2nd SSD showing up as port 1 same as 1st main OS SSD, but 2nd is "removable"

[wguidero]

Hot swap is disabled for all ports in my bios. However i didnt see this extended option where my 2nd ssd was located, but i could alter anything... How do i make it so my 2nd ssd wont show up as removable, but rather a fixed disk.

 

[madmatt30]

https://superuser.com/questions/1127994/can-i-mark-a-hard-drive-as-non-removable/1128831

 

[wguidero]

reg edit scares me I guess its the only way eh?

 

[madmatt30]

Looks to be the only way.
To be fair adding a new reg entry I would consider safer than editing an existing one.

If anything messes up you can just delete the entry you made.

 

[wguidero]

didn't work for me Any other ideas? It's showing up as the same port as my main SSD Port 1. Which is the issue i'd believe. But why would it be port 1 if theres only one port 1? lol Maybe something to do with my motherboard? Ie: It may have two ports that show as port 1? idk... weird.

My MB: Gigabyte ATX DDR4 Intel LGA 1151 SATA E (6Gbit/s) Motherboards (GA-Z170X-Gaming 7)

 

[wguidero]

I just switched sata ports and it works now as a fixed disk. But still... Maybe im lacking knowledge on my mb sata ports? Since this is my first pc build... i wonder why it was showing up as port 1 for both?

 

[madmatt30]

There are 2 separate controllers on that board , ports 6 & 7 are on a secondary asmedia controller.

May show as ports 0/1 or 1/2 same as the native ports on the board.

 

[wguidero]

I see. Thank you so much for your help!