Just added a 3 Drive, a SSD but no AHCI?

[ebaydan777]

Hello,

I just added a third hard drive.

Drive1: Samsung 840 Pro 512GB
Drive 2 : WD Caviar Black 4TB

New Drive 3: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB.

I use this for gaming, the new drive, and in my Samsung Magician panel it shows the new drive is not on AHCI active, and sata interface is N/A.

I have an ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA VII board, I do not see it in the PCH configuration tab, only the 840 my 2 dvd drives and the 4tb drive. What am I doing wrong. I believe i have it plugged into Sata 5 or 6 while the first Four are the 2 DVD drives and 2 Hard Drives already in there

What Am I doing wrong?? Thanks for the help!

 

[ebaydan777]

can anyone give a response, please.

In my bios, there is NO third SSD drive...but it is in the boot menu in bios. Just Dont know where to set it to AHCI. I see the Boot Drive SSD in there set to AHCI, I see the HDD in there set to IDE...but no third hard drive even in the list under Main.

What am I doing wrong

 

[avenseth12]

You need to initialize that SSD in your computer management settings. Your PC will not see it until you do that. It has to be partitioned in order to be used.

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, ebaydan777!

@avenseth12 is right! You need to initialize the drive first!
Here's a tutorial from our KB that you can use to initialize the SSD: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=xWA9SF
Also make sure you've plugged the storage devices you use first, then plug all the others. Make sure the boot drive is in the first available SATA port, then the HDD and the SSD. You should maybe switch the two CD/DVD-ROMs and place them last (in the SATA order on your motherboard). Are there any different colors on the mobo SATA ports?
Check your motherboard's website or manual for instructions and any details on the ports. I'd also make sure that the ports are enabled in BIOS.

Keep me posted! Hope this helps!
SuperSoph_WD