- Jan 29, 2012
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I CANNOT find the right AHCI drivers for my motherboard and OS combination.
I'm trying to convert an IDE drive to AHCI, so I can install a Samsung 830 I got for Christmas.
Here's what I've got:
Asus P8Z68V-PRO/GEN3 and XP Professional.
(I'll post some pics of my hardware under Device Manager).
(I'll also post a screen-shot of what I've downloaded so far).
Nothing seems to work.
Trying to update drivers on "Primary IDE", running EXE files that seem to be for my hardware, following the advice on a dozen websites, all to no avail.
I cannot get the right AHCI drivers for my board so I can switch to ACHI in my BIOS.
Most of the stuff I've downloaded says "This software is incompatible with your hardware" or some crap like that.
I've searched Intel's site up and down and can't find the right drivers.
I can't do the reg hack because those keys don't exist.
Nothing works, and everytime I set the BIOS to AHCI, I get a BSOD (07b).
A site I tried to follow, but nothing worked (tried both methods):
http://expertester.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/how-to-enable-ahci-windows-xp/
I do NOT want to format/reinstall.
I do NOT want to upgrade to 7 OR 8.
I just want to convert my IDE drive to AHCI so I can install my new SSD.
Unless, of course, if someone knows if my BIOS (3603) can use an HDD on IDE and an SSD on AHCI on the Intel 6GB/sec controllers at the same time.
I have Norton Ghost, Samsung's Data Migration Tool, and Samsung SSD Magician at my fingertips.
After 100's of hours at this, if I don't find a solution, my only option may be to copy my entire HDD to a Dell Portable 1TB USB 3.0 drive and start over.
That's the LAST thing I want to do.
Please help!
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I'm trying to convert an IDE drive to AHCI, so I can install a Samsung 830 I got for Christmas.
Here's what I've got:
Asus P8Z68V-PRO/GEN3 and XP Professional.
(I'll post some pics of my hardware under Device Manager).
(I'll also post a screen-shot of what I've downloaded so far).
Nothing seems to work.
Trying to update drivers on "Primary IDE", running EXE files that seem to be for my hardware, following the advice on a dozen websites, all to no avail.
I cannot get the right AHCI drivers for my board so I can switch to ACHI in my BIOS.
Most of the stuff I've downloaded says "This software is incompatible with your hardware" or some crap like that.
I've searched Intel's site up and down and can't find the right drivers.
I can't do the reg hack because those keys don't exist.
Nothing works, and everytime I set the BIOS to AHCI, I get a BSOD (07b).
A site I tried to follow, but nothing worked (tried both methods):
http://expertester.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/how-to-enable-ahci-windows-xp/
I do NOT want to format/reinstall.
I do NOT want to upgrade to 7 OR 8.
I just want to convert my IDE drive to AHCI so I can install my new SSD.
Unless, of course, if someone knows if my BIOS (3603) can use an HDD on IDE and an SSD on AHCI on the Intel 6GB/sec controllers at the same time.
I have Norton Ghost, Samsung's Data Migration Tool, and Samsung SSD Magician at my fingertips.
After 100's of hours at this, if I don't find a solution, my only option may be to copy my entire HDD to a Dell Portable 1TB USB 3.0 drive and start over.
That's the LAST thing I want to do.
Please help!
Pics:
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