daytrippa Posted December 4, 2014 Share #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, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamerino Posted December 14, 2014 Share #2 Posted December 14, 2014 sorry daytrippa, can i ask to you where did you found hack firmware to enable esata port.....?tnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsManden Posted December 14, 2014 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daytrippa Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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