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#1 2014-08-11 17:22:16
- nTia89
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[SOLVED] I can't install my SSD beside old HD
Hi to everybody,
I bought an SSD but if I connect it the motherboard (which has another HD connected)
the motherboard can only see the SSD
It's the first time I get that weird issue. any ideas?
thank you
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#2 2014-08-11 18:26:44
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't install my SSD beside old HD
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#3 2014-08-11 18:30:21
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't install my SSD beside old HD
the motherboard can only see the SSD
Huh? For a push in the right direction, this is a part that needs to be asked 'the smart way'. What does this even mean. A motherboard doesn't have eyes. All facetiousness aside, there must have been some command that provided some output that lead you to this conclusion. What command(s) did you use? what output did you get?
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#4 2014-08-11 20:29:27
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't install my SSD beside old HD
It's simply the BIOS that give me the feedback...
I don't know in which other ways to say you that the bare metal hard disk is no more shown in the BIOS' list when I connect the SSD...
In the remote past, I had only one HD
In the near past, I installed a second HD in a RAID setup
In the near-near past I uninstalled the RAID and I came back to a single HD
Today, if I install the SSD beside the HD, the HD disappear from the system
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#5 2014-08-12 12:24:51
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't install my SSD beside old HD
I've done some test: tried different HD in different SATA ports....and the result is broken SATA ports, all ports except one, the one that I'm actually using
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I don't want to change my motherboard because it's too old
I don't want to buy a PCIE to SATA card because it's expensive
I'll simply substitute my actual traditional HD with the new SSD, despite this means less storage...
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#6 2014-08-12 12:44:13
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't install my SSD beside old HD
I don't want to buy a PCIE to SATA card because it's expensive.
Look online, you can pick one up for a few €.
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#7 2014-08-12 12:46:18
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't install my SSD beside old HD
Link please
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#8 2014-08-12 13:16:04
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Re: [SOLVED] I can't install my SSD beside old HD
links: google.com amazon.com ebay.com and most importantly one you have been pointed to many times but apparently not read: help vampires
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