I actually believe ahci should be turned on right from the start, before installing the os. It is mainly dependent on standard specs, but there is no reason for it to be turned off. It enables advanced hdd features that are disabled on plain ide, lowers cpu usage, saves energy (hence less heat), so it is a very recommended setting overall. The only thing that might not be good is a rare case of incompatibility with some legacy optical drives.
On Jun 21, 6:00 am, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > - Anyone ever try installing windows in EFI mode? My BIOS lets me use > EFI mode (UEFI) and I can apparently install windows like this. I'm > still giving this a try now, but it is different from what I've seen > so far... interesting though... (idk how this would affect my "means" > of activation or anything though... > > - When trying to overclock my new laptop (compaq 515) CPU voltage, my > laptop's usb keyboard and mouse stopped working, however I was able to > move the touchpad mouse around. I couldn't do anything though. Upon > reboot, windows error reporting service says I had a Blue Screen > event, which was weird. I had the same thing happen to me when I tried > running SpeedFan as well... Strange thing was, I never actually got > the "blue screen"... > > - To install XP with AHCI enabled, I had to get an external floppy > drive with my SATA drivers on it (most people would know this though). > For 7 though, I didn't have to do this. However when I did do it, I > noticed an extra section in my device manager. > > - Can anyone here think of a reason why I would want to remove my > wireless card on the go? I've seen a few laptops (even my new 1) that > allowed the wifi card to be safely removed from within windows, yet > the idea seems pointless? > > - On StarCraft 2, I noticed that on my new laptop, I could max > everything out except Shadows, lighting, and something else. If I did > that, then it would look very similiar to what it would look like on > the 950GMA (minus the post processing stuff). When I took the lighting > to medium, the entire enviroment changed significiantly, and thats > when the lag was introduced. But the differences in high to extreme > weren't much different then medium. -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
