Re: Best way to connect a SATA DVDRW?

Dean wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:38:38 +0100, Dean wrote:
>
>> I've ordered an Optiarc AD-7203S (SATA DVD writer) to replace the existing
>> old IDE DVDROM.
>>
>> I'm wondering which would be the best way to connect it to ga-p35-ds3p.
>> This mobo has 6 SATA on the intel ICH9R as well as 2 SATA and an IDE on the
>> JMicron controller.
>>
>> I already have my 2 sata hdd's on the ICH9R in AHCI mode.
>>
>> Ideally I'd like to connect the burner to the ICH9R too and disable the
>> JMicron completely in BIOS as I will no longer have any IDE requirements and
>> will have plenty of SATA ports.
>>
>> Or do I run the burner in IDE compatability mode on one of the JMicron SATA
>> port? (I have heard there are possible issues with DVD drives in AHCI
>> mode.)
>>
>> Any advice appreciated.
>>
>
> I forgot to add this is running on windows xp pro sp2 and maybe OSX86
> sometime soon.
>

Personally I would connect the drive to the ICH9R and not the Jmicron. I
had to do this myself as my drive cloning / imaging software failed to
write to an ide dvd drive. Same thing happens with an MSI board that
uses a Marvell controller for ide.

martop

Dean wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:20:11 +0100, martop wrote:
>
>> Dean wrote:

>>>
>> Personally I would connect the drive to the ICH9R and not the Jmicron. I
>> had to do this myself as my drive cloning / imaging software failed to
>> write to an ide dvd drive. Same thing happens with an MSI board that
>> uses a Marvell controller for ide.
>>
>> martop
>
> Thanks. The bios screen for the ICH9R controller mentions supporting only
> hdd's and cdroms. But it looks like it isn't going to be a problem
> connecting dvdrw to it.
> Also I wasn't sure if I could use e-sata with the ICH9R. After checking the
> manual, it shows backplate being connected to the this rather than the
> Gigabyte SATA. So I can now dispense with JMicron controller altogether.
>


E-sata on a jmicron controller never worked that good for me so I used
the ICH9R for e-sata. there are two ways to do this.

1) If you do not enable AHCI you will have to either:

Have the e-sata drive connected at boot so windows will find it.

or

Connecting the e-sata drive after boot up, you do a search for new
hardware this will find the e-sata drive and you can use it as normal.

2) Enable AHCI by installing the drivers for AHCI when installing
windows and changing the bios setting from IDE to AHCI.

You can also install the AHCI drivers after you have installed windows.

If your using and e-sata enclosure then depending on what interface is
inside the enclosure will depend on how well e-sata works. I have an
enclosure here that has a jmicron interface and it plays **** with the
computer, first thing is system stalls when the drive is connected and
copying files causes the pc to hang at random time corrupting the data.

I now connect the drive direct to the pc using the backplate, the drive
is in a caddy, this works fine.
--
martop