AHCI in BIOS

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 12:30

Hello,

I have disconnected my HDD and connected my SSD but AHCI is not displayed in the BIOS, only IDE and RAID

Any idea why?

Regards

Surveyor · 2 Jul 2011 at 12:35

Because it doesn't support AHCI?

What motherboard do you have?

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 12:37

I already asked what mobo and SSD you are using in your other thread!

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 12:37

Asrock N68C-S UCC

If it doesn't support AHCI, how do I use an SSD with it?
SSD is OCZ Agility 30GB

Surveyor · 2 Jul 2011 at 12:42

You'll have to use it in IDE mode.

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 12:43

Okay, no problem. Thank you for your help

Regards

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 12:46

Thats nForce630a chipset, don't think they have AHCI. You may have to use IDE but the performance will be less than AHCI.
Hope you can get the SSD working mate, because a lot of OCZ drives having trouble with older mobos(cold boot issue/BSOD/Dead drives)

Edit : note to self - refresh!

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 12:51

Also, can somebody tell me how to make sure Windows saves files to my hdd rather than ssd?
Yeah, I hope I can get the SSD working too. Will it show problems straight away if they are going to occur?

Regards

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:01

You can move the contents of the "Users" folder (Documents, Music, Pictures etc) by using the "Location" tab of the properties box, by right clicking on the folder. I have them in D drive any way.
Some SSD's show signs of errors right away, my Agility 3 60Gb had cold boot isses and it died after 2 days.

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:05

Just tried to install Windows and it says that it could not configure windows to work on this computers hardware....Now what?!

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:06

Are you using windows 7?

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:07

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:16

seems like a hardware conflict! motherboard doesn't like the SSD!

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:17

Oh dear-so what do I do?

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:18

Better try the SSD in another PC, without connecting a HDD, a friends PC perhaps?
But if it works in another PC that means you will most likely have to change some parts

Edit : were you using windows 7 in the HDD as well?

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:19

Avathar77 said:
Better try the SSD in another PC, without connecting a HDD, a friends PC perhaps?

I have another PC I could try it in but the HDD has been connected. What do I need to do to test?
It recognises it on other pc when booted into windows from hdd

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:24

what mobo do you have in the other pc?

mrnothersan1 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:26

ASUS M4A78LT-M LE

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:45

well this has AHCI and would be suitable for the SSD more than the other!

Avathar77 · 2 Jul 2011 at 13:46

Why don't you use this motherboard for your SSD, swap parts if you want to make a better PC using the CPU that you have in the other if that is better?