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I am attempting to connect 2 additional DVD drives to my machine using the blue SATA connectors. I realize these are specifically made for a RAID config, but, figure they will work for me somehow. I hate to reformat, btw, so I'm hoping a fix is possible without destroying my C drive. The black SATA sockets are all taken with backup hard drives which I can change without any trouble. If I reconnect the DVD drives to the black SATA sockets and displace 2 of my back up drives to the blue sockets and configure them to a RAID array (I'm not an expert as you can guess), should this work? I have disabled the secondary SATA function in the bios figuring I can then configure the SATA blue sockets after the switch mentioned earlier. I am completely open to any other suggestions. Btw, I am already using 2 IDE sockets for 2 other DVD drives. My new DVD drives are SATA since I could only use 2 IDE drives. Thanks to anyone helping.

Can you change to configuration in your BIOS from RAID to BASE ( or something similiar ) ?

I know on this Gigabyte I can change my RAID to act the same as regular IDE or SATA connectors, basically giving me more drives I can add with no RAID.

Mike

I hope that helps at least a little bit.

Secondary SATA function disabled - that confuses me too dont you need the primary and secondary enabled to use the black and blue connectors?

It will work just fine. All mobos have disable for the raid option default.