On Jan 7, 2008 8:10 AM, Renat Golubchyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
Fair enough. I should have done that myself. When I started the thread I didn't know about AHCI and I should really read about it before I attempt to use it. Thanks, MArk -- [email protected] mailing list
