MSI B450-A PRO doesn't recognize external HDD via esata-sata

On 3/07/2019 6:49 AM, MaxTheFast wrote:
Another misunderstanding about my tests: I had tried ONLY ONCE to connect the enclosure with both cables (usb, esata-sata) and it worked in usb mode but in EVERY other tests I had used only esata-sata cable or only usb cable.
By the way today I got the CPU led error another time after my last attempt with esata-sata cable, then the bios has reset and booted with windows instead of ubuntu, then I entered the bios and set ubuntu as 1st OS, rebooted and got the CPU led error. It's amazing!

The ESATA port could be off an entirely different chip, than the six ports on the Southbridge. Make sure you're programming the correct chip.
As said I looked at that bios section but I found nothing else than setting sata ports on "hot plug" or not. The section is: settings\advanced\integrated peripherals "sata configuration". There I can set "sata mode" AHCI/RAID too but I guess it doesn't matter here, I can set "onboard lan configuration" and "audio configuration" too but I think these are not the way out. I can't set any other entry on sata ports afaik so I guess the Southbridge is only one.

So, who's the faulty? I'm going to give back the brand new esata-sata cable to amazon but before that I'd like to get a definitive judgement from you.

I'll say it again: I'm 98% sure that using a PCIe eSATA card and an eSATA - eSATA cable would get
it working.
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