-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Neil Walker wrote: > Roman Zimmermann wrote: >> I have a similar controller to yours and did some research recently. >> It seems that (allmost) all ICH7 controllers do support AHCI [1]. But >> I cannot activate AHCI anywhere in the BIOS. It seems this is due to >> some limitations of the BIOS. >> There was also a thread on another mailing list where it was suggested >> to update the BIOS. I'm currently pondering to do so but I'm not sure >> about how safe it is without having a winxp installation... Besides >> I'm not sure whether it would help. >> >> [1] http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012304.htm >> > > > I checked the FAQ on the Asus website and that states that my > motherboard doesn't support AHCI. :( > > > Be lucky, > > Neil >
Actually, updating the BIOS to the newest version is almost ALWAYS a good thing. If the vendor has heard about such problems, they should almost always do something to fix it, and apply such fixes to their next BIOS update. I have fixed many problems (i'm a computer technician) with BIOS updates. Having XP installed makes no difference, except that you can (with some MBs) update from within windows. They ALL, however, support a BIOS update from a bootable DOS floppy. Hope this helps! Karl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGSkTzJEKtOLl2EkMRAv/sAKCgCz5B5DbxHSBy45Z7FsyvZm7wFgCfcp0w UXOvGzTtR8ybjYXV+Erxo9U= =YEYS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
