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Samsung SSD 950 installation in Hero V III

Vasilis_07
Level 7
I had installed a SSD Samsung 950 Pro M.2 256 GB. Can I use also the ports SATA 1-2 for other hard disks ? The manual of the Hero it's not clear in this matter.
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NemesisChild
Level 12
Vasilis 07 wrote:
I had installed a SSD Samsung 950 Pro M.2 256 GB. Can I use also the ports SATA 1-2 for other hard disks ? The manual of the Hero it's not clear in this matter.


No it's clearly states that SATA ports 1-2 will be disabled.
Intel i9 10850K@ 5.3GHz
ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E
Corsair H115i Pro XT
G.Skill TridentZ@ 3600MHz CL14 2x16GB
EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FWT3 Ultra
OS: WD Black SN850 1TB NVMe M.2
Storage: WD Blue SN550 2TB NVMe M.2
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NemesisChild wrote:
No it's clearly states that SATA ports 1-2 will be disabled.


The fact is I had installed hard disks on sata ports 1-2 and work. So what it's the true ?

CraYen
Level 7
Check in GPU-Z what your bus interface is.

The thing is I too connected my 2 drives to sata1-2 (I use m.2 ssd also) and they work fine. My GPU is running now at x4 so maybe thats an issue...

NemesisChild
Level 12
Ports 1 and 2 will be disabled if the M.2 drive is used in SATA mode.
Intel i9 10850K@ 5.3GHz
ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E
Corsair H115i Pro XT
G.Skill TridentZ@ 3600MHz CL14 2x16GB
EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FWT3 Ultra
OS: WD Black SN850 1TB NVMe M.2
Storage: WD Blue SN550 2TB NVMe M.2
EVGA SuperNova 1200 P2
ASUS ROG Strix Helios GX601

Chino
Level 15
Vasilis 07 wrote:
I had installed a SSD Samsung 950 Pro M.2 256 GB. Can I use also the ports SATA 1-2 for other hard disks ? The manual of the Hero it's not clear in this matter.


The Samsung 950 PRO is a PCIe M.2 SSD so it won't affect the SATA III ports.

Vasilis_07
Level 7
So for the moment the answers it's 50-50 if we can use sata 1-2 or not :rolleyes:

Any official answer direct from ASUS maybe it will help.

CraYen
Level 7
It's not 50-50. Sata 1-2 will be disabled if m2 ssd is running in SATA mode. If its running in AHCI mode then the ports will work. Default setting is AHCI. I have set m2 to AHCl thats why stata 1-2 works for me. For you too I guess 🙂

My Asus Maximus VIII Ranger board supports NVMe in the m.2 port. My manual states only sata port 1 will be disabled if you are using this in PCIx4. It also states that if the m.2 is a Sata type drive port 1 & 2 will be disabled.

Using an OCZ/Toshiba RD400 128gb NVMe MLC SSD in the m.2 port and my sata port 2 works fine for a storage drive, a Samsung EVO 850 500GB.

Is AHCI not associated with a normal SSD? or does that mean your m.2 is a normal 6gbs sata drive?

Asking because my RD400 defaulted to legacy OS install instead of UEFI. Wondering if I should reinstall Windows for UEFI but I don't have all the settings some of the other boards have.

Is AHCI mode also the protocol for an NVMe m.2 drive?

CraYen
Level 7
Yes it is.