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Internal Hard Drive on Marvell Controller Removable?
Curiously, one of my internal hard drives attached to a Marvell SATA port shows as a removable drive when AHCI mode is selected but as a standard fixed drive when IDE mode is selected in the BIOS.
I'm using a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard and using the latest version of the Marvell SATA driver (Marvell 91xx SATA 6G Controller).
Is there a fix to the annoyance of the drive showing up as removable in AHCI mode? Is there much of a performance hit in selecting IDE mode? The drive is only used for file history backup anyway so performance is not a big issue.
OS
Windows 8.1 64 bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Build
CPU
Intel i3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-77X-UD5H
Memory
16 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire R9 280X Toxic
Sound Card
Realtek on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Viewsonic VP2770
Screen Resolution
2560 x 1440
Hard Drives
Intel 520 180GB SSD
Seagate 2T HDD
Seagate external 1T USB HDD
PSU
XFX 850W
Case
Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
Cooling
Noctua NH-D14
Keyboard
Microsoft
Mouse
Microsoft
Internet Speed
50Mbps
Browser
Chrome
Retired from the grind
VIP Member
Pro User
That would be a motherboard bios issue that you need to get in touch with Gigabyte about.
OS
Linux Mint 17.2
Computer type
Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model
Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
CPU
AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
Memory
12GB
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768
Hard Drives
Crucial M500 240GB SSD
Mouse
Logitech M525
Internet Speed
45/6 - ATT U-Verse
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
None needed. It is Linux.
Other Info
Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer
A/V UPS - Tripp-Lite Smart 1500LCD 1500 Va/900 W.
Gigabyte advised reinstalling the Marvell SATA driver but this made no difference. I suspect there is a bug in the driver. I've now moved the drive to an Intel SATA port and all works fine.
OS
Windows 8.1 64 bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Build
CPU
Intel i3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-77X-UD5H
Memory
16 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire R9 280X Toxic
Sound Card
Realtek on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Viewsonic VP2770
Screen Resolution
2560 x 1440
Hard Drives
Intel 520 180GB SSD
Seagate 2T HDD
Seagate external 1T USB HDD
PSU
XFX 850W
Case
Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
Cooling
Noctua NH-D14
Keyboard
Microsoft
Mouse
Microsoft
Internet Speed
50Mbps
Browser
Chrome
Retired from the grind
VIP Member
Pro User
Make sure you post this over to their forums and let their techs know.
OS
Linux Mint 17.2
Computer type
Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model
Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
CPU
AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
Memory
12GB
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768
Hard Drives
Crucial M500 240GB SSD
Mouse
Logitech M525
Internet Speed
45/6 - ATT U-Verse
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
None needed. It is Linux.
Other Info
Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer
A/V UPS - Tripp-Lite Smart 1500LCD 1500 Va/900 W.
That's a pretty common thing actually, the same thing happens on my Asrock board, I just moved that drive to a different port to get rid of the safely remove annoyance.
If you search "Marvell controller removable" you'll get all kinds of results.
OS
Win 10 Pro x64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Self Built
CPU
Intel I5-2500K @3.3GHz
Motherboard
Asrock P67 Extreme4
Memory
16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
Monitor(s) Displays
auria eq2367
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
1TB WD Blue
1TB Hitachi
PSU
SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
Case
Corsair Obsidian 750D
Cooling
Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
Mouse
Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
Internet Speed
Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
Browser
Chrome
Antivirus
Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
Other Info
Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64