I installed Vista Ultimate x64 on a RAID0 disk array of WD Raptors on an Abit IP35 Pro motherboard. The other disk drives are all SATAII. I notice the message "AHCI Bios Not Installed" during the boot sequence. The disk drives are NOT hot swappable. Reading up on AHCI, it seems this supports hot swap and NCQ for SATA drives.
All the drives are connected to the ICH9R controller and it seems there is no way to independantly select between RAID, IDE and AHCI for the drives. Since I am booting from a RAID0, I have selected RAID for the controller. Am I missing something that would allow me to make the other drives hot-swappable? My last system used nForce4 and all the drives were hot-swappable. The lack of hot-swap is not an issue, but am I also losing out on NCQ? I have googled the problem, but have not found my circumstances. Most seem to focus on installing on IDE and then switching to AHCI. Others seem to indicate that RAID implements AHCI, but I wonder since I do not have the hot-swap feature. Curiosity killed the cat, but I still find myself bothered by the "AHCI Bios Not Installed" message each time I boot. Any insight is most appreciated! Thanks, Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
