Re: SATA & AHCI

Barry Watzman wrote:
I think if you just install the Intel Storage Matrix drivers you
should be all set. Note: many motherboards have multiple SATA
ports, some on the Intel chipset, some on additional chips (very
commonly various JMicron chips). Be sure that you know what drives
are on what ports connected to what chips. The Intel Matrix Drivers
won't do you any good if the drive is on a port connected to a
non-Intel disk interface chip.
Installing the F6 driver will also cause that driver to be
incorporated into the version of Windows being installed, BUT in that
regard it doesn't do anything that subsequent installation of the
same driver won't do. In other words, installing the Intel Storage
Matrix driver in Windows later is as good as (better than, actually)
having installed an F6 driver for SATA ports on an Intel chipset
during the installation.

RobV wrote:
P5B-Plus MB, E6600, 2GB Corsair memory, SATA system drive, SATA
DVD-RAM. XP Home (32 bit).

If I select AHCI in the BIOS for the SATA drive, the system won't
boot. It only works if set to IDE. I think the reason is because I
didn't install the Intel Matrix or RAID drivers when setting up XP
via F6. Is there a way to install them after the OS is already
installed (I
tried F6 when the system boots, but it isn't recognized)?

Thanks, Barry. An excellent response. Yes, I did install the JMicron
with F6 during install to use the IDE port on it and the SATA drives are
connected to the Intel Southbridge. Then I'll just get the ASUS CD and
install the Intel "stuff ". :-)

Thanks again!


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