odd HDD issue

[Anubis]

Not exactly sure where this should go but this is really odd

I have 5 HDDs in my comp.
1 SSD for windows
3 spindle drives for stuff
1 SSD for games

the SSD for games i recently installed and it works fine. HOWEVER i also use an ESATA drive for backups and when i connect the ESATA cable it disconnects the SSD i have for games (unmount's it) the external drive isnt even turned on, its simply plugging in the cable that does it

when i unplug the cable the games drive is detected and shows up just fine

anyone have any idea WTF this is

 

[mnewsham]

Your motherboard only supports a certain number of SATA channels and probably shares a channel with the ESATA, it might also be a BIOS option. But likely just the SATA controller. Try using a different SATA input for the SSD if there are others available and check SATA options in the BIOS for anything that might pertain to this.

 

[Charlie98]

The eSATA drive doesn't share the same drive letter as the game SSD?

 

[mnewsham]

The eSATA drive doesn't share the same drive letter as the game SSD?

Eh, should still be a BIOS option or something for the primary SATA device to be the active drive. But it could very well be that simple.

 

[Anubis]

The eSATA drive doesn't share the same drive letter as the game SSD?

no thats what i thought at first so i made them pretty far apart

SSD drive is set to "H"

ESATA drive is "Q"

ill try a diff sata port off the mobo,

 

[Anubis]

changing the SATA port on the mobo has fixed the issue

 

[mnewsham]

changing the SATA port on the mobo has fixed the issue

Yea thought it might, SATA 6 is sometimes shared with ESATA so you can't use them concurrently.