Sata ports problem

[Michael saliveross]

So I have an asus h81m-c and has 4 sata ports and my problem is that sata 3 and 4 are not working only 1 and 2 my gpu is hiding the sata 3 underneath so I have only access to sata 4 and I just want to plug my dvd drive to sata 4 cause 1 and 2 are being used to hdds but simply when I plug something to sata 4 it doesn't work nor an hdd or a dvd drive but when I boot to bios it can see the sata 4 that I have plugged in something to it but when I boot to windows I cant see the dvd drive or an hdd that I have put to sata 4 even tried to reset bios still doesnt work any help please.

 

[clutchc]

Do the drives show up in Win disk management?

 

[Michael saliveross]

No

 

[clutchc]

Do you have all the drivers for the board installed?

Is the SATA mode set to ACHI in BIOS? Some older optical drives don't play nice unless the SATA mode is set to IDE or legacy. Other than that, I can't think of a reason the headers wouldn't work (unless they are defective of course).

Can you temporarily test the devices on the 2 working headers anyway?

 

[Michael saliveross]

Still not working the dvd drive has sata ports the new ones as i said even an hdd wont work if i plug it on sata 4 i've test it on to an older motherboard to see if my dvd drive is the problem but it works on other motherboards.

 

[clutchc]

Does the optical drive door open normally in Win? If so put a disk in and close the door and see if the activity light flashes. I presume your SATA power cable is in securely.

 

[Michael saliveross]

Ok im completely idiot it needed to install intel rapid storage its like sata drivers or something anyway thanks about offering some help cheers

 

[clutchc]

Ok im completely idiot it needed to install intel rapid storage its like sata drivers or something anyway thanks about offering some help cheers

That's what I meant by "Do you have all the drivers for the board installed?". Good to know the problem is solved for you. Now you have full functionality.