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EP45-U3DL w/XP: Enabling SATA AHCI?
When I enable AHCI in BIOS setup, it provokes a boot loop in
which Windows (SP3) throws a Blue Screen Of Death for about a tenth of a second and then the boot process starts all over again. Driver issue? Somewhere I think I read something to the effect that AHCI had tb enabled when Windows was first installed. Something with device detection/driver choice by Windows Setup? I'm finding the results of "Driver download AHCI" confusing. Anybody been here? Can I get past this without rebuilding the system? -- PeteCresswell |
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EP45-U3DL w/XP: Enabling SATA AHCI?
Per (PeteCresswell):
Anybody been here? Can I get past this without rebuilding the system? I think I'm on to something with "HOW TO switch from IDE to AHCI mode without having to reinstall Win XP (GUIDE)" http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?ac...topic=106575.0 Barring that, it sounds like careful choice of the right SATA card would be the path of least resistance. -- PeteCresswell |
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EP45-U3DL w/XP: Enabling SATA AHCI?
1. Enable Gigabyte SATA2 interface in bios.
2. Boot to Windows XP. 3. Install Windows driver for Gigabyte SATA2 interface. 4. Connect hard drive to Gigabyte SATA2 interface. 5. Enable AHCI mode for Intel ICH10 SATA interface in Bios. 6. Boot to Windows XP. 7. Install Intel RAID/AHCI driver for ICH10 SATA interface. 8. Connect hard drive back to Intel ICH10 SATA interface. 9. Disable Gigabyte SATA2 interface in bios if desired. 10. Boot to Windows XP. On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:16:57 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote: When I enable AHCI in BIOS setup, it provokes a boot loop in which Windows (SP3) throws a Blue Screen Of Death for about a tenth of a second and then the boot process starts all over again. Driver issue? Somewhere I think I read something to the effect that AHCI had tb enabled when Windows was first installed. Something with device detection/driver choice by Windows Setup? I'm finding the results of "Driver download AHCI" confusing. Anybody been here? Can I get past this without rebuilding the system? |
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EP45-U3DL w/XP: Enabling SATA AHCI?
Per (PeteCresswell):
I think I'm on to something with "HOW TO switch from IDE to AHCI mode without having to reinstall Win XP (GUIDE)" http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?ac...topic=106575.0 The problem seems tb finding the proper driver. I've tried a couple, but keep getting messages to the effect that I have the wrong mobo for that driver. EP45-UD3L. The one that looks like it *should* be the right one comes down as "motherboard_driver_sata_gb_sata2raid_ep45.exe ". But at execution time, it's a no-go. -- PeteCresswell |
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EP45-U3DL w/XP: Enabling SATA AHCI?
Per andy:
1. Enable Gigabyte SATA2 interface in bios. 2. Boot to Windows XP. 3. Install Windows driver for Gigabyte SATA2 interface. Anybody know where to get that driver - or at least exactly what it is called? I've tried a number of downloads for the AHCI driver and keep getting ones that say I've got the wrong board. 4. Connect hard drive to Gigabyte SATA2 interface. I'm guessing that once the driver is installed, the mobo connectors (interfaces?) just hook up to the SAT2 driver, right? i.e. there is no separate SATA2 interface? - unless it's a matter of identifying which controller the SATA2 driver is affecting. I seem to have two: - Intel(R) ICH10 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 3A26 - Intel(R) ICH10 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - #A20 (listed in that order in Device Manager 5. Enable AHCI mode for Intel ICH10 SATA interface in Bios. 6. Boot to Windows XP. 7. Install Intel RAID/AHCI driver for ICH10 SATA interface. Ditto #3 on the driver sources. -- PeteCresswell |
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EP45-U3DL w/XP: Enabling SATA AHCI?
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per andy: 1. Enable Gigabyte SATA2 interface in bios. 2. Boot to Windows XP. 3. Install Windows driver for Gigabyte SATA2 interface. Anybody know where to get that driver - or at least exactly what it is called? I've tried a number of downloads for the AHCI driver and keep getting ones that say I've got the wrong board. 4. Connect hard drive to Gigabyte SATA2 interface. I'm guessing that once the driver is installed, the mobo connectors (interfaces?) just hook up to the SAT2 driver, right? i.e. there is no separate SATA2 interface? - unless it's a matter of identifying which controller the SATA2 driver is affecting. I seem to have two: - Intel(R) ICH10 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 3A26 - Intel(R) ICH10 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - #A20 (listed in that order in Device Manager 5. Enable AHCI mode for Intel ICH10 SATA interface in Bios. 6. Boot to Windows XP. 7. Install Intel RAID/AHCI driver for ICH10 SATA interface. Ditto #3 on the driver sources. According to the manual here, there are six SATA ports, and they're all on the Intel Southbridge. The separate Jmicron chip is a JMB368 for IDE ribbon cable. The only way you could use that, to "bounce" the boot drive to a non-Intel chip, is if you had a SATA to IDE adapter dongle, then connect the boot drive to the JMB368. http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList...(r)_v1.1_e.pdf You currently have the Southbridge in an "IDE compatible" mode, which enables four of the six SATA connectors. So at the current time, you're likely to find that two of the SATA connectors don't work. Once you change the mode of the Southbridge in the BIOS, all six will be able to work. To follow Andy's suggestion, you'd need to buy a separate SATA controller card, then move the boot drive to that card, long enough to change the Intel BIOS setting to AHCI. While some Gigabyte boards have a "Gigabyte" (JMicron) SATA controller chip, that board doesn't. The Jmicron chip used, is an IDE only ribbon cable chip. http://www.jmicron.com/Product_JMB368.htm It's either buy a card, or use the msi.com.tw forum recipe. This card is based on a Jmicron chip, and would give you a capability similar to the recipe Andy was describing. The card has the Jmicron chip, plus a boot ROM. A lot of these kinds of controllers, can have different code modules you can load in the boot ROM. One might support soft RAID operation, the other supporting vanilla SATA disk operation. This card looks to support vanilla SATA operation out of the box - at least I see no mention of RAID. Always read the customer reviews, to see how people succeeded or not, with their purchase. A number of these small cards, have one kind of issue or another, so it's a matter of finding one with "clean" reviews. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815158097 This card uses a SIL3132. They put one connector inside the computer, and one connector on the faceplate. http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/15-340-010-S04?$S640W$ There are plenty of drivers and boot ROM versions for SIL3132, available here. http://www.siliconimage.com/support/...x?pid=32&cat=3 The only card types I object to, are the cards containing a two port chip, with four physical ports to connect to. It uses jumpers, to steer one port signals to two connectors, which isn't desirable for 3Gbit/sec signal routing. I would never buy one of these, no matter how tempting it might look. A two port chip, should have two connectors on the card. http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/15-280-008-S01?$S640W$ Paul |
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EP45-U3DL w/XP: Enabling SATA AHCI?
Per me/2:
How to change from IDE to AHCI after Windows XP installation http://blog.mytwocents.it/?p=11 Nice work! Gives the details where needed. Thanks. -- PeteCresswell |
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