SATA port controller differences & BIOS updates

[Resonance]

I had a question about the differences between Jmicron/AMD/Intel SATA host controllers... i've heard bad stuff about Jmicron and whatnot, although, I'm unsure of what the differences are. My mobo has 6x SATA 6gb/s ports and 2x SATA 3gb/s ports, where the Jmicron is the 3gb/s. Should I just connect what I need to connect to all my AMD SB950 SATA ports? What's the difference between placing it in either one of those slots?

Extended: I ordered an SSD, got it yesterday, failed after a few hours, tried everything and BIOS could not detect it, is it because a BIOS update? I own a ASUS M5A99X EVO, where they had a BIOS update 2 days ago, where I installed the SSD the same day, could that have been an issue? Although, I did place it in my laptop and it still wasn't able to be recognized, tried a HDD dock as well, nothing detected. Could BIOS issues caused that?

 

[S_I_N]

try checking the firmware on the ssd. could be ya just got a bad one to start with but might as well go thru the steps to check it. Also if you installed on the ssd in achi mode then flashed it prolly reset the controller to ide mode try checking that out. as once its installed either way achi it wont boot ide or ide it wont boot achi. You should always install in achi unless your running a raid. might also be something corrupted it and all ya need to do is a clean of the ssd to take it back to factory specs. of course if its totally not being seen then somethings wrong. Also you didnt mention which ssd it is. And to answer your first question always try and use chipset sata ports for storage and boot drives save the jmicron marvell controllers for your optical drives. Not saying there bad for hdd's but have been known to cause issues with ssd's.

 

[Resonance]

try checking the firmware on the ssd. could be ya just got a bad one to start with but might as well go thru the steps to check it. Also if you installed on the ssd in achi mode then flashed it prolly reset the controller to ide mode try checking that out. as once its installed either way achi it wont boot ide or ide it wont boot achi. You should always install in achi unless your running a raid. might also be something corrupted it and all ya need to do is a clean of the ssd to take it back to factory specs. of course if its totally not being seen then somethings wrong. Also you didnt mention which ssd it is. And to answer your first question always try and use chipset sata ports for storage and boot drives save the jmicron marvell controllers for your optical drives. Not saying there bad for hdd's but have been known to cause issues with ssd's.

I was running in ACHI, everything perfect for SSD settings, wasn't plan on running RAID until I messed with SSD's a little bit more. I had the latest firmware set for my SSD. 501 for Mushkin Chronos 120GB. Already sent in an RMA, should go smoothly.

Also, for my second question, you're saying that I should run my storage drives on my chipset SATA ports... while using the Jmicron SATA controllers to boot my SSD? I plan to use my SSD to boot windows and major other applications.

 

[S_I_N]

no sir I mean use chipset sata ports for ssd and hdds if ya have enough for your hdds from my readings most of the issues with the jmicron and marvell (mostly marvell) ones are due to issues with the ssd's controller. use the jmicron and marvells for optical drives

 

[Resonance]

Oh haha, that's what I thought you meant. I was quite confused at some of the wording. That might have been my problem, I was too lazy to install the SSD myself, before I knew all the information myself, so I let a friend install the drive for me, little did he know as well... he plugged my optical drive and my ssd into the jmicron sata port controllers... I wonder if that actually ruined it... No idea.

I got it now, NOW I KNOW WHAT TO DO... haha. Thanks for your help, really was informational.

Now to wait a week and a half until newegg sends me a replacement...

 

[Resonance]

no sir I mean use chipset sata ports for ssd and hdds if ya have enough for your hdds from my readings most of the issues with the jmicron and marvell (mostly marvell) ones are due to issues with the ssd's controller. use the jmicron and marvells for optical drives

So, I can just use my SSD and HDD in in chipset sata controllers?

might as well leave jmicron alone

 

[S_I_N]

yup