x51 mini pcie slot to startech adapter

[paddee1987]

ive tried to install this inplace of my wireless card

http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapt...-Internal-SATA-II-Controller-Card~MPEXSATA22I

having trouble getting it to recognise on device manager. tried the card in a old laptop and it works fine.
been on to startech support alll evening but cant seem to find a solution.

is there anything were missing that you might be able to point out?

many thanks

 

[SWAT_Glock]

Is there anything in the Bios maybe?

 

[paddee1987]

All I could find is is a setting saying pci gen 3 which is enabled. I'm on the latest bios should I try rolling it back maybe?

 

[paddee1987]

going to send this back to ebuyer and try the pm362

 

[paddee1987]

unless anyone can come up with a fix to mke this work?

 

[paddee1987]

may have possibly found a fix for this. in the picture below is a similar controller. the guy is saying connect pin 7 and pin 9 together on the mini pcie connector?


could this work? and does he mean soldering a wire to pin 7 to pin 9 on the actual plug or is that something you would do on the board?

any advice would be muchly appreciated!

 

[paddee1987]

http://www.pridopia.co.uk/faq-1.html found this page is it a Intel D525MW motherboard inside the x51?

 

[SWAT_Glock]

I think they make the board in the R3. I didn't think this would be so difficult. You might be better off swapping to two 2.5" drives. Just saying.

 

[paddee1987]

Going to try bridging pin 7 and pin 9 on the sockett as outlined on that webpage wit a wire. if that fails ill just live wth it!

 

[paddee1987]

after speaking to a technian at pridopia he said that these controllers already have pin 7 and pin 9 shorted so doesnt seem its going to work. ive had a couple of hair brained ideas that id like to throw out there. i remeber you mentioning in another thread about the spare usb header on the motherboard i was wondering wether one of these cables:


pluigged into one of these cables and adapters:


could run both those sata ports through the one usb header block or if not i could cut 1 set of wires and solder on another 9 pin plug and run to where the usb ports on the front would plug into as i dont really use those?

or another alternative is to use two of these:
http://www.addonics.com/products/adsau3.php

what i am wondering with wthe second alternative is ill have to make a wire with four sata power plugs down to a molex would this be to much draw off of the one mobo connection?



many thanks sorry for all the questions!! tell me if its annoying ppl!