Hello Community,
I have a DG45ID Legacy board with the 4 series chipset and I want to install a SSD drive and Win7 Pro. I don't know which port to install the Master drive (SSD), the Slave drive (Spinning 1TB), and the Optical Drives (Blu-ray and DVD).
On the DG45ID there are five SATA2 ports with what appears to be an odd port arrangement on the DG45ID board in that they are not arranged sequentially, but rather as listed here: (I checked via my BIOS to know what was connected & where), ie 3 port arrangement (L-R: port 4, port 1, port 0), and 2 port arrangement (L-R: port 2, port 3).
Now my questions:
Q1- I have read that the Master drive (SSD) should be connected to port 1, so what should go to port 2, port 3, port 4 and what about port 0, what goes there?
Q2- for the ssd, I am installing Win7 for the first time, should I disconnect all other drive except the SSD and switch the BIOS to ACHI for the Installation of Win7 so that I have those drivers installed, and if so, what about the HD and the optical drives which use IDE? I will need those drivers as well, yes?
Q3- I have downloaded all the updated Drivers that I am prepared to install after the OS, particularly the INF Chipset drivers, however I have read on some post that I will need the latest STOR_allOS_9.6.0.1014_PV.exe driver which I have downloaded from the Drive page for the DG45ID Board and Kits. I also have read from a poster here on Intel Community (What are the needed drivers for P45 chipset motherboard for Windows 8 running from Intel 520 Series SSD?) that a IRST 11 driver is a better choice and will work for better ACHI Mode support without being in RAID Mode configuration. If I do not plan to run my SSD and HDD in RAID Mode, then (1) do I need to install the IRST drivers at all, and (2) returning to the question of the right drivers for SSD and HDD/Optical Drives with Win7, which drivers should I install?
Q4- Are there any Registry changes that should be made to support the ACHI and/or IDE modes for this 4 Series Chipset?
Thanks
Kenneth Cunningham
Inglewood, CA