| Re: How to enable AHCI/RAID mode without reinstalling windows (P35/ICH9/ICH9R)
This method worked great on a new rig I just built for a mate! Cheers!
I installed XP Pro with the ICH9R sata ports in ide mode. After installing the P35 chipset drivers, audio chipset drivers & ATI graphic card drivers, I followed your method to enable AHCI. Everything worked as was described.
The ICH9 SATA AHCI controller now shows in the Device Manager. The Intel Matrix Storage Manager reports the HDD is being controlled by the ICH9 SATA AHCI controller too and is NCQ capable.
How do I know for sure that the HDD is operating in NCQ mode, please? Is there a switch to turn NCQ on /off? I look into the properties of the HDD via the Device Manager but it isn't there, nor is the option available in the Intel Matrix Storage Console.
I did however notice a startup time improvement of abt 2secs. As mentioned above, this is an almost 'clean' installation of XP Pro w/SP2.
Asus P5KR (Intel P35 + ICH9R)
Seagate 250GB 16MB cache SATA2 (NCQ capable model)
XP Pro SP2 |