Author: jaap
Subject: hdd problem b85m-itx
Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 12:31am
So I have bought an ASRock motherboard, b85m-itx. I am using 2 disk's. One SSD and one HDD.
The problem I am having is regarding any HDD I connect to the board. Mostly when installing large games, or moving a lot of data, the HDD becomes non-resonsive and disappears in Windows (randomly).
I have tried 3 different HDD's, thinking I was unlucky with the different disk's. But when I connect the disk's in an other system, no problems occur.
I have flashed the motherboard to the latest firmware (v2.50). I have tried both IDE and AHCI. Installed windows 7 x64 and windows 10 x64. All give me the same result, the random dissapearing of the disk. The SSD never gives me a problem. I have also tried different sata-ports and different cables.
Only thing I can come of, testing it further, is memory testing and cpu stress testing. Doubtfull that is the problem though, because windows is very stable. No blue screens, or any other strange instability with this setup.
Rest of the setup:
Intel Core i5-4590
Crucial SSD MX100 256GB
Crucial DDR3 Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600 C9
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
The last HDD I have tried is Seagate S-series Archive HDD v2 8TB.
What else can I do to test it, before I ship the board back to my supplier?
Subject: hdd problem b85m-itx
Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 12:31am
So I have bought an ASRock motherboard, b85m-itx. I am using 2 disk's. One SSD and one HDD.
The problem I am having is regarding any HDD I connect to the board. Mostly when installing large games, or moving a lot of data, the HDD becomes non-resonsive and disappears in Windows (randomly).
I have tried 3 different HDD's, thinking I was unlucky with the different disk's. But when I connect the disk's in an other system, no problems occur.
I have flashed the motherboard to the latest firmware (v2.50). I have tried both IDE and AHCI. Installed windows 7 x64 and windows 10 x64. All give me the same result, the random dissapearing of the disk. The SSD never gives me a problem. I have also tried different sata-ports and different cables.
Only thing I can come of, testing it further, is memory testing and cpu stress testing. Doubtfull that is the problem though, because windows is very stable. No blue screens, or any other strange instability with this setup.
Rest of the setup:
Intel Core i5-4590
Crucial SSD MX100 256GB
Crucial DDR3 Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600 C9
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
The last HDD I have tried is Seagate S-series Archive HDD v2 8TB.
What else can I do to test it, before I ship the board back to my supplier?