intel 975xbx2 sata help

[neo01]

my 4 hard drive connect to the intel controller and work perfectly

my 2 sata dvd connect to the blue sata (marvell controller) dont seen in windows do i need to install drivers of marvell to get this dvds on or windows vista should detected them automaticly?

Again, Suggestions given...

Make sure Marvell controller is enabled...

1- Make sure the "secondary" controller is enabled in the BIOS - that's for the Marvell controller.

Make sure the controller is set to IDE or AHCI; Update BIOS, check to see if drive letters are assigned....




Again, check to see if drive letter is assigned...
(I also told you earlier to make sure the "Secondary Controller was enabled in the BIOS)






To answer your other questions...

yes they are formatted to windows vista (only games and music in them d,e,f volumes) and yes try in manage Disk Management dont see them

by the way my bios version is 2674

But did you check to see if they were listed here...notice the red dots. If you see the DVD Drives,but no drive letter is next to them, then you need to assign one! On the other hand if you still don't see the drives, then you have bad cables or the controller is NOT enabled, especially since you get the same condition with ANY drive connected to the contorllers!!!

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Which is why you need to update your BIOS to 2838

if its a 100% problem of bios version i will update but if i update the bios all my config gone or stay?

Updating the BIOS may reset some things, but in your case, that's probably good, as it "may" turn on the Marvell controllers if they're off. At any rate update the BIOS as there were some issues with the contollers on that board.

So to summarize...

Update the BIOS, Install the Marvell drivers and make sure the "Secondary Controller" is enabled in the BIOS!!!

If you have the controller enabled, and you updated the BIOS, and you checked to make sure a drive letter is assigned to each drive connected to the Marvell controller, and (added) the cables connecting to the Marvell controller are in working order, the Marvell drivers are installed....if ALL thoses things are checked, and you still can't see drives connected to the Marvell controller, then either the controller is bad or you have bad cables. If ALL of the above suggestions have not been met/checked, then there's no need to go any further untill they've ALL been answered.

Sorry for the long post but I needed to restate a few things and clearify others.

first of all my "secondary" controller in my motherboard was always on enabled mode (for your quiestion). now i told every time i restart my computer i see the 2 sata dvd drives detected by the marvell controller (because they are connected there) and then its keep going and load windows vista normally and perfectly but no good with the 2 dvds in windows enviorment.
you always ask about to got to (in windows enviorment) right on computer select manage and then disk managment, so no i dont see the 2 sata dvd drives that connected to the marvell controller at all (in disk managment).
the controller alwayes was set to IDE not tried on ahci (for your quiestion).


i hope i explain my self very good. the bottom line the only problem is to config 2 sata drive that conneted to marvell controller.

few littele question

1.the marvell must have a drivers even if its a dvd sata drives (if its true so the marvell controller is not proffesionall because its need to work like the intel controller with no drivers installed the intel sata works great)?

2.every one told me if i not config a raid mode i dont need to do anything just plug the dvd drive and good to go?

3.the marvell on this motherboard is a boot able?

5.the bios note release show all the fixes that made but i didnt find somthing with my problem (if i am not wrong) so still its importent to update?

thanks for your help

 

[sygnus21]

I keep telling you time and time again...UPDATE THE BIOS.

I WILL NOT ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS UNTILL THAT'S DONE.

 

[neo01]

I keep telling you time and time again...UPDATE THE BIOS.

I WILL NOT ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS UNTILL THAT'S DONE.

Desktop Boards - Troubleshooting Serial ATA / RAID issues

the main thing

Optical Drives Connected to Blue SATA Ports Do Not Work
With the Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2 or DX38BT, CD or DVD drives connected to the blue SATA ports may not be recognized by Windows. This can result in failures when trying to write to CDs or DVDs in the drive. To resolve this, connect the optical drive it to a black SATA port.

did you read this?

 

[neo01]

I keep telling you time and time again...UPDATE THE BIOS.

I WILL NOT ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS UNTILL THAT'S DONE.

ok i update my bios version to 2838 the latest version whats next?

 

[sygnus21]

I keep telling you time and time again...UPDATE THE BIOS.

I WILL NOT ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS UNTILL THAT'S DONE.

Desktop Boards - Troubleshooting Serial ATA / RAID issues

the main thing

Optical Drives Connected to Blue SATA Ports Do Not Work
With the Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2 or DX38BT, CD or DVD drives connected to the blue SATA ports may not be recognized by Windows. This can result in failures when trying to write to CDs or DVDs in the drive. To resolve this, connect the optical drive it to a black SATA port.

did you read this?

SATA Optical drives do work on the Marvell (Blue) SATA controller! This was the config I ran prior to dropping one of my hard drives and moving the SATA DVD drive to the Intel, then disabling the Marvell (Blue) controller....

Intel Controller (Black)
C-Drive (Vista)
D-Drive (XP)
E-Drive (Games)
F-Drive (Backup)

Marvell Controller (Blue)
H-(Lite-On DVD Writer) - Used it to load Vista and XP to the hard drives on the Intel controller. Also recorded DVD's and CD with no performance problems.

IDE Controller
J- (Memorex DVD Writer)

Your problem is anything connected to the Marvell controller is not being seen by Vista!!!

I keep telling you time and time again...UPDATE THE BIOS.

I WILL NOT ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS UNTILL THAT'S DONE.

ok i update my bios version to 2838 the latest version whats next?

If updating the BIOS didn't solve your problem, I would suggest you call Intel's tech support since I have no more suggestions for you.

Sorry

Have a good day and good luck.

 

[neo01]

I keep telling you time and time again...UPDATE THE BIOS.

I WILL NOT ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS UNTILL THAT'S DONE.

Desktop Boards - Troubleshooting Serial ATA / RAID issues

the main thing

Optical Drives Connected to Blue SATA Ports Do Not Work
With the Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2 or DX38BT, CD or DVD drives connected to the blue SATA ports may not be recognized by Windows. This can result in failures when trying to write to CDs or DVDs in the drive. To resolve this, connect the optical drive it to a black SATA port.

did you read this?

SATA Optical drives do work on the Marvell (Blue) SATA controller! This was the config I ran prior to dropping one of my hard drives and moving the SATA DVD drive to the Intel, then disabling the Marvell (Blue) controller....

Intel Controller (Black)
C-Drive (Vista)
D-Drive (XP)
E-Drive (Games)
F-Drive (Backup)

Marvell Controller (Blue)
H-(Lite-On DVD Writer) - Used it to load Vista and XP to the hard drives on the Intel controller. Also recorded DVD's and CD with no performance problems.

IDE Controller
J- (Memorex DVD Writer)

Your problem is anything connected to the Marvell controller is not being seen by Vista!!!

I keep telling you time and time again...UPDATE THE BIOS.

I WILL NOT ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS UNTILL THAT'S DONE.

ok i update my bios version to 2838 the latest version whats next?

If updating the BIOS didn't solve your problem, I would suggest you call Intel's tech support since I have no more suggestions for you.

Sorry

Have a good day and good luck.

so now just plug and see if it works or need lso to install a driver?

by the way please can you answer if the sata dvd is boot able when i want to format my computer?

 

[neo01]

Desktop Boards - Troubleshooting Serial ATA / RAID issues

the main thing

Optical Drives Connected to Blue SATA Ports Do Not Work
With the Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2 or DX38BT, CD or DVD drives connected to the blue SATA ports may not be recognized by Windows. This can result in failures when trying to write to CDs or DVDs in the drive. To resolve this, connect the optical drive it to a black SATA port.

did you read this?

SATA Optical drives do work on the Marvell (Blue) SATA controller! This was the config I ran prior to dropping one of my hard drives and moving the SATA DVD drive to the Intel, then disabling the Marvell (Blue) controller....

Intel Controller (Black)
C-Drive (Vista)
D-Drive (XP)
E-Drive (Games)
F-Drive (Backup)

Marvell Controller (Blue)
H-(Lite-On DVD Writer) - Used it to load Vista and XP to the hard drives on the Intel controller. Also recorded DVD's and CD with no performance problems.

IDE Controller
J- (Memorex DVD Writer)

Your problem is anything connected to the Marvell controller is not being seen by Vista!!!

ok i update my bios version to 2838 the latest version whats next?

If updating the BIOS didn't solve your problem, I would suggest you call Intel's tech support since I have no more suggestions for you.

Sorry

Have a good day and good luck.

so now just plug and see if it works or need lso to install a driver?

by the way please can you answer if the sata dvd is boot able when i want to format my computer?

man i just plug the sata drive and its not seen are you sure you know what you doing i update my bios like you told me

 

[neo01]

SATA Optical drives do work on the Marvell (Blue) SATA controller! This was the config I ran prior to dropping one of my hard drives and moving the SATA DVD drive to the Intel, then disabling the Marvell (Blue) controller....

Intel Controller (Black)
C-Drive (Vista)
D-Drive (XP)
E-Drive (Games)
F-Drive (Backup)

Marvell Controller (Blue)
H-(Lite-On DVD Writer) - Used it to load Vista and XP to the hard drives on the Intel controller. Also recorded DVD's and CD with no performance problems.

IDE Controller
J- (Memorex DVD Writer)

Your problem is anything connected to the Marvell controller is not being seen by Vista!!!



If updating the BIOS didn't solve your problem, I would suggest you call Intel's tech support since I have no more suggestions for you.

Sorry

Have a good day and good luck.

so now just plug and see if it works or need lso to install a driver?

by the way please can you answer if the sata dvd is boot able when i want to format my computer?

man i just plug the sata drive and its not seen are you sure you know what you doing i update my bios like you told me

what are you talking about there is nothing to do with the bios it must to install the drivers of the marvell controller but even that is not enought still need to configure the marvell software. how can you say "only plug update bios and thats it" if its was like that probably dont need any help at all, are you sure you have a bad axe2? (or you just forgat to tell how to config the marvell software)?.