Samsung EVO 850 in G31m-s2L Gigabyte

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

Hi Friends,

I bought a new Samsung EVO 850 to connect the same to my old system whose configuration is:
Gigabyte mobo: G31m-s2L
Bios : F10F, 6/1/2009

Please let me know, how can I connect the SSD as Samsung Magician is showing that the
Interface is unable to detect
AHCI mode is Deactivated
Trim is Enable

Please help

Paul NZ · Mar 12, 2017

What version of Windows is installed?? If it's Win10 AU, did you install Magician 5?

Was AHCI enabled when you installed windows?

I wouldnt flash beta bios's. These can be buggy

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

Its Windows 10.
Magician 5 downloaded from internet.
Don't know AHCI is enabled in Windows? Could you please let me know the process?
Thanks for the prompt replay

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

Its Windows 10.
Magician 5 downloaded from internet.
Don't know AHCI is enabled in Windows? Could you please let me know the process?
Thanks for the prompt replay

Also, Should i downgraded my bios to non beta

Paul NZ · Mar 12, 2017

I would flash to the previous BIOS. AHCI should be enabled in the BIOS BEFORE you install Windows

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

G31m-s2L does not have AHCI mode i believe

I cant install window again as there are lot of Applications in my system.
I want to clone my C drive to SSD for performance boast.

Is it possible to downgrade BIOS without installing Windows again?

Please suggest me the best

Paul NZ · Mar 12, 2017

Well if it AHCI isnt enabled now it probably wont be enabled if you clone it

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

G31m-s2L does not have AHCI mode i believe

I cant install window again as there are lot of Applications in my system.
I want to clone my C drive to SSD for performance boast.

Is it possible to downgrade BIOS without installing Windows again?

Please suggest me the best

Paul NZ · Mar 12, 2017

You dont have to reinstall windows to update the BIOS. Updating the BIOS has nothing to do with windows

But if AHCI isnt enabled now you may have no other option but to reinstall windows (since you have to enable it in the BIOS first).

Before you install windows

There are AHCI hacks online somewhere. Just have to find the right one. If you dont want to reinstall windows

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

Could you please help to find AHCI hack.
Also, will it work perfectly?

Paul NZ · Mar 12, 2017

Do a search in Google for AHCI windows 10 hack

pbm86 · Mar 12, 2017

It's not hard to switch to AHCI and it works mostly without problems. First you need to edit the registy
https://www.pingzic.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-10/
Then you restart and configure your BIOS to enable AHCI. You go to the Integrated Peripherals section and set On-Chip SATA Mode to Enhanced.
Sometimes DVD-RW devices have problems with AHCI. In the worst case you would need to get a new one.

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

Hi,

After changing all the values from 3 to 0, I didnt find any AHCI enable option in my motherboard G31m-s2L Gigabyte.
Could you please search and help me.

Also, after changing all values via admin, after restart, values comeback to 3.

Please help

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

Hi,

After changing all the values from 3 to 0, I didnt find any AHCI enable option in my motherboard G31m-s2L Gigabyte.
Could you please search and help me.

Also, after changing all values via admin, after restart, values comeback to 3.

Please help

pbm86 · Mar 12, 2017

As I wrote already.
Integrated Peripherals -> On-Chip SATA Mode -> Enhanced
That is how you switch to AHCI. There isn't an option that says directly AHCI.

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

After Changing all the registry value.
i restarted my PC and accessed to bios to change Integrated Peripherals -> On-Chip SATA Mode -> Enhanced.
After that my PC giving error (Inaccessible boot device) after windows logo.

I changed on chip sata mode to Auto and pc started normally.
But again, Samsung magician is showing AHCI mode deactivated

pbm86 · Mar 12, 2017

That sounds like the registry changes don't work. Probably a clean Windows reinstall is the best option

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

I am working on some live projects and cant format my HDD.

Is it possible, If I will remove my HDD and connect my SSD and install windows 10 from a bootable pen-drive and install all the required applications and then connect my HDD and remove "C" drive from HDD.

Will I able to connect my HDD after installing windows in SSD via a bootable pen-drive?

If yes, What should I do first in Bios to avoid any future error to connect my SSD to install windows 10 and then to reconnect my HDD.

Please help

madmatt30 · Mar 12, 2017

That board is ancient - it doesnt support ahci

Ahci is not a necessity to run an ssd ,its recommended if you have it as a bios option.
You will have to run it as a standard IDE mode drive

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

Could you please help me and let me know the process as the the SSD is not detecting in My computer but detecting in Device manager.
In Samsung Magician, its showing:
Interface is unable to detect
AHCI mode is Deactivated
Trim is Enable

madmatt30 · Mar 12, 2017

HappyLove :

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1921624/samsung-magician-reports-system-ahci-mode.html

magician doesnt work properly on some old baords/systems without ahci support.

If trim is enabled you do not have an issue.
The drive wont show in 'my computer' becasue it has not been formatted or given a drive letter - this is completely normal.

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

Thanks for the prompt replay.

Please suggest the best.
What should I do first?
I want to clone my SSD and then will delete my C partition from HDD.
SSD will be only for C drive and HDD for storage.

madmatt30 · Mar 12, 2017

https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

DOWNLOAD MACRIUM REFLECT FREE

install it

http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/Cloning+a+disk

follow the info above to clone the old drive to the new ssd (this does not need to be formatted first)
You WILL have to shrink the C drive partition on the original drive so that it fits within the size of your ssd.

What you need to do after selecting the ssd to image to is drag & drop just the system reserved partition & the c partition to the target drive panel

Which will look similar to this (just a quick expample so not exact)

open cloned partition properties (circled in red)

change drive letter to auto

click next & let the process run.

once done ,power off the pc,unplug the original drive,& plug the cable from that drive into the ssd so youre runnig the ssd on the original hard drives sata port (saves messing in bios changing sata boot order)
Reboot with just the ssd to make sure its cloned correctly.

Shut down again,replug the original drive back in ,reboot.
Remove the C partition with disk management from the original drive,while youre there you may need to extend the C partition on the ssd as it will probably not be using the full drive space.

HappyLove · Mar 12, 2017

So after cloning is finished, I will remove HDD and connect the HDD connections to SSD to boot to check whether the SSD is booting properly or not. If its booted perfectly, then shutdown and connect the HDD to motherboard to another sata cable and reboot and after successful reboot, delete the extra C drive.
Please confirm.

Also, After cloning, will my all the applications work perfectly from SSD?

madmatt30 · Mar 12, 2017

^ exactly the steps you mentioned yes.
Apps should work fine , macrium does a 1+1 sector cloning if the original partition.

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