Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R SATA and fan connections

[Dre325]

Hi all,

This is my first build and I have a couple (hopefully) quick questions as I'm putting everything together:

1) I read through bilbat's full sticky at the top of this forum and am confused on which SATA connections to use. I have my single HD connected to the SATA2_0 port. I don't know where to hook up the following: SATA DVDR, front eSATA on my case, and front SATA on my case (I have the Cooler Master CM 690ii advanced with the sata drive connection on top in addition to the eSata).

Any advice? My options are to use the other SATA2_1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, use the GSATA2_8 or 9, or the GSATA3_6 or 7. Bilbat's sticky suggested using the GSATA3 for DVD and eSATA, but I only have 2 of these and have three devices to connect.

2) I'm confused by case fan connections. My motherboard has Sys_Fan1, 2, and 3 connections (with #2 being speed controlled). Do I just take apart the leads on the fans at the small three pin connector and plug them in directly to the MB? Do they get powered that way? They all have the larger 4 port plugs (molex?) to connect to the power supply so I wasn't sure if I should just remove the end and plug them into the MB.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Sorry for the questions, but I'm a beginner!

System:
i7-930
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Corsair 650W
Samsung Spinpoint 1tb
Sony Optiarc DVDR
OCZ 6GB 1600
CM 690ii Advanced
Sapphire Radeon HD 5750

 

[bilbat]

First, must point out the instruction in the 'sticky':
Definitely, don't post new questions to threads marked 'Solved'; odds are no one will ever look at them again

!

Only by luck did I notice this 'add-on' post - am an old fart [:bilbat:6], with a limited attention span [:bilbat:2] , and a lot of new posts to read - hard to keep track of who 'signed' the last post for each!

If you're already RAIDed, your ICH is in RAID mode, where it wants to be. Disabling unused controllers should not affect anything... You really want to disable anything you're not using - if you don't ever plan on using a serial or parallel port - turn 'em OFF! If you're never gonna use that second LAN port, ditto! If you have SSDs in RAID, whole issue is 'null' anyway, as newest drivers cannot 'pass through' TRIM to RAIDed drives... If you have an SSD on an ICH with a RAIDed hard drive array, however, the drivers will 'pass through' to any single (non-RAIDed) SSD, so then it's worth loading the new driver. For an existing setup, this can be done by simply downloading and executing the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Manager version 9.6.0.1014 installer, here...

 

[kuntryboi1977]

OK - here's a drive setup:

Leave your HDD where it is; plug your DVD into SATA2_4 or SATA2_5. When you run the ICH southbridge in 'compatibilty' mode (non-RAID, non-AHCI), it is 'split' into two physical controllers - one for ports 0-3, and the other for 4&5; any other way, it's one physical controller with six ports - which is slower if you're 'hitting 'em both at once...
Plug both your front panel connectors into GSATA2_8&9 - and we'll enable AHCI for those ports (with one setting) which will allow you to 'hot-plug', i.e., plug in an eSATA drive after you've already booted, and have it recognized 'on the fly'...

On the "Integrated Peripherals" page of the BIOS, leave all your SATA settings at default, except:

"SATA Port0-3 Native Mode" to "Enabled"
"eSATA Ctrl Mode" to "AHCI"
"GSATA 6_7/IDE Controller " to "Disabled"
"GSATA 8_9/IDE Ctrl Mode" to "AHCI"

I'll look into the fan situation and get back to you...

Hello,
I have the same board. I have (2) 1.5 TB HDD, and (4) DVD drives. My coolermaster case has (1) eSata on the front and the board has (2) eSata's on the back. I hooked them up the way the instructions with the board said but when i use the burners it seems like it's bottlenecking and it takes like 11 minutes to burn multiple CD's using nero. When I burn only one CD it takes like 4 minutes. I just built this computer, but my last Quadcore using nero burnt multiple cd's 4-5 min. Whats different now?

 

[Maziar]

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