I've got an Intel SSD 335 Series 180 GB SSD drive. When I try to update the firmware I get this message "Your system is in IDE Mode. The selected Intel SSD cannot be updated with the Intel SSD Toolbox in this mode. Use the Intel Firmware Update Tool located at: www.downloadcenter.intel.com.".
So I search the web for a fix to change it to AHCI mode and I find one (by the way I tried updating with the firmware update tool also using a USB according to Intels instructions but it failed to detect my drive model). I change the registry parameter to do so and also change the corresponding setting in my BIOS. STILL the Intel SSD Toolbox program tells me that I have IDE mode activated! When I check with the AS SSD Benchmark program which mode I have activated it says "pciide-BAD" so maybe my "tweak" just destroyed something IDE-related without changing to AHCI?
What could be wrong? How can I fix this? I run Windows 8 and have a Gigabyte motherboard. Also I'm wondering if this IDE-setting might be causing the drive to be slower? My friend claims a normal SSD boots in 3-5 seconds or the like while mine boots in around 15-20. Thanks for your input in advance!
So I search the web for a fix to change it to AHCI mode and I find one (by the way I tried updating with the firmware update tool also using a USB according to Intels instructions but it failed to detect my drive model). I change the registry parameter to do so and also change the corresponding setting in my BIOS. STILL the Intel SSD Toolbox program tells me that I have IDE mode activated! When I check with the AS SSD Benchmark program which mode I have activated it says "pciide-BAD" so maybe my "tweak" just destroyed something IDE-related without changing to AHCI?
What could be wrong? How can I fix this? I run Windows 8 and have a Gigabyte motherboard. Also I'm wondering if this IDE-setting might be causing the drive to be slower? My friend claims a normal SSD boots in 3-5 seconds or the like while mine boots in around 15-20. Thanks for your input in advance!