with WD Caviar Green 1TB drive. If I connect to the eSata port (I have 3) and boot the PC (Vista) then the drive is mounted. However, I cannot just add the drive once the PC is booted. I have searched various forums and one suggestion was to configure sata as AHCI (from IDE) in the BIOS. I did this, but the PC did not seem to boot and all I had was a black screen. Changed it back to IDE and all was OK. How can I plug the drive into the eSata port and have it recognised in Explorer. Thereafter, I need the icon to safely remove the drive. PS If I re-scan my drives in Drive Management then it finds the external drive. |
alisam (4427) | ||
| 861881 | 2010-02-26 21:43:00 | If you want to use AHCI, you have to enable it before you install Windows (If youre using XP), you have to add the SATA drivers (either by floppy, or slipstream them to the XP cd). Otherwise it wont find the hdd. And if its on IDE in the BIOS (and you change it to AHCI later - if the SATA drivers havent been installed), it'll crash. However, you dont have to with Vista, or Win7. Whats the brand/model of the mobo? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 861882 | 2010-02-26 21:45:00 | I would check your firmware documentation and see if your enclosure supports the ability to "hot plug" USB has it natively but I am not sure about eSata |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 861883 | 2010-02-26 21:49:00 | If you want to use AHCI, you have to enable it before you install Windows (If youre using XP), you have to add the SATA drivers (either by floppy, or slipstream them to the XP cd). Otherwise it wont find the hdd. And if its on IDE in the BIOS (and you change it to AHCI later - if the SATA drivers havent been installed), it'll crash. However, you dont have to with Vista, or Win7. Whats the brand/model of the mobo? Its an ASUS P5Q and I am using Vista (up-to-date) |
alisam (4427) | ||
| 861884 | 2010-02-26 21:51:00 | I would check your firmware documentation and see if your enclosure supports the ability to "hot plug" USB has it natively but I am not sure about eSata Its a Vantec NexStar CX and the manual says "Hot-Swappable. Plug and Play Without Rebooting". I don't know what this actually means. |
alisam (4427) | ||
| 861885 | 2010-02-26 21:52:00 | Means it should be fine so you can ignore my post :) | DeSade (984) | ||
| 861886 | 2010-02-26 21:57:00 | You may have to enable AHCI (vip.asus.com) in the BIOS. But you may have to enable AHCI in the BIOS, then reformat for it to work. There's a few posts here (vip.asus.com) saying AHCI needs to be enabled for ESATA to work as well | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 861887 | 2010-02-27 01:49:00 | To enable ACHI mode in Windows Vista/7 you do NOT need to reformat windows. To get windows to boot after enabling ACHI in the BIOS, follow the instructions in the following MS support article: support.microsoft.com Once you have followed those instructions, reboot the PC, and change the SATA mode to AHCI in the BIOS. When Windows has booted, it should be using the basic Microsoft ACHI driver. You will probably want to go to the asus or intel website and download and install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver to enable more advanced driver features. |
Sherman (9181) | ||
| 861888 | 2010-02-27 10:33:00 | Thanks for all the posts, I had the same enclosure and the same problem I just put up with it, but now I don't have to :) | narutophantom (12610) | ||
| 861889 | 2010-02-27 20:13:00 | To get windows to boot after enabling ACHI in the BIOS, follow the instructions in the following MS support article: support.microsoft.com Once you have followed those instructions, reboot the PC, and change the SATA mode to AHCI in the BIOS. When Windows has booted, it should be using the basic Microsoft ACHI driver. You will probably want to go to the asus or intel website and download and install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver to enable more advanced driver features. Haven't had any luck. I changed the Msahci Start Value from 4 to 0 (as per the Microsoft article) i.e # Locate and then click one of the following registry subkeys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Msahci HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\IastorV # In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify. # In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK. # On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor. Shutdown the PC and in the BIOS changed the SATA mode to AHCI (from IDE). Thereafter, there may have been some normal startup information, but the monitor just went black and I doubt the PC was booted correctly. I crashed the PC and changed back to IDE and the PC has booted OK. |
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