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Asus Crosshair II Hot Swap Hard Drives

NickT
Level 9

‎06-06-2013 04:06 PM

Im not even sure after reading the manual that this board can do this. I DO NOT want to use this feature, but the issue I'm having leads me to believe that it does and is the problem. This is just a repurposed computer for a young child and do not want him accidently disconnected the drives via the way mentioned below.

I'm seeing both Hard Drives (Sata 3 Identical Make) showing up on Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate as removeable by the Icon that Shows USB Devices near the Time Clock (System Tray). And of course I can click on it and it will disappear from use and I can restart and their it is. I have the Drives Set as ACHI in the Bios under the MCP option and upon boot it displays on the on Board Controller Brief Info.

I cannot find in the BIOS how to turn this feature OFF.

Any help would be appreciated.
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Chino
Level 15

‎06-06-2013 04:39 PM

On the newer ROG motherboards, you can disable the hot swapping option in the BIOS. I'm not familiar with the BIOS for your motherboard but if you've already did a detail search and haven't found it, then your motherboard probably doesn't have this option. Nevertheless there is a workaround.

What you need to do is open Device Manager. Look for your hard drive and right click it top open a menu. Select Properties, then Policies. By default Better Performance is selected. Change it to Quick Removal and you should be good to go.
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NickT
Level 9
In response to Chino

‎06-08-2013 10:58 AM

Any other thoughts on this? Someone Familiar with the BIOS on These Boards? Point me to where I shut it off in the Bios. It seems during a google search I did you can, But I spent a decent amount of time and cannot find it, cept to use that Crossbow's Cross Hair and take the whole computer out! :cool:
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