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On Jan 7, 2008 8:10 AM, Renat Golubchyk <ragermany@×××.net> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 07:46:34 -0800 "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> > On Jan 7, 2008 3:34 AM, Renat Golubchyk <ragermany@×××.net> wrote: |
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> > > Hi! |
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> > > |
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> > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:31:43 -0800 "Mark Knecht" |
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> > > <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > > OK, I took a few minutes away from his Half Life game to look |
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> > > > at BIOS. I found the AHCI option and enabled it. Of course he |
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> > > > wanted to get back to gaming so we tried to boot back into |
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> > > > Windows but XP goes blue screen at the first disk access with |
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> > > > AHCI enabled. |
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> > > |
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> > > Windows versions prior to Windows Server 2003 do not support AHCI: |
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> > > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/serialATA_FAQ.mspx |
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> > > |
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> > > You have to install SATA drivers of the mainboard manufacturer in |
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> > > order to enable it. For the ASUS P5E board you can download the |
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> > > Intel Matrix Storage driver from ASUS support site. After |
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> > > installing the driver you can enable AHCI in BIOS. |
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> > > |
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> > > |
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> > > Cheers, |
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> > > Renat |
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> > > |
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> > |
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> > Renat, |
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> > Thanks very much for posting this information. |
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> > |
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> > Once installed does Win XP switch over to the new AHCI driver |
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> > automatically and if I go back to IDE emulation in the BIOS does XP |
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> > switch back automatically? |
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> It should, but I can't actually verify it, because I do not own SATA |
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> drives. I've just googled it for you. :-) |
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> (The page [1], that I found, had a very detailed explanation of this |
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> AHCI issue, but is written in Russian. I've just summarised the |
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> important bits in the email. At the Intel website [2] you can find |
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> lots of relevant information and software in English.) |
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> Cheers, |
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> Renat |
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> [1] http://www.diwaxx.ru/gel/ahci.php |
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> [2] http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/index.htm |
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Fair enough. I should have done that myself. When I started the thread |
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I didn't know about AHCI and I should really read about it before I |
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attempt to use it. |
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Thanks, |
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MArk |
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