What is "SATA: PS"?

[Zach Zimmermann]

I recently had to switch SATA cables on my SSD and I can't get the old one out easily due to graphics card placement. I plugged a spare cable into a different port and I thought I was good to go. When I got to the BIOS, I noticed that instead of a port, it said my drive was SATA: PS. Could this cause a change in speed?

My motherboard: GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
Picture of the issue: https://goo.gl/photos/AgUvA1tRinWk5NeB8

 

[reedo_43]

Your drive is sata.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001325.htm

 

[rgd1101]

Shouldn't they all all the same speed
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3894#sp

 

[Wolfshadw]

Check the layout of your SATA ports in your motherboard manual and find out if there's anything you should note about the port the SSD is plugged into. A quick check online says the "PS" means "Primary Slave"; probably leftover nomenclature from the old IDE days and it shouldn't affect your SSD speed at all.

-Wolf sends

 

[reedo_43]

They are all the same on your board including the ones you have your seagates connected to.

 

[rujoesmith]

From what WolfShadow said, It does sound like something from IDE. Have you set the controller to AHCI mode? You definitely want the ssd to be running in AHCI mode.