Hi there! 

 

I have an ASUS P7P55 Mother board with:

 

 

CPU: Intel® CoreTM i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz - 3.066 GHz

Cache: 128 kB

Memory: 8 GB - 1333 MHz

 

and when I went to add a new drive the other day it wouldn't boot. Long and short of it was that when the new drive was connected the flash drive wouldn't show. I removed the new drive and there it was again. As it recognised the USB drive as a HD that and the other 11 hard drives seem to be using up al the "Slots" on the MB.

 

I didn't know that M/Bs had limits? I was hoping to keep going till I filled the case! Sad times indeed!

 

Any help appreciated?

 

Regards,

Steve

Disable Int13 on your controller cards.

 

That should lift the limit.

Brilliant! 

 

Thank you wise one!

 

Will go and have a look now.

 

EDIT: I cant seem to find an option for that. I have a x2 port SIL3132 and a 4 port SIL3114. Where would I find the setting? In the SIL 3114 there is no option in the "RAID menu" and the 3132 doesn't have a menu...

the 2 port SIL3132 should have a menu,

it probably wont show up when other cards are inserted. boot with just one card in the system to try and get into the cards bios.

 

Thank you for the reply! I have disconnected the other one and I still couldn't get a menu. Pressed CTRL+S and F4 but nothing. I have bought another SIL3114 4 port as this was my last slot anyway so can use that instead. But it would still be good to get it working for when I use up those.

 

Any suggestions as to why the card doesn't say anything about loading a menu?

 

Thanks!

Another SIL3114 has just arrived and after installing it, I am still getting the same problem. Its only recognising the first 12 drives. There are no options in in either of the SIL3114 bios other than RAID ones.

 

Ideas please?

 

Thanks

I am having the exact same problem on an Asus Saberthooth X58.

Will not boot to my SSD when my USB backup drive is plugged in, which would be the 13th drive.

Just added a the 13th today and can't figure this one out and the solution provided did not work for me for the same reason it didn't work for you.

I can plug it in after it boots and it shows up fine but it will not boot to my SSD when there are 13.

The SSD won't even show in BIOS.