Hello,
I have an older motherboard (MSI RD480 Neo2 (MS-7194)) that has SATA I. I did some research into the south bridge chipset (ULi 1573) and found that is NCQ capable. There is no AHCI enable option in the BIOS, only SATA enable/disable and [software] RAID enable/disable. I purchased a PNY C1311 SSD in which the literature says that it is only backwards compatible to SATA II. My other research mostly indicates complete backwards compatibility (I / II / III) with SATA drives, however I notice some people do have issues with SSDs and lack of AHCI mode and have to put them in IDE force mode if it is available, something I do not believe my PNY drive will have.
My question is that since my ULi 1573 chipset is NCQ capable, which seems to me to be the most significant aspect of AHCI, should I expect to experience any issues with the drive? The drive has not yet arrived.
Furthermore, if the motherboard does not support the drive will I have any issues running it off a 3rd party SATA III PCIe card? http://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Components-SI-PEX40057/dp/B00AZ9T264/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1462545572&sr=8-7&keywords=sata+III+card
Some of the reviews I have read about these cards, the owners mention having to enable AHCI in the motherboard BIOS. I do not understand why would be necessary with a 3rd party controller since the communication is through the PCIe bus and does not use the onboard SATA controller.
Thanks!
I have an older motherboard (MSI RD480 Neo2 (MS-7194)) that has SATA I. I did some research into the south bridge chipset (ULi 1573) and found that is NCQ capable. There is no AHCI enable option in the BIOS, only SATA enable/disable and [software] RAID enable/disable. I purchased a PNY C1311 SSD in which the literature says that it is only backwards compatible to SATA II. My other research mostly indicates complete backwards compatibility (I / II / III) with SATA drives, however I notice some people do have issues with SSDs and lack of AHCI mode and have to put them in IDE force mode if it is available, something I do not believe my PNY drive will have.
My question is that since my ULi 1573 chipset is NCQ capable, which seems to me to be the most significant aspect of AHCI, should I expect to experience any issues with the drive? The drive has not yet arrived.
Furthermore, if the motherboard does not support the drive will I have any issues running it off a 3rd party SATA III PCIe card? http://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Components-SI-PEX40057/dp/B00AZ9T264/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1462545572&sr=8-7&keywords=sata+III+card
Some of the reviews I have read about these cards, the owners mention having to enable AHCI in the motherboard BIOS. I do not understand why would be necessary with a 3rd party controller since the communication is through the PCIe bus and does not use the onboard SATA controller.
Thanks!