DoubleHelixx Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I have 2 drives that mount fine in a dock on my desktop but on m18xr2 they are listed in POST but are undetectable in Windows when installed internally. One shows "Disabled" in POST, the other appears normal in POST. Here is a screen shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azther Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 which bios are you running on? standard or unlocked? ive never used the rapid storage option in regards to drives (i run my system in AHCI so all drives are separate). I would assume they are initialized and have partitions already, is your machine set to boot in RAID or AHCI? perhaps that could be interfering, seems rather bizarre that it would say disabled. i take it the HDD interposer cable is working fine and doesnt have issues? Alienware M18X R2 | Nebula Red | i7 3740QM [OC'd to 4Ghz] | 32GB RAM | NVIDIA Quadro P4000 | 75hz OC'd Display | MXM to NVMe Adapter with Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB Alienware 17 R4 | i7 6700HQ | 16GB RAM | GTX 1070 | 100hz OC'd LG 1080p Display Alienware M18X R1 | Space Black | i7 2960XM | 16GB RAM | GTX 780M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleHelixx Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Thanks. The BIOS is standard A14. I don,t think I've ever set up rapid storage and I run the BIOS on default settings. Although the ribbon cable has been difficult and the clip works but is no longer attached at the hinges, I don't think it is the issue since all the disk info is coming in at post and the original HDD works fine. I'm going to see if I can switch the RAID settings around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azther Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 probably a wise idea yeah, im running the a11 unlocked bios on mine since im using a quadro p4000 gpu. Needed that to unlock the ability to force optimus mode so the gpu would work so mine has alot more options to tweak etc Alienware M18X R2 | Nebula Red | i7 3740QM [OC'd to 4Ghz] | 32GB RAM | NVIDIA Quadro P4000 | 75hz OC'd Display | MXM to NVMe Adapter with Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB Alienware 17 R4 | i7 6700HQ | 16GB RAM | GTX 1070 | 100hz OC'd LG 1080p Display Alienware M18X R1 | Space Black | i7 2960XM | 16GB RAM | GTX 780M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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