SATA expansion card
by 1935Bill from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4V2DW)
My Cybertron custom has two SATA ports on MOBO, one for HDD, one for optical drive. Wanted to add second HDD so bought a iocrest 2 port card with the following results:
BOOT ORDER
Moved HDD to #1 boot position (#3 after USB stick and optical drive didn't work at all)
INSTALLATION
Installed SATA Expansion Card (SEC)
Installed 2nd HDD
CONNECTIONS
Optical Drive (OD) cable moved from mobo port to SEC
Cabled 2nd HDD to mobo
Note: lshw shows SEC but not connected device
RESULTS
W/ nothing connected to card, boots/runs either LinuxMint (LM) or WinXP normally
W/ HDD connected to card, boots but loops at OS choice screen
W/ OD connected to card, boots into LM but XP loops at "loading" screen w/out loading or starting
On start, SEC data panel appears before BIOS boot or mobo "MSI" flash. Why is card found even before BIOS? Weird
BOOT ORDER
Moved HDD to #1 boot position (#3 after USB stick and optical drive didn't work at all)
INSTALLATION
Installed SATA Expansion Card (SEC)
Installed 2nd HDD
CONNECTIONS
Optical Drive (OD) cable moved from mobo port to SEC
Cabled 2nd HDD to mobo
Note: lshw shows SEC but not connected device
RESULTS
W/ nothing connected to card, boots/runs either LinuxMint (LM) or WinXP normally
W/ HDD connected to card, boots but loops at OS choice screen
W/ OD connected to card, boots into LM but XP loops at "loading" screen w/out loading or starting
On start, SEC data panel appears before BIOS boot or mobo "MSI" flash. Why is card found even before BIOS? Weird