SATA & AHCI Compatibility

[Scuzzy]

Hi there,

Can any SATA Hard Drive be used in AHCI mode ?

The reason I ask is I have just activated AHCI installed Windows 7, below are my HD's

1) OCZ Agility 120gb - Windows 7 on
2) Samsung F1 - 1TB
3) WD Raptor 74GB
4) Maxtor 250gb Sata 1 drive

Now since I have used my system using AHCI my old Maxtor HD is causing me a headache. This will sometimes go missing in "My computer" and also when I open it up to view the files on radom occasions this will cause windows explorer to hang,

So is this because my old SATA 1 Drive is not AHCI compatible or is it because it maybe on its way out?

Thanks in advance

 

[Scuzzy]

Many Thanks for the reply;

My Motherboard is Asus Rampage Extreme II,

I have looked through the BIOS and cant find an emulation option.

When I pull the Maxtor out of my machine I dont suffer the Explorer issue of not responding etc etc....

You also mention that it may not be compatible in AHCI mode, is that the case that some older SATA drives cant run this way?

Thanks for the help