Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Sata ports

boy__123 · 07-12-2008, 08:18 PM

I have the Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard with 3 active hard drives connected to it.

My problem is that there appears to be room for a fourth although no connection port has been installed to the motherboard. I am looking to install a blue-ray ROM drive to my computer.

Any help would be appreciated. If you need more info please let me know. Thank you.

magnethead · 07-12-2008, 08:36 PM

does bios show 3 or 4 sata ports?

might it be for RAID?

boy__123 · 07-12-2008, 08:57 PM

I believe it was 4 although the bios went by so quick it's tough to tell.

My motherboard says SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, and SATA4 although SATA2 does not have anything to plug a cable into. Would that mean it's set up for a Raid?

*edit* I currently do not have a raid set up.

dai · 07-12-2008, 09:42 PM

if you have 4 sata ports then you have 4 ports to plug a sata cable into
if any of the ports are capable of running raid
you load the raid driver to enable the port,it does not mean you have to run raid
you set sata as ide in the bios,this will already be set if the computer is up and running
are the h/d already connected sata or ide
is the dvd sata or ide

boy__123 · 07-13-2008, 12:26 PM

It appears that only 3 SATA slots had a connection soldered in. The dvd is SATA.

Is there anyway to obtain more SATA slots, perhaps some type of splitter. What i really need is a way to run 4 SATA components off of 3 connections, if that's not possible I can always try to return it.

boy__123 · 07-13-2008, 03:02 PM

Having done some research would a SATA PCI card solve my problem of not having enough connections?

To me it sounds like the solution although i'm not sure if it could produce the quality I am looking for to run a blue-ray drive.

Thank you.

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 07-13-2008, 08:07 PM

SATA PCI card will work, verying costs its almost makes more sense buy 1 larger harddrive then you will have extra onboard sata slot.

07-12-2008, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
boy__123 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: WiNdOwS xP	Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Sata ports I have the Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard with 3 active hard drives connected to it. My problem is that there appears to be room for a fourth although no connection port has been installed to the motherboard. I am looking to install a blue-ray ROM drive to my computer. Any help would be appreciated. If you need more info please let me know. Thank you.

07-12-2008, 08:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
magnethead Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: TX Posts: 2,084 OS: XPH, 2K My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Sata ports does bios show 3 or 4 sata ports? might it be for RAID? __________________ For proper support: what are you running? video card, cpu, m/board, ram, power supply, brand, wattage, any error message? PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER

07-12-2008, 08:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
boy__123 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: WiNdOwS xP	Re: Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Sata ports I believe it was 4 although the bios went by so quick it's tough to tell. My motherboard says SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, and SATA4 although SATA2 does not have anything to plug a cable into. Would that mean it's set up for a Raid? edit I currently do not have a raid set up.

07-12-2008, 09:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 42,014 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Sata ports if you have 4 sata ports then you have 4 ports to plug a sata cable into if any of the ports are capable of running raid you load the raid driver to enable the port,it does not mean you have to run raid you set sata as ide in the bios,this will already be set if the computer is up and running are the h/d already connected sata or ide is the dvd sata or ide __________________

07-13-2008, 12:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
boy__123 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: WiNdOwS xP	Re: Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Sata ports It appears that only 3 SATA slots had a connection soldered in. The dvd is SATA. Is there anyway to obtain more SATA slots, perhaps some type of splitter. What i really need is a way to run 4 SATA components off of 3 connections, if that's not possible I can always try to return it.

07-13-2008, 03:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
boy__123 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: WiNdOwS xP	Re: Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Sata ports Having done some research would a SATA PCI card solve my problem of not having enough connections? To me it sounds like the solution although i'm not sure if it could produce the quality I am looking for to run a blue-ray drive. Thank you.

07-13-2008, 08:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	Re: Asus P5W DH Deluxe - Sata ports SATA PCI card will work, verying costs its almost makes more sense buy 1 larger harddrive then you will have extra onboard sata slot.