Hello Michael, > However if my laptop is powered off for a while, the SATA setting > changes back to IRRTL instead of AHCI, very annoying, not sure why > the BIOS would not make my changes persistent. I think it may be a > hardware issue, but just wanted to know if anyone else has > encountered this before?
try to replace your BIOS battery with a fresh one. Given the age of your machine, this could be the culprit. -- greetings, Florian Viehweger

