Interesting side note.... " Many SATA controllers can enable AHCI either separately or in conjunction with RAID support. Intel recommends choosing RAID mode on their motherboards (which also enables AHCI) rather than the plain AHCI/SATA mode for maximum flexibility, due to the issues caused when the mode is switched once an operating system has already been installed.[2]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface > -----Original Message----- > Yes, just today, although I really don't want RAID, just AHCI. Setup > stops saying it can't find any hard drives (bios shows them okay). It > really shouldn't be this difficult for a mainstream board like Intel. > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good luck with Intel tech support. It's taken me months to get a > solution > > for warranty support from them. It's a slow motion ballet of email > > messages. > > > > I gotta say tho', this is really odd. I've installed XP with SATA > drives on > > probably a dozen different chipsets and never run into this in a non- > RAID > > environment. > > > > Have you tried the RAID driver? I don't recall seeing that in the > thread. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
