eSata Port Multiplier and ICH10

[Digital Viper-X-]

Hello, I have a little issue, I'm using an Asus P6T, and when hooking up my external sata drive enclosure, I get a "not enough resources" error on boot, and the PC won't go past the bios and wont even load the ich10 / intel storage bios.

I'm using this card
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=34686&vpn=SD-SA2PEX-2E&manufacture=Syba

It works fine once I'm in windows, but I was looking at expanding my storage and also windows 7 won't detect the eSata drive.

 

[mavalpha]

If memory serves, ICH10 and Silicon Image use Frame-based switching, where most non-SIL enclosures prefer command-based. Which enclosure are you using?

 

[Digital Viper-X-]

If memory serves, ICH10 and Silicon Image use Frame-based switching, where most non-SIL enclosures prefer command-based. Which enclosure are you using?

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=36673&vpn=HUR1-SU2S2&manufacture=Mediasonic

Could I use my ICH10 through a sata->esata bracket for the external enclosure? I never tried it, but I did try the jMicron and that gave me issues

 

[mavalpha]

Yes, but still only FIS-based multiplication. You'd basically be better off running separate ports instead of port multiplier.

 

[Digital Viper-X-]

Yes, but still only FIS-based multiplication. You'd basically be better off running separate ports instead of port multiplier.

That's fine, I'm OK with the performance as this box is mainly used for backup(the drives are in raid 1) I just want it working properly!