I have spent the whole day struggling with my new NAS build before I found this thread.
The SSD shows up as it should when I cold boot the server, trying to install OS from a UEFI USB key and poff, the drive is gone. I don't know how it would behave with a OS installed as it's impossible for me to install Windows Server 2012 R2 on it.
Cold Boot:
In the Boot Menu I choose to boot from "UEFI: My USB key" where the Win Server 2012 R2 install is located. At this point the SSD is listed as "P0: INTEL SSDSC2BW180A4". It doesn't show up twice as a UEFI drive. (Don't know if it should.)
Installation starts but when I get to the point where I should choose where to install WS, I get the message that no drives where found.
If I then exit the installer (server will reboot), the SSD is gone from the Boot Menu and the Bios can't find it either.
If I however boot into the UEFI Console or to the empty SSD, I can Ctrl+Alt+Del the machine and the SSD will still be there in the Boot Menu and in the Bios.
I have tried everything I can think of!
- Load drivers in Windows Server installer
- Disable Fast Boot
- Disable Hot Plug
- Tried another SATA port.
- Set SATA speed to Gen 2 (force sata 2 on the sata 3 port)
- Disable SATA Aggressive Link Power Mgmt
- Tried all different combinations of Legacy / UEFI CSM settings I can think of.
From the original Bios settings, this is what I changed only for my liking:
- Enabled Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T
- Set Bootable Marvell 9230 SATAIII mode to None
Here's my hardware spec:
ASRock C2750D4I motherboard (BIOS/UEFI v1.80, BMC v0.14.0)
Intel 530 180GB SSD v.DC32, plugged in to first sata 3 port on intel controller (tried the second port as well with same problems)
2 x 2GB PC10600 DDR3 ECC
The SSD had DC12 firmware when I got it, but the first thing I did after I found this thread was to update it to DC32 but that didn't solve my problems.
I have reported this to ASRock as well with a link to this post and I would be more than happy to help ASRock and Intel to sort this out.