- Feb 22, 2010
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Hi Everyone,
I have just installed an SSD into my computer running XP (migration from mechanical drive to SSD was simple with the help of Paragon Migrate OS to SSD). Everything is working ok, however I would ideally like to set my BIOS to AHCI (it is currently set to IDE).
Towards this end I have been trying to follow the tutorial How to enable AHCI after having installed Windwos XP.
I am at a loss concerning how to install AHCI drivers on my ASUS M5A78L-M LX motherboard because it features an ATI chipset on the Southbridge (as can be seen from the CPU-Z screen capture below) -
The instructions in the tutorial specifically focus on an Intel chipset, and they mention that I should be able to right click on each of the "IDE Channel" entries under Device Manager and manually update the driver. However whenever I do this with the appropriate driver (downloaded from the ASUS M5A78L-M LX support page) Windows informs me that it cannot find a "better driver" and leaves the existing one in place!
I have attempted to enable AHCI in the BIOS without following the instructions provided, and was met (not surprisingly) with a BSOD and a quick computer restart. After setting the BIOS back to IDE the computer boots again, so I haven't done any damage to XP (thankfully).
I am now at a loss regarding how to proceed, if anybody has any advise can you please let me know.
Kind Regards,
Davo
I have just installed an SSD into my computer running XP (migration from mechanical drive to SSD was simple with the help of Paragon Migrate OS to SSD). Everything is working ok, however I would ideally like to set my BIOS to AHCI (it is currently set to IDE).
Towards this end I have been trying to follow the tutorial How to enable AHCI after having installed Windwos XP.
I am at a loss concerning how to install AHCI drivers on my ASUS M5A78L-M LX motherboard because it features an ATI chipset on the Southbridge (as can be seen from the CPU-Z screen capture below) -
The instructions in the tutorial specifically focus on an Intel chipset, and they mention that I should be able to right click on each of the "IDE Channel" entries under Device Manager and manually update the driver. However whenever I do this with the appropriate driver (downloaded from the ASUS M5A78L-M LX support page) Windows informs me that it cannot find a "better driver" and leaves the existing one in place!
I have attempted to enable AHCI in the BIOS without following the instructions provided, and was met (not surprisingly) with a BSOD and a quick computer restart. After setting the BIOS back to IDE the computer boots again, so I haven't done any damage to XP (thankfully).
I am now at a loss regarding how to proceed, if anybody has any advise can you please let me know.
Kind Regards,
Davo
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