LM

I have a Asus P5B motherboard and Vista Home premium. Here is what I did to
go from IDE to AHCI.

Shutdown the computer.

Removed SATA cable from the Intel 82801HR SATA AHCI Controller and plugged
in the SATA port of the J-Micron.

Booted computer after changing BIOS to reflect the change above. Also in
this step I did configure the BIOS for AHCI for the Intel controller.

The PC booted properly. I installed the driver for the AHCI. I got the
driver from Intel. The driver installed properly even if I do not have a
drive connected to the interface.

Shutdown the computer.

Move back the SATA cable to the Intel controller.

Power up, change BIOS to reflect change in boot drive location.

Note: I have two drive. For these steps I only connected one. I did a backup
before these steps just in case. I did not need the backup. Everything did
work fine.

LM

"Don" <don@gmayl.com> wrote in message
news:e7C9qrkmHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I installed a WD Raptor under IDE mode, which was a mistake. I'd like to
>change it over to AHCI or RAID. If I change from IDE to AHCI in the bios I
>get a BSOD, which I expected. I have all of the drivers necessary for ACHI
>and raid on a memory stick. Is there a way to get the system to recognize
>the drivers so I can switch over to AHCI without having to do a complete
>reinstall with F6?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>