Do modern 1155 socket mobos allow you to selectively shut off Intel SATA ports?

[VirtualLarry]

Just curious. Can you disable/enable the 3G/6G ports independently? Or just all or nothing?

 

[stahlhart]

I can on mine, only I shut off the Marvel ports instead.

 

[paperwastage]

Just curious. Can you disable/enable the 3G/6G ports independently? Or just all or nothing?

depends on the mobo. don't think I can on my DP67DE mATX intel... tried hunting for the option in mobo, didnt see it

 

[MadScientist]

Not sure if the 2 SATA 3 (6 Gb/s) ports assigned to the Marvell SATA 3 controller on my MB are disabled by disabling the controller, I'm assuming yes; or if the other 2 SATA 3 ports are disabled if you enable the Marvell controller. I've never checked. I'm currently not using the Marvell controller with my Corsair Force Series 3 SSD.

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9120, support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (SATA3_M2 connector is shared with eSATA3 port)
4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions

There is no option in the bios to disable/enable the SATA ports.

 

[Diogenes2]

Just curious. Can you disable/enable the 3G/6G ports independently? Or just all or nothing?

Just curious why you would want to ?



I'm fairly sure you can only disable the controller, and not the ports .

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'm fairly sure you can only disable the controller, and not the ports .

But do the SATA 6G ports show up as a seperate controller instance compared to the SATA 3G ports?

I'm not talking about Marvell ports, I'm talking about all of the native Intel SATA ports on P67/Z68.

 

[IGemini]

It's always depended on the board and manufacturer. Some allow individual ports, some just the controller(s), some don't allow any control.

 

[stahlhart]

Just curious why you would want to ?

I'm fairly sure you can only disable the controller, and not the ports .

I misunderstood the question -- I thought it was independently by controller, not by individual ports.

I'm not sure what one gets from that level of granularity, though.

 

[Diogenes2]

For what it's worth, the BIOS of my Asus P8Z68 Deluxe has the option to disable individual SATA ports.