No AHCI, Only AHCI RAID?

MikeyBotta

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My 3 options are IDE Legacy, IDE, and AHCI RAID when I enter my BIOS. I just got my SSD so I am trying to get it all set-up. Samsung Magician (software that came with ssd) says that I should be in AHCI mode, not IDE or RAID.

Unfortunately just regular ole ahci does not appear to be an option for me. Am I looking in the wrong place?

This is the guide for my PC. It says to set my setting to AHCI RAID if I want AHCI mode. This confuses me because it's saying how to get AHCI.... but tells me to choose the AHCI RAID mode?

https://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=3658105&docId=emr_na-c01372595&docLocale=en_US


in summary....
my BIOS does not seem to have an option for regular AHCI mode, only AHCI RAID. What can I do?
 

MikeyBotta

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Are you sure? So if I don't set up Raid 0/Raid 1/Raid whatever, the setting I am on (AHCI RAID) is exactly the same as if I was just on AHCI?

Only reason I ask is because in Samsung Magician, it says my drive should be on AHCI; RAID and IDE are not optimal.