Bah! Didn't see your message until after I sent mine. Sorry for the duplicate info...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:COMPUTERGUYS- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 5:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] WinXP & SATA > > Many SATA controllers can enable AHCI either separately or in > conjunction > with RAID <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID> support. Intel recommends > choosing RAID mode on their > motherboards<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard>(which also > enables AHCI) rather than the plain AHCI/SATA mode for maximum > flexibility, due to the issues caused when the mode is switched once an > operating system has already been installed > > > - Enabling AHCI in a system BIOS <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS> > will > cause a 0x7B Blue Screen of > Death<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death>STOP error ( > *INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE*) on installations of Windows > XP<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP>where AHCI/RAID drivers for > that system's chipset are not installed. > Switching to AHCI mode requires installing new drivers before > changing the > BIOS settings. > - For Intel chipsets (for example, Intel > ICH9<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I/O_Controller_Hub#ICH9>) > drivers are available from either an OEM board or computer > manufacturer. For > the Intel versions, the driver must be loaded before loading the OS > (by > pressing F6 as setup starts).The Intel drivers will work for both XP > and > Vista. Also, in the case of ICH9, an unsupported method to enable > AHCI on > ICH9 <http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=109450> is > available. > - When attempting to install Microsoft Windows XP or a previous > version > on an AHCI-enabled system will cause the setup to fail with the > error > message "set up could not detect hard disk drive...". This problem > can only > be corrected by either using a floppy > disk<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk>with the appropriate > drivers, by > slipstreaming > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipstream_%28computing%29>the > appropriate drivers into the Windows XP installation CD or by turning > on > IDE > emulation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#Advanced_Host_Control > ler_Interface>in > the BIOS settings if available. > - Enabling AHCI in a system BIOS with Windows > Vista<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista>already installed > will result in a > BSoD <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death> if SATA has > been > running in IDE mode during Vista's installation. Before enabling > AHCI in the > BIOS, users must first follow the instructions found at Microsoft > Knowledge Base article 922976 > <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976>. > - Enabling AHCI in a system BIOS on installations of Windows XP or > Windows Vista will cause SATA Optical drives to disappear. A Hotfix > for > Windows Vista is available under the title: "SATA optical drives are > not > available after you start a Windows Vista-based computer. > > > > That's from wiki. I've never used AHCI myself..perhaps the whole > article > might shed light? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface > > > MIke > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, just today, although I really don't want RAID, just AHCI. Setup > > stops saying it can't find any hard drives (bios shows them okay). It > > really shouldn't be this difficult for a mainstream board like Intel. > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Good luck with Intel tech support. It's taken me months to get a > solution > > > for warranty support from them. It's a slow motion ballet of email > > > messages. > > > > > > I gotta say tho', this is really odd. I've installed XP with SATA > drives > > on > > > probably a dozen different chipsets and never run into this in a > non-RAID > > > environment. > > > > > > Have you tried the RAID driver? I don't recall seeing that in the > > thread. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
