@Fernando
@Lex
Fernando did reply exactly. The "main" onboard SATA Controller is handled by Intel SATA v14.x drivers, the "secondary" onboard SATA Controller is handled by Intel sSATA v5.x drivers, so none conflict at the same time.
On my mboard SATA6G_1 up to SATA6G_6 ports (RAID capable) are handled by the SATA v14.x drivers, and SATA6G_7 up to SATA6G_10 ports (only AHCI capable) are handled by the sSATA v5.x driver.
Yes, I know Asus does miss to offer Intel v5.x., it is usual Asus does not provide appropriate up to date drivers.
Here is the reason: when I read your comment under "Intel RSTe drivers v5.2.0.1194 WHQL dated 06/13/2017" from first post:
ā¦ it suggests me that I should use only v14 OR v5, not both on the same system.
You should better ask ASUS than 100PIER.
Only one explanation comes eventually to my mind: is it possible to install v14 on both X99 controllers?
Or does v14 always install only on the first one leaving second controller onā¦ hmmā¦ some "default"(?) drivers?
The thing is it is not only fault of Asus: one of my friends has MSI X99 mainboard and he has only v14 drivers to download as well.
Where is your main system drive (with C:) plugged in? In which SATA port #?
@Lex
My C: drive is a PCIe x4 v3.0 SSD device such as NVMe Intel i750 400GB device, or a SM951 AHCI 512GB model/KryoM2 add incard because I use the appropriate device depending of the nature of tests to do.
I do plug the āsystemā drive into PCIeX16_3 slot because PCIeX16_1 is used for the GPU and PCIeX16_2 is used for the āspecialā HighPoint add-in rizer card (which do support up to four NVMe M.2 SSD devices (multi RAID mode or not)).
Zitat von Lex im Beitrag #602
when I read your comment under "Intel RSTe drivers v5.2.0.1194 WHQL dated 06/13/2017" from first post:ā¦ it suggests me that I should use only v14 OR v5, not both on the same system.
Maybe the related sentence of the start post is misleading. Nevertheless: The first 8 SATA ports of your mainboard are running in RST mode and need an RST driver (here: v14 platform), whereas the last 4 SATA ports are running in RSTe mode and need an āEnterprise Editionā RSTe driver (here: v5 platform).
No, both SATA Controllers of your mainboard have different DeviceIDs and need different drivers. The Intel RST(e) drivers of the v14 platform do not support the sSATA Controller of your mainboard.
The Windows Device Management knows, which specific driver supports which one of your 2 on-board SATA Controllers. When you install the driver by running the related installer from a complete Intel RST/RSTe Drivers & Software Set, it will be done automaticly. Only if you are going to manually install a āpureā Intel RST/RSTe driver from within the Device Manager, you should pay attention, when you select the Intel SATA Controller, whose driver you want to update. Butr even if you choose the wrong (not matching) Controller, nothing severe will happen: You will just get the message, that the related driver is not compatible with this Controller.
I am after a very interesting (and long) reading. It was a discussion between @PC_Pilot , @ejp (already deleted account?) and @Fernando plus (unfortunately) only one post from @100PIER - it all starts on 31st page of this topic with this post from @PC Pilot.
Here is one quote thatās quite intriguing for me:
No, as long as the disk drives are connected to the RAID Controller ports, they are running in RAID mode.
ā¦as it is in contradiction to what my mainboard manual says:
Here is the picture of this manual page, the note is at the bottom - so how can this be explained?
Here is the link to the whole manual if needed.
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@100PIER : I asked you about "where is your system drive plugged in" because I thought about some, possibly troubling, situation for me in the future as, AFAIK, the order of the drives in system is predestined by the order of SATA ports they are plugged into.
Now I have three different drives: SSD (system: C:) on SATA1, HDD (system temp files: D:, data: E:, F:) on SATA2 and DVD (optical, I:) on SATA10.
According to what you say, I should move my SSD to SATA7 and HDD to SATA8 to have all my drives under control of my "AHCI only" sSATA controller#2.
If I add any 2nd SSD/HDD in the future all is still ok as Iāll plug it into SATA9.
But what if I add another/3rd SSD/HDD? I have only 4 sSATA ports (7-10) so this 3rd SSD/HDD will have to be plugged into any of SATA1-6 ports, thatās "before" my SSD (system) on SATA7 - so this (I think?) will reassign the order of my drivers in the OS and probably render my system as unusable?
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@100PIER : This is what Fernando told me:
Can you share with me any tests youāve performed which made you think that sSATA ports are better for drives used in AHCI mode? What are the main benefits? I was intensively searching this forum for any of your post with such info and/or results but found nothing. 
@Lex :
The majority of your various questions were/are about the features and specifications of Intel X99 chipsets and have nothing to do with the topic of this thread. Furthermore it seems to me, that my attempts to answer your questions as detailed as possible just induces a bunch of new questions from your side.
As a consequence I stop this discussion at this place.
100PIER and me have given you a lot of information, which should allow you to find out yourself
a) the appropriate SATA port for the connection of your system drive and
b) the ābestā Intel AHCI driver for your specific system and tasks.
It would be fine, if you would let us know your final results, because they will match perfectly the topic of this thread.
@Lex
If you want to boost your X99 PC performance I recommend first your C: is a PCIe v3.0 x4 SSD NVMe device such as 960EVO or 960PRO product family to avoid SATA6G limitation.
I no longer use any SATA6G port for my system boot drive.
For the DATA devices you can choose also a mixed solution of NVMe SSD devices (performance) and classical SATA6G devices (HDD/SSD economical).
My Sabertooth X99 platform is āSSDā only.
On SATA6G ports I have connected:
SATA6G_1 up to SATA6G_3 three SATA6G Samsung 840 PRO 256G set in RAID0 mode. (768GB array)
SATA6G_4 and SATA6G_5 two SATA6G Samsung 850 PRO 1TB set in RAID0 mode. (2TB array)
SATA6G_6 is free.
SATA6G_7 an old SATA3G Intel i320 SSD (120GB) in AHCI mode.
SATA6G_8 up to _10 are free.
The choice of what SATA controller to use is quite simple: The RAID mode is supported by the main controller only, the secondary controller does support AHCI/IDE mode only.
If you donāt want to use RAID mode you can use all the 10 SATA6G ports in AHCI mode.
nota: Into BIOS menu you have to set properly what is your boot device.
Well, not really. As you may note, I did not quote anything from your last post - all your answers were fully understandable for me and I had no new questions about them. My last post was the result of reading some older posts in middle of this topic (I gave a link to them).
I asked @100PIER about location of his system drive, but his configuration is so "complicated" that I needed to find the other way to ask about my concerns. Also I still not get the information about @100PIER 's reports you were talking about and I couldnāt find them myself (and Iāve tried hard) - you asked me to ask him directly and thatās why I asked about them again in my previous post.
My last two questions to @100PIER are very important to me. If you think my discussion does not belong here maybe you can direct me to some another topic I should move to?
Why donāt you start a new topic titled āHow to optimize the usage of X99 chipset Intel SATA portsā (or similar)?
Hello,
Can you recommend AHCI drivers for intel Celeron n3450 ?
@ijence :
The choice of the AHCI driver doesnāt depend on the CPU, but on the mainboardās chipset resp. the model of the on-board SATA AHCI Controller.
Since your system seems to have an Intel 8-Series chipset, you should look into the start post to find the best matching Intel AHCI driver for your specific system.
@Fernando ,
To avoid any confusion In Start Post#1 you should modify : "Recommended for all Intel Chipset AHCI/RAID systems (except X99):" which is contrary to 3., 4., 5. paragraphs just following this title.
I suggest: "Recommended for all Intel Chipset AHCI/RAID systems:"
@100PIER :
Thanks for your advice. You are right: There is a discrepance between the title and the following details.
Since I do not recommend to install the related drivers onto X79, X99 and X299 Chipset systems, whose Intel SATA AHCI/RAID Controller is running in RSTe mode, I have added this exception.
I donāt know if stupid questions are allowed but Iām super lost. Do you know which driver I need? Win10 has been cranking my handle since the day I installed it by freezing for 30 seconds in games. This is supposed to be the last piece of the puzzle
cpuz thingers https://i.imgur.com/Gpk0PV0.png https://i.imgur.com/1IlNMfv.png
@NKLhaxor :
Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!
No, as long as you don`t tell us
a) the specific chipset of your mainboard ,
b) the manufacturer of the IDE resp. Storage Controller, where your system drive is connected to, and
c) which data transfer mode (AHCI/RAID/NVMe) the Controller is using.
Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)
Well I posted links to the pictures of the things in the first post but alright, itās an Asus H81M-K, chipset Haswell H81. Itās on AHCI. As for controllers I have the standard Win10 one and Intel(R) C220 AHCI SATA (this one I installed a month ago, no idea what I was doing, donāt think it did anything major)
And Iām not really sure where itās connected to. If youāre asking about SATA I think the system drive is on 1, while my second HDD is on 0.
@NKLhaxor :
If you want to know, which Intel AHCI driver I recommend to use with an Intel 8-Series Chipset system, you should not ask me, but simply look into the first post of this thread. Near the bottom of the post is a table, where you can find the related information.
You might get better results, if you connect the system drive (with the OS on it) to the first available SATA port (mostly named port0).
I hope Iām not annoying you but this is infuriating.
Now I tried Intel RST(e) v13.1.0.1058 and Intel RST(e) v13.2.8.1002. And switched where the HDDs were plugged in. Now itās kind of worse. Tested it on Fortnite BR and every couple of seconds it freezes but it doesnāt last 30s anymore, more like 3 every time it has to load something new. And by that I mean I hear the HDD spin up and stop while the disk usage is at %100 active time and %0 everything else. Also, Iām having trouble finding info on this CPU Intel G3240, it says itās a G Series and I dunno if thatās an 8 Series or what.
Also, under Storage Controllers I only have the Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller and the one for Daemon Tools. The driver date for the MS controller is 21-Jun-06, that also looks weird, but I dunno what to even do anymore.
@NKLhaxor :
What lets you think, that your issue is AHCI driver related?
If I were you, I would search elsewhere for the reason.