by the way, my current storage controller is named "Intel ICH9 Serial Ata
Storage Controller" and it is using atapi.sys, ataport.sys, pciide.sys and
pciidex.sys

so what should happen if i set that registry key to 0, cause here just
nothing changes...
s.
"Sebastian Vega" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:765E566F-E445-4A80-B13F-9B885E538B45@xxxxxx
Quote:
> msahci.sys is present and yes, i set the registry key to 0...
>
> "John" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#PtAzrbEIHA.5208@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Silly question but did you enable the registry key with a 1 or 0? Usually
>> enabling is a 1 but in this case enabling needs a 0 value. Also you might
>> see what driver is currently installed for the HDD controller. Also check
>> for the presence of system32\drivers\msahci.sys.
>>
>>
>> "Sebastian Vega" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:30D1FABC-3CBE-4EB8-A306-5A94C85185FE@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> Hello!
>>> I bought a PC with Vista Home Premium preinstalled and an intel G33
>>> chipset.
>>> However, SATA mode in BIOS was set to IDE. If I set it to AHCI or RAID,
>>> I would get a BSOD.
>>> So I enabled AHCI driver in Vista in the registry, with no success. I
>>> also tried installing intel Matrix drivers, but the installer says my
>>> system does not meet minimum requirements.
>>> So what do I have to do now to enable AHCI/RAID mode on an installed
>>> system?
>>> Thanks
>>> Sebastian
>>>
>>>
>>
>>