On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 07:46:34 -0800 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 7, 2008 3:34 AM, Renat Golubchyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:31:43 -0800 "Mark Knecht" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, I took a few minutes away from his Half Life game to look > > > at BIOS. I found the AHCI option and enabled it. Of course he > > > wanted to get back to gaming so we tried to boot back into > > > Windows but XP goes blue screen at the first disk access with > > > AHCI enabled. > > > > Windows versions prior to Windows Server 2003 do not support AHCI: > > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/serialATA_FAQ.mspx > > > > You have to install SATA drivers of the mainboard manufacturer in > > order to enable it. For the ASUS P5E board you can download the > > Intel Matrix Storage driver from ASUS support site. After > > installing the driver you can enable AHCI in BIOS. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Renat > > > > Renat, > Thanks very much for posting this information. > > Once installed does Win XP switch over to the new AHCI driver > automatically and if I go back to IDE emulation in the BIOS does XP > switch back automatically?
It should, but I can't actually verify it, because I do not own SATA drives. I've just googled it for you. :-) (The page [1], that I found, had a very detailed explanation of this AHCI issue, but is written in Russian. I've just summarised the important bits in the email. At the Intel website [2] you can find lots of relevant information and software in English.) Cheers, Renat [1] http://www.diwaxx.ru/gel/ahci.php [2] http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/index.htm -- Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen, durch die sie entstanden sind. (Einstein)
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