I bought a new Samsung Evo 860 SSD 500GB and tried to connect it to one of my two SATA express ports on my motherboard. Because both of my SATA Express ports were in use, I had to disconnect my Western Digital Black drive, and connect it to the slower SATA receiver elsewhere on the mother board. The new SSD was detected, but the my mechanical drive was now nowhere to be found!
I switched the new SSD with the mechanical drive (essentially switching SATA lanes) and I saw the reverse. I even attempted to switch the SATA cable and got similar results. No matter what I do, my regular SATA connections will not recognize a drive. I even switched power cables to ensure that wasn't an issue.
I reset my BIOS by removing the PC from power and taking out the BIOS battery, and to no avail.
I appreciate any and all ideas!
My relevant specs are as follows:
Intel - Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte - GA-Z97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (My OS SSD)
Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (My new SSD)
MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card
Cooler Master - 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Rosewill - RNX-N250PCe PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter
I switched the new SSD with the mechanical drive (essentially switching SATA lanes) and I saw the reverse. I even attempted to switch the SATA cable and got similar results. No matter what I do, my regular SATA connections will not recognize a drive. I even switched power cables to ensure that wasn't an issue.
I reset my BIOS by removing the PC from power and taking out the BIOS battery, and to no avail.
I appreciate any and all ideas!
My relevant specs are as follows:
Intel - Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte - GA-Z97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (My OS SSD)
Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (My new SSD)
MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card
Cooler Master - 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Rosewill - RNX-N250PCe PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter