06-05-2021 07:31 AM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
06-05-2021 11:49 AM
blukas69 wrote:
I Believe m.2_1 and m.2_2 are for gen 11 chips only. Don't think you can use those 2 slots with a gen 10 cpu. Could that be part of the problem?
06-05-2021 09:23 AM
phatmonkey wrote:
It was a complete nightmare to set up the Hero Xiii to recognize 6 hard drives, after booting up for the first time after setting bios it only recognized 4 hard drives, so a powered down, fiddled with cables for ages, making sure everything was seated correctly. Booted up again and this time still only 4 hard drives but included was 2 of the drives that were not detected the first time.
At that point I knew it was not the cables and had a feeling it might have something to do with these M.2 nonsense as it does state if u are using 2 of them then 2 SATA ports will be disabled but I was not using any M.2 drives. In the Bios I played around with the M.2 / 3 configs which are set to auto, then booted up again and this time I had 5 drives, so I knew I was on the right path, for some reason the AUTO is not AUTOMATICALLY working lol. I then decided to try a different combo and still only 5 drives.
I then did a bios update to the latest version, reset the config to AUTO and booted up, back to 4 hard drives, right back into bios, this time I set the PCIEEX_16_13 configuration to DISABLE then booted up and now I got 6 hard drives.
While I am ranting, as a side note, does anyone know if I can enable the bottom PCIE slot as I use a firewire card, at mo it is not recognised in the slot which makes me think its disabled, the 16x one directly under my GPU works, it is a 2080ti so it covers the smaller PCIE slot.
Peace lol
DE-Stressing
Ryan
PS yes I spelt HERO wrong in the title
06-05-2021 11:47 AM
DjRavix wrote:
From digging a bit into the Manual I found that the Bottom X16 Slot will actually disable some Sata ports (Sata6G_12 & Sata6G_34)
There is no way around that that
if the 2080ti you have is a 3 slot card you will not be able to use the X1 slot (this slot would have been your best option)
You can also setup the GPU to run at x8 and use the other CPU connected slot for your Firewire card (There might be a small performance drop on your GPU)
Then there is also M.2_4 that will disable your Sata6G_56 if populated
these kind of things are the downside of these kind of platforms that are more aimed towards the regular consumer (HEDT is a lot better)
But since current HEDT are already old and Outdated I understand why some people are forced into these platforms
The Other Question here is do you still need your Mbox 3 Pro or can you get by with both Focusrite units ???
if so than a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter might even be a good option
06-05-2021 06:17 PM
phatmonkey wrote:
Hi there, thanks for the reply, I am ok with the firewire card being right under the 2080ti but I would have liked more space hence why I would have preferred the bottom PCIE slot, but no matter, as for my MBOX PRO 3 sometimes it is more efficient in heavy music sessions as firewire uses less CPU and has a more stable CPU usage compared to USB that bounces all over the place, the audio latency is also better . But in the future I could look towards thunderbolt audio devices now these boards have it as native onboard, but anyway thanks for the reply.
Cheers
Ryan
phatmonkey wrote:
Yeah I do not use M.2 drives, I only have 5 SSDs and one SHD 🙂
06-09-2021 08:47 AM
06-09-2021 09:21 AM
Goghor wrote:
It's a Z590 limitation within the Chipset. Whenever we use M2_3 & M2_4 it will take over the lanes which are wired to SATA ports, so SATA_5 and SATA_6 will be unusable if you plugged NVMe onto M2_3 and M2_4.
The one which doesn't cut SATA lanes AFAIK is the MSI Z590 Ace & Godlike. All Asus board have lane sharing within the motherboard.