Need help with ACHI/IDE settings for SSD...

[claypigeon101]

Hi guys, got a problemo.
I just finished reinstalling fresh Win7 on my new SSD when I realised my BIOS settings were still running all my disks (SSD and 2 HDDs) in IDE mode from before.
Samsung Disk Magician and general consensus tells me I should switch to ACHI mode so to do that I'm gonna format all three drives again and do a clean install yet again after enabling ACHI mode in the BIOS.

My question is, if you can look at these screenshots I want to know which settings I need to change in my BIOS itself.

This looks like the main control for the SATA IDE/ACHI setting... which do I need?

And do these settings on the next page have anything to do with what I'm after too? ESATA and GSATA settings.

These are the options for the above settings.

As you can probably tell it's my first time setting up the BIOS differently so I'd love your advice as to what the best thing to do is.

Many thanks!

 

[McstylisT]

Hi ,

You need ( SATA->AHCI ) on the main and you need AHCI on the esata settings.

Clean install is the best option, but if you google there is a working reg edit you can implement and it works fine. You then restart , change them to AHCI in bios and it boots into windows.

McT

 

[wazza300]

set both those to ahci

 

[Surveyor]

Leave the settings in IDE mode, boot into Windows and then run this:

http://windows7themes.net/download/registry/enable-ahci-windows7.reg

Once you've done that then restart the PC, go straight back into the BIOS, switch to AHCI mode, save the changes and let the PC restart.

 

[Duke]

As above, a simple change is needed not a format.

 

[claypigeon101]

Thanks guys, exactly what I needed thanks so much.