Pixel Eater
Limp Gawd
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Just picked up a pair of He10 drives. I've been really looking forward to owning HGSTs since I heard about them. I'm finding they just don't work with my 2012 or 2013 Asus motherboards. The folks at Fry's Electronics even tested them on a 2015 one and confirmed with me that it does not even come up in the BIOS, or even spin up with power connected. But we know the drive isn't dead because the one thing it was actually compatible with? A silly USB dock. Which was at least over a year old.
I'm not sure what my options are besides getting a Sata III controller. Can anyone think of any other ideas, and can anyone recommend a controller that actually has good Windows 10 compatibility as well as a high likelihood of actually accepting this bleeding edge drive? I wonder why it's so picky.
Edit: It turned out to be a drive using the Sata 3.3 power standard. They have versions of this drive that don't use that. The solution is either a molex to Sata power adapter or exchanging the drive for the version without the new feature.
I'm not sure what my options are besides getting a Sata III controller. Can anyone think of any other ideas, and can anyone recommend a controller that actually has good Windows 10 compatibility as well as a high likelihood of actually accepting this bleeding edge drive? I wonder why it's so picky.
Edit: It turned out to be a drive using the Sata 3.3 power standard. They have versions of this drive that don't use that. The solution is either a molex to Sata power adapter or exchanging the drive for the version without the new feature.
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