daytrippa Posted December 4, 2014 #1 Posted December 4, 2014 Hi All, Hoping someone might be able to assist me with an eSATA issue i'm having, I have recently setup a HP N40L with the latest build and BIOS hack to enable eSATA port multiplication. I've connected a Vantec hx4r with 4x 1TB HDD via eSATA however it doesn't seem to be seeing anymore than 1 drive. I have been looking round the forums but can't seem to clearly find anyone that's successfully got this working. Any help would be appreciated, Cheers,
lamerino Posted December 14, 2014 #2 Posted December 14, 2014 sorry daytrippa, can i ask to you where did you found hack firmware to enable esata port.....?tnx
MarsManden Posted December 14, 2014 #3 Posted December 14, 2014 I'm using this one: http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f1 ... st21503128 This also allows you to use the ODD port as a full blown SATA port for a 5th harddrive. And then do these configs. To enable AHCI on all ports, go to Southbridge Config, SATA 4/5 and disable sata 4/5 IDE mode. From the main screen go to ‘Chipset > Southbridge Configuration > SB SATA Configuration’ and make sure your settings are the same as below: OnChip SATA Channel = Enabled OnChip IDE Type = IDE SATA IDE Combined Mode = Disabled SATA EPS on all PORT = Enabled SATA Power on all PORT = Enabled Return to the main screen then go to ‘Advanced > IDE Configuration’ and again, make sure your settings are the same as below. Embedded SATA Link Rate = 3.0Gbps MAX
daytrippa Posted December 16, 2014 Author #4 Posted December 16, 2014 lamerino - this wiki has some links to the BIOS mod http://n40l.wikia.com/wiki/Bios At the moment I've got 6 drives running - 5x SATA (1 drive mounted in the 5.25 bay) and 1x on eSATA Hopefully someone is able to get the eSATA port multiplier working so I can get the rest of my drives running
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