How do you setup the card to boot Win 7 on a SSD drive and enable USB 3.0? Jumper settings? Can all 3 of my HD's run off this card?
827447
Impossible with this card as it does not actually have a SATA controller on it, just a pass-through port for the eSata port on the outside. You cannot boot from USB disks on this controller either unless your motherboard has that capability.
827448
Sorry, I never tried booting from it. It may depend on whether or not your BIOS sees it when it boots. I highly doubt you can do anything with this card before the OS loads.
1584120
Go to the boot menu. BIOS. Under legacy settings you have to change it to allow the computer to recognize the card. Especially for Windows 8. Good Luck
636933
I was told by Samsung that Win 8 is burned into the Motherboard and you cannot, BUT!I was also told by a local PC maker that they do it all the time. When I get time, I am going to have it donehere locally. I have Win 7 loaded on a SSD drive ready to go. Check around your area for smart People thatbuild custom PC's and they should be able to do it for you at a minimal cost.
1900453
most definitely it can boot via this card. I am using it as the source for sata drives and have only one HD on it and of course it boots, the bios has to see it then the drive and boot sequence is set in order of preference.
1590339
all USB 3.0 slots are backwards compatible with 2.0 it's not a matter of the card
326288
No idea but Google around. I see lots of comments about SSD and RAID setups on the net. Good luck!
1585235
Best thing to do is look to see if there is a driver offered by ATI for Win7 on that card. The one I have is still on an XP system. I hope so for when I change to Win7.
1247909
This card is a Sata 2 expansion card. From what I know, Solid state drives..(SSD) use Sata 3 tech. I don't think this is what you are looking for, and if it was, the speeds are far slower and limited should you find a way to get an adapter and make it somehow work. etherdose@gmail.com
485627
It really doesn't have a lot to do with the capacity. This is a USB 3.0 device which is where it gets it's higher speed. You need Windows 7 or later to get the benefit of the higher speed or you can do it with XP with special hardware and software to support USB3. Also not all ports in many of the machines will support USB 3 you should check your Computers specifications to see which if any ports are USB 3 ready and which ports are not USB 3 ready. You can always use it as USB 2 but it will perform at a slower rate. It has nothing to do with the Brand of the USB device. If you use a USB 3 device in a USB 3 port and you use a cable between the computer and the device make sure that the cable is USB 3 ready.
780823
Yes, but you really need to know what you're doing as far as drivers go to get everything set up properly. I have mine running Windows 7. It can be done, it just takes a little extra work. Also, you need to disable secure-boot from within the bios before you begin anything at all
850636
The card will work without special drivers. However once booted and installed you need to load the special drivers. With just the generic Windows drivers I could not access all of the SATA ports on both the card and motherboard. Once I installed the special drivers everything works great.
1429800
Yes.... BUT you will have to take a few steps: 1. Befor you insert the win7 hard drive go into the bios and change the UEFI boot over to LEGACY boot... Save settings then shut down. 2. Insert the win7 hard drive and start the computer. 3. Go to MSI.com and get all the windows 7 drivers for the MSI GT70 Dominator (NOT MSI GT70 DOMINATOR PRO) 4. Install drivers restarting between each driver install. 5. After last restart you should be good to go with all devices working properly! Hope I helped... Note: When I first got this computer I did the same thing. But due curiosity I gave win8.1 a try if you have patience with learning your way around a little different version of windows its actually a really good OS so long as you set it to boot to desktop of course :) Not pushing you to try it but just a thought... now Im using win8.1 and its my preference. Enjoy this machine if you get its awesome!
1906584
I was not able to achieve full SATA 3 speeds with mine. I'm not sure what the reason is, but it is possible that other expansion cards on the system are using all available PCI-e lanes. YMMV
718854
We'll make sure in your mother board the pins where that USB 3.0 goes are not bent or anything. Other than that I'm not sure what could those issues. Total guess in maybe a short in the 3.0 USB. I can understand that you want those working but I believe even after I loaded all my drivers/chipsets n at those USB "kinda" work for me. Not always recognizing the USB 3.0 I plug into it. I always use the 3.0 I have built into my motherboard. Also thermaltake customer support can help sometimes. you can proceed with your build and don't let that 2x USB 3.0 bother you. Get to gaming!
1684049
I have tested with Windows 7 32 bit and it does. I was even able to boot from a mechanical HD connected to the card, but not with an SSD one.
373490
Hi Michael, how did you start up with the 1GB card? I am still on black screen with my old 1GB card? I cannot get in to disable the boot booster, or to do anything!, as all I get is the black screen. Thanks!!!
369746
If you mean the short versus the longer slots (X1 or X 16) it doesn't matter.It is only going to draw the power that it needs because the connectors are only going to connect in a X1 (short slot) mode. The main issue is that you connect the card to an internal power supply, either the Molex connector or the SATA style connector; whichever one will fit. My suggestion is to install it in one of the X1 (short) slots and save the longer slots for something like a video card. Windows 7 will find drivers for it but it's a good idea to use the driver disk that came with it. You're not going to get super blazing speed unless you have some super blazing adapter or protocol installed which most USB 3.0 devices do not have. However, I have been very happy with this device even though I know I'm not going to get the full throughput that is commonly advertised for USB 3.0. You have to read the advertisements carefully because they say UP TO 400+ megabits per second.