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| Re: SATA-II Drive AHCI Controller Vista Problem G965 The solution will be found at following address : [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976/en-us[/url] It worked for me. "dbrook007" <guest@unknown-email.com> a écrit dans le message de news:2c10e412c28e16af50ae76cf5ee3e6c8@nntp-gateway.com...[color=blue] > > Hi, > > I have a problem trying to get a SATA-II drive working using AHCI under > Vista. It's Vista 32-bit Ultimate. > > The problem, I think, relates to the AHCI Controller driver and the > motherboard. > The board is an Intel DG965RY (which is ICH8) > > I have tried a clean install using the "Load Driver" method but it > hasn't worked (it gets so far but then the install fails). I'm told this > is a known problem, but that also people have got their SATA-II drives > to work under AHCI in Vista 32 bit. > > I noticed this from a previous post (see > [url]http://www.vistax64.com/vista-hardware-devices/64581-ahci-sata-ide.html[/url]), > which said: >[color=green] >> >> Bios setting should be set on IDE mode before attempting this. >> >> You can install the Miscrosoft standard AHCI driver from within Vista >> throught Device Manager. In Device Manager select you IDE/Sata >> cotroller >> and properties and selected updriver. The select browse my computer for >> driver software. Select let me pict from list. In the screen untick the >> box "show compatible hardward". Scroll dowwn under the Manufactuer >> column and select the Standard AHCHI driver and select next. This >> should >> the Microsoft AHCI driver. Reboot. Then go into the bios and change >> your >> IDE configuration to AHCI. Once your reboot you can then install the >> AHCI driver for your particular motherboard. >>[/color] > I was wondering if this would work for me with my hardware and Vista > 32? > > Regarding the above instructions, when I look in Device Manager for > Controllers, I see these items: - > > IDE Channel > IDE Channel > IDE Channel > IDE Channel > IDE Channel > IDE Channel > Intel(R) ICH8 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2825 > Intel(R) ICH8 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2820 > Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller > > My first question is, which one do I select to Update the Driver? > > When I have tried this just to look at the list, the only one I can > find is: > > "Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller" > > Is this the correct one? (I was put off by the 1.0 - will this support > SATA-II?) > > I've seen other posts referring back to the old "F6 method" for XP, but > I'm unsure about how sound that is for installing on Vista? > > In addition, will this work at all under AHCI with ICH8 on the DG965RY. > The info on Intel's site is conflicting and confusing. It says it > supports interface speeds of upto 3.0Gb/s and SATA-II, and that the > board support AHCI (AHCI is an option in the BIOS) - but yet there is > little other mention of AHCI in the other Intel documentation on the > board. > > I was hoping that somewhere could shed some light on this with some > definite answers or information. > > Any help appreciated! > > Thanks, > Darren > > > -- > dbrook007[/color] |
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| Re: SATA-II Drive AHCI Controller Vista Problem G965 dbrook007 wrote:[color=blue] > Thanks for the reply. > > I have actually already tried that but it has not fixed my problem (I > think the problem I have is a bit different). > > Thanks - Darren > >[/color] The drive should have a compatibility jumper to force it into SATA 1 mode. Check the documentation for the drive to find it. Online if neccessary. |
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