First, you need to force windows 10 to boot into safe mode by running the command as administrator: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal.
Shut down the computer and take the RAID out, connect SSD to SATA port 0 on motherboard.
Power on, tap F12 and select to enter BIOS . Change the SATA operation mode from RAID to AHCI. Save change and exit, windows will automatically boot to safe mode.
With windows in safe mode, run the command as administrator: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
Reboot and windows will start in normal SATA mode with AHCI drivers enabled
If for some reason the command does not work to enter safe mode, simply run it without {current}.
Re: Problem is: I plugged a second ssd into the SATA1 and it dosnt show, so now i have no optical drive and the second ssd not showing!
@philmb, on the motherboard you have HDD0 (blue), HDD1, HDD2, HDD3, they are for hard drives and SSD. The others with marking ODD0 (white) and ODD1, they are for optical drives. Remove the raid controller and connecting both of your SSD drives to HDD0 and HDD1, connecting your optical drive back to ODD0 (white). Go to BIOS and reset to default settings and save. When machine reboot, tap F12 and select to boot with your installation media (USB drive). Go through the installation process to see if the destination will show your SSD drives.
I saw your other post regarding upgrading processors. It seems that you know your way around and having a good plan to make use of that workstation, it's old but very powerful. To avoid issue, get your processors in pair and identical specs. You may want to wait until that upgrade complete and set up your drives afterward. Don't forget to change out your coin cell batt. as well.
Im literally in the same position as you. I got an old T5600 from work that they were going to toss out. I got an SSD and have installed windows 10 onto it, but for some reason it wont boot. When I try to boot to bios to change possible raid settings. I just get a black screen and never can get to the bios. some help would be appreciated.
Chino de Oro
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April 9th, 2021 04:00
@philmb hi, try this to see if it may help:
If for some reason the command does not work to enter safe mode, simply run it without {current}.
philmb
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April 9th, 2021 05:00
Thanks.
Ill give it a go tomorrow.
So its just basically a Bios settings change.
philmb
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April 16th, 2021 03:00
Thanks for the info.
Wasnt the issue but it did help me.
On my motherboard i have HHD0, HDD1, HDD2, HDD 3 and also SATA 1 and 2.
I was plugging the ssd into the HDD1 and wasnt able to boot.
I moved it to SATA0 were the Optical drive was plugged in and now it boots.
Problem is:
I plugged a second ssd into the SATA1 and it dosnt show, so now i have no optical drive and the second ssd not showing!
Chino de Oro
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April 17th, 2021 20:00
Re: Problem is: I plugged a second ssd into the SATA1 and it dosnt show, so now i have no optical drive and the second ssd not showing!
@philmb, on the motherboard you have HDD0 (blue), HDD1, HDD2, HDD3, they are for hard drives and SSD. The others with marking ODD0 (white) and ODD1, they are for optical drives. Remove the raid controller and connecting both of your SSD drives to HDD0 and HDD1, connecting your optical drive back to ODD0 (white). Go to BIOS and reset to default settings and save. When machine reboot, tap F12 and select to boot with your installation media (USB drive). Go through the installation process to see if the destination will show your SSD drives.
I saw your other post regarding upgrading processors. It seems that you know your way around and having a good plan to make use of that workstation, it's old but very powerful. To avoid issue, get your processors in pair and identical specs. You may want to wait until that upgrade complete and set up your drives afterward. Don't forget to change out your coin cell batt. as well.
Good luck with your project.
philmb
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April 17th, 2021 20:00
Hi.
Thanks for the info.
My HDD0-3 were not working.
I found the solution here: https://www.dell.com/community/Enterprise-Client/Dell-Precision-T3600-T5600-how-do-I-add-drives-to-the-other-4/td-p/4016271/page/7
Last post.
I was bascially missing some drivers that i could not find.
Yes its old but its quite a beast - especially for nothing!
We got a ramsom ware virus so work decided to update a bunch of the pc's.
2 cpu's
64gb ram.
updated the graphics card and a few other things and it multi tasks like champ!
Which is what i want it for.
Yes next thing is 2 x 2687w cpus i think - If i can find them.
Thanks again for the info
SleeperPC42
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May 14th, 2022 20:00
Im literally in the same position as you. I got an old T5600 from work that they were going to toss out. I got an SSD and have installed windows 10 onto it, but for some reason it wont boot. When I try to boot to bios to change possible raid settings. I just get a black screen and never can get to the bios. some help would be appreciated.