08-30-2018 10:24 AM
I recently installed this new 860 EVO mSATA 1TB directly to the mSATA slot on Dell XPS 8500 Special Edition's stock motherboard, but Samsung Magician says the drive isn't supported.
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09-18-2018 12:53 PM
08-30-2018 11:56 AM
The Galaxy Note9 Can only support up to an extra 400GB Via expansion slot. It says on the trailer up to 1TB of storage, thats including the 512GB variant of the phone with a 400gb Card. It may also support a 512GB card
08-30-2018 12:01 PM
@Rulmix wrote:The Galaxy Note9 Can only support up to an extra 400GB Via expansion slot. It says on the trailer up to 1TB of storage, thats including the 512GB variant of the phone with a 400gb Card. It may also support a 512GB card
Huh? This is a PC storage question. Did you even read my OP? Not to mention Magician doesn't run on Android.
09-18-2018 12:53 PM
09-18-2018 01:11 PM
@Memory Product Expert -1 wrote:
your system BIOS is not in AHCI mode
I think this explains it. The PC in which I'm using the SSD is a Dell XPS 8500, which ships with Intel RST. Intel RST needs the BIOS to be in RAID mode for the OS to boot.
I strongly suggest Samsung enable support for this configuration.
Thanks for the firmware link; looks like there are no updates for my particular drive.
09-18-2018 02:58 PM
09-18-2018 03:06 PM - edited 09-18-2018 03:07 PM
@Memory Product Expert -1 wrote:
Intel RST and Samsung Magician will both work as long as the System is in AHCI.
I understand that. What I'm saying is, the latest version of Intel RST that supports my Intel chipset will cause the OS to BSOD on boot if AHCI is enabled in the BIOS. The only way to successfully boot the OS is to enable RAID mode in the BIOS even if (this is the important part) there is no actual physical RAID configured. I don't have a RAID, and neither is my 860 EVO part of a RAID, but if I set the BIOS to AHCI Windows will not boot.
Basically what I'm saying is Samsung Magician should check to see if the SSD is actually in (note the emphasis) a RAID, rather than just checking for AHCI being enabled and giving up if it isn't.
09-18-2018 03:44 PM
09-18-2018 03:46 PM
@Memory Product Expert -1 wrote:
you need to reinstall windows in AHCI mode.
Not worth the trouble, but thanks for drilling down to the core issue and explaining what is happening!
12-19-2018 03:16 PM
Good news: the latest version of Magician supports mSATA SSDs. Pass my thanks on to the Magician development team