Asus P8P67 Pro workaround
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:50 pm
So, you pays your money and your get...
I do understand failures are unlikely in the next few weeks, but there seems to be a workaround for most of my needs on this board. (only 2 SATA connections short if I don't use the 3GB/s blue ports).
I figure I should run my boot SSD (which is 6 GB) and my data HDD (3 GB/s) off the gray 6GB/s Intel SATA ports, and my two DVD drives off the navy blue Marvel 6GB/s ports. This works but for how to connect my backup SATA HDD drive.... The other option is to leave the DVDs or just the less used one in a SATA 3 onboard port (since it is rarely used).
The separate PCI SATA add on boards mentioned in the TR suggestions from yesterday all seem very poorly reviewed on Newegg and seem often tricky to get right. (I spend a day and a half getting this board to work well enough, though all parts were good - but the board!)
This sound like a plan?? - also intended to perhaps help out anyone else in this situation.
I am very glad I kept my old box for the RMA period to come...
I do understand failures are unlikely in the next few weeks, but there seems to be a workaround for most of my needs on this board. (only 2 SATA connections short if I don't use the 3GB/s blue ports).
I figure I should run my boot SSD (which is 6 GB) and my data HDD (3 GB/s) off the gray 6GB/s Intel SATA ports, and my two DVD drives off the navy blue Marvel 6GB/s ports. This works but for how to connect my backup SATA HDD drive.... The other option is to leave the DVDs or just the less used one in a SATA 3 onboard port (since it is rarely used).
The separate PCI SATA add on boards mentioned in the TR suggestions from yesterday all seem very poorly reviewed on Newegg and seem often tricky to get right. (I spend a day and a half getting this board to work well enough, though all parts were good - but the board!)
This sound like a plan?? - also intended to perhaps help out anyone else in this situation.
I am very glad I kept my old box for the RMA period to come...