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NOTE

IF AHCI NOT FOUND  DISABLE ide bUSMASTERING

 

 

1. Intended audience

This article is for users who want to switch SATA controller from IDE-compatible mode (aka ATA-compatible mode) to AHCI mode without reinstalling Windows XP.
Primary motivation for such a switch is to gain additional performance from disk I/O (SATA NCQ), especially for SSD hardware. Also recommendations from this article are useful in dual-boot configurations, where other OS must use SATA controller in AHCI mode, and Windows XP as a first OS is using SATA controller in IDE mode.

2. Check prerequisites

1. Make sure your operating system is Windows XP. If you are using Windows 7 or Vista, then read this article.
2. Reboot your PC, enter BIOS setup (press DEL or F1) and make sure that currently SATA controller is configured in IDE mode; and support of AHCI mode exists in BIOS.

3. 3. Find or download F6 textmode AHCI driver for your SATA controller

4. Find out the name of your chipset (south bridge). It should be in the user guide of your motherboard or notebook, or at the manufacturer's website. Also one can try to find the SATA controller in the Windows Device Manager under "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" or "Storage controllers".
5. Check your motherboard/notebook driver CD, try to find F6 textmode AHCI driver for your chipset (southbridge). F6 textmode AHCI driver consists of TXTSETUP.OEM, one or several INF files(s), SYS file(s) and CAT file(s). SYS file is a driver itself, CAT file is a catalog of digital signatures to verify integrity of the driver, and INF is an informational file for Windows operating system how to detect hardware, and how to install/uninstall the driver. For example, Intel AHCI driver for ICH10R chipset consists of iaahci.cat, iaAHCI.inf, iastor.cat, iaStor.inf, IaStor.sys, and TXTSETUP.OEM.
6. If you could not find F6 textmode AHCI driver on the CD, check manufacturer's website of the motherboard/notebook, and also check manufacturer's website of the chipset. For example, for ASUS EEC PC 901 netbook with Intel ICH7-M southbridge, you should check both ASUS and Intel websites. Also downloading latest drivers from manufacturer's website may be helpful if old version of driver from motherboard/notebook CD was found, but didn't work because of alleged bugs. (But bear in mind that sometimes new version of drivers has new bugs, not present in old version.)

4. Perform upgrade installation of AHCI driver via Windows Device Manager

Right-click My Computer, choose Properties, then Device Manager.
Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, then right-click on Primary IDE Channel and choose Update Driver... from the context menu:

1. 5. During reboot, make configuration changes in BIOS setup

   During reboot, enter BIOS Setup (press DEL or F1 key) and enable AHCI mode for your SATA controller: