SkyNetRising :
Mr Inohk :
When I connect it to any motherboard (tried 3) via SATA, the board doesnt see it at all.
What does that mean? Is it being detected in BIOS?
Sata ports enabled?
Do you have any M.2. drives in the system?
BTW - full system specs would be nice.
Let me be a bit more detailed then
When connected via SATA, the BIOS will not detect it. The drive receives power as it would normally and spins up just fine, but the BIOS acts as though nothing is plugged in and will simply boot to BIOS configuration or say there is no bootable device (depending on the board). Under the same circumstances all of my other drives work perfectly fine, in the same ports and everything.
When connected via a USB dock the drive is detected and functions properly. The BIOS will boot into it if no SATA drive is available or it is selected manually. The OS is usable.
The system specs seem to be irrelevant as i've tested on 3 separate, very different, systems with the same results on each. Here are the specs of 2 of the 3 systems
System 1 (the system this drive came from)
Mobo: Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2
CPU: AMD A10-7870k
RAM: 4x2 GB kit G.skill Ripjaws X
GPU: nvidia GTX 750
System 2 (my personal computer)
Mobo: Asrock H97m-pro4
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690k (I'm aware the above board can't overclock; I made a mistake)
Ram: 2 separate kits of 4x2 GB G.skill RipjawsX for 16 GB
GPU: nvidia GTX 950
System 3 is a Mac pro of sorts (I think 2012? It's not the trashcan) and remains a mystery to me since I have no access to it myself. I tested the drive on it under the supervision of it's owner.
EDIT: There are no M.2 drives in any of the tested systems. Thats a bit out of my budget