AHCI issue with MA78GM-UD2H

[tx155]

Hello,

I've recently bought a new computer with Gigabyte's motherboard - MA78GM-UD2H.

I have some strange issue with AHCI mode. Before I installed Windows for the first time(XP pro 32bit), I selected ACHI mode, and everything worked fine after the installation. After a while, I decided to update the BIOS to a newer version(I updated to F7 from F2). After the update, during the boot process it asked me again which mode do I want to use(IDE/AHCI), so I selected again AHCI...after that the Windows failed to start (I got a blue screen). Eventually I managed to solve the problem by switching it back to IDE mode in the BIOS(otherwise Windows wouldn't start)

The question is, what do I do if I want to work again in ACHI mode ?

Any help will be appreciated

Thanks !

 

[bilbat]

Did you load the '<F6> pre-install' drivers at the beginning of the OS install?

 

[tx155]

Hey, and thanks for the response.

No, I didn't load any drivers for SATA during the installation, since I installed Win Xp sp3(sp2 & sp3 have most of the drivers built in).

Anyway, even if there was any absence of drivers, I probably couldn't continue the installation successfully...

 

[bilbat]

My guess is it's not SATA drivers that are the problem, it's AHCI; I use win7 and I still have to put in 'pre-load' drivers for the Intel ICH9R RAID, and the GSATA (jMicron) AHCI to work... If you don't have the luxury of a quick re-install, you might look here:
http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardware/112584-how-enable-ahci-raid-mode-without-reinstalling-windows-p35-ich9-ich9r.html
http://edmundtse.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/upgrading-computer-without-reinstalling-windows/