I'm putting together a new FreeNAS box with FreeNAS 8.0.3 p1 and an Asrock A75 Extreme6 motherboard. I chose the Asrock because it was inexpensive and has 8 on board SATA ports. However two of the ports are controlled by an Asmedia ASM1061 controller, and FreeNAS doesn't see the two drives on those ports. The other six ports use an AMD A75 FCH controller which works OK.
Is there anything I can do about this or do I need a new motherboard?
And if I do need a new one can anyone recommend a board with 8 SATA ports that doesn't cost a fortune?
Is there anything I can do about this or do I need a new motherboard?
And if I do need a new one can anyone recommend a board with 8 SATA ports that doesn't cost a fortune?