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  • Asrock X79 Extreme11 Hard Disk Drives Spin Down Issue

    I have a Asrock X79 Extreme11 motherboard with a Intel Hard Disk controller & a LSI SAS2308 Hard Disk controller.
    I'm using 6 hard disk drivers in JBOD Mode on the LSI controller & 4 hard disk drivers in JBOD Mode on the Intel controller.
    The hard disk drivers on the LSI controller never spin down but the hard disk drivers on the Intel controller spin down down normally.

    I would like to know how to enable hard disk drives spin down on the LSI SAS2308 controller.

    Any help would be really appreciated.

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    Re: Asrock X79 Extreme11 Hard Disk Drives Spin Down Issue

    They should all spin down normally. Contact AsRock Support.
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    • #3
      Re: Asrock X79 Extreme11 Hard Disk Drives Spin Down Issue

      Originally posted by alan1476 View Post
      They should all spin down normally. Contact AsRock Support.
      Asrock support do not reply sadly
      LSI said "That feature is based on the firmware for your controller. With having an embedded chip, the firmware is provided by the motherboard manufacturer. "
      So maybe the Asrock firmware doesn't have the feature?

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      • #4
        Re: Asrock X79 Extreme11 Hard Disk Drives Spin Down Issue

        Originally posted by Udit View Post
        Asrock support do not reply sadly
        LSI said "That feature is based on the firmware for your controller. With having an embedded chip, the firmware is provided by the motherboard manufacturer. "
        So maybe the Asrock firmware doesn't have the feature?
        If I paid over 500USD for a freakin motherboard, it better work correctly, contact LSI and ***** and moan, call them directly. Sometimes you really have to complain to get results. Asrock is a great motherboard company but since they have spun off from Asus their support has gone downhill and you can tell them I said that.
        Intel 3960X
        Intel 2600K CPU
        Asus X79 Sabertooth Mobo
        Asus Z77 Fatal1ty One Professional
        Asus 980GTX Matrix
        AMD 290X Matrix
        CORSAIR DOMINATOR 32gbs 1866mhz with Corsair Link
        CORSAIR DOMINATOR 16gbs 1866mhz with Corsair Link
        Samsung 1TB 850 Pro and 1.5 TB WD Black Data Drive
        512 Samsung 850 Pro SSD and 256 Sandisk Extreme Pro 960gb SSD Data drive
        Corsair 1200W AX Modular Corsair AX850W Modular PSU
        Corsair Obsidian 800D Case Corsair Obsidian 650D Case
        Swiftech H20-330 Edge Kit Cooling Corsair H-60 Enclosed Water Kit
        Corsair H-100 Enclosed Loop in PC2
        Windows 7 64 bit Windows 7 64 bit Professional

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        • #5
          Re: Asrock X79 Extreme11 Hard Disk Drives Spin Down Issue

          Buy a few SSDs and that will solve your issue, they dont spin at all. LOL, I am not making light of your issue but with new technology and that board is cutting edge you are bound to have issues.
          Intel 3960X
          Intel 2600K CPU
          Asus X79 Sabertooth Mobo
          Asus Z77 Fatal1ty One Professional
          Asus 980GTX Matrix
          AMD 290X Matrix
          CORSAIR DOMINATOR 32gbs 1866mhz with Corsair Link
          CORSAIR DOMINATOR 16gbs 1866mhz with Corsair Link
          Samsung 1TB 850 Pro and 1.5 TB WD Black Data Drive
          512 Samsung 850 Pro SSD and 256 Sandisk Extreme Pro 960gb SSD Data drive
          Corsair 1200W AX Modular Corsair AX850W Modular PSU
          Corsair Obsidian 800D Case Corsair Obsidian 650D Case
          Swiftech H20-330 Edge Kit Cooling Corsair H-60 Enclosed Water Kit
          Corsair H-100 Enclosed Loop in PC2
          Windows 7 64 bit Windows 7 64 bit Professional

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          • #6
            Re: Asrock X79 Extreme11 Hard Disk Drives Spin Down Issue

            So the Windows power plan setting for Hard Disks is ignored by the LSI controller? Perhaps pro-level controllers are not designed to spin down HDDs.

            If LSI is anything like Marvell, once they sell their chips to someone else, it's not their problem. But, give ASRock a chance, you might still hear from Emily here in this forum.

            So no option to set that on the LSI controllers option ROM that runs during POST?

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