Answer : Hi,
If this is a brand new system we recommend please have a fresh Operating System installed. Used the default value for the SATA Port0-3 Native Mode.
Question - 409207
Question : Two final questions if I may then please:
Do you recommend that I reinstall XP after I change that option to IDE?
What should sata 'port0-3 native mode' be now?
Thanks for your help.
Answer - 409192
Answer : Hi,
Please set the Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode to IDE. You do not have to install any SATA drivers for single HDD.
Question - 409192
Question : Thanks for the reply. What if my SATA1 drive does not support NCQ/AHCI? Can you tell me what settings I should have in the BIOS, which port to use and which drivers to install as I am noticing stuttering in loading where I never used to have it...maybe enabling the AHCI mode is bad when the drive does not support it?
Thanks again.
Answer - 408742
Answer : Hi,
To activate the NCQ /AHCI (make sure your all HDD are the SATAII or support NCQ function):
1. Please set the SATA mode to the AHCI (refer to manual page 40).
2. Please reload Win XP with SATA/AHCI driver (refer to manual page77~79).
3. After win XP re-installed, please install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager from the driver CD.
Question - 408742
Question : Please could you confirm for me the optimum settings in the bios for a SINGLE sataI (not sataII and not raid) drive. I have put the sata lead to the orange connector port 0, set sata 'port0-3 native mode' option to enabled and set 'onboard sata/ide ctrl mode' option to AHCI, but am not sure what this is for. Does this provide the fastest settings for the drive please as I have noticed that perhaps my drive is not performing as quickly as i thought it may. Originally I had the 'onboard sata/ide ctrl mode' option set to IDE but read that that was wrong. Someone on the internet also wrote that the purple ports were faster? is this true? Many thanks for your help.
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Model Name : GA-965P-DS3
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M/B Rev : 1.0
BIOS Ver : 7F