Enabling AHCI on ASUS P5W DH Deluxe after Windows Xp Home (OEM) Installation

Hello,

I've read many posts on this subject, but am unable to come to the right
conclusion as to how to enable this functionality on my Serial ATA Boot
Drive. Is it absolutely necessary to re-install XP and press F6 to load
these AHCI drivers in order to enable all the features of the SATA drive?
Can it not be done without re-installing Windows?

Is there a fairly straightforward approach? Which version of Intel Matrix
Storage Manager is required and The Floppy Utility as well?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

 

Follow these instructions to the letter:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t457699.html

Once done, install the latest Intel Matrix Storage Manager, to bring
everything up to date:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101&lang=eng

-phil

 

Thanks a lot for the info. I just found the "Neowin" forum earlier this
evening.

I'll give it a shot.

Brian

 

It works. I used it, myself.

-phil

 

It sounds like you may have goofed somewhere along the line. I can't stress
enough that you need to follow the instructions to the letter. Did you
properly edit the IMSM_PRE.inf file, replacing *all* instances of DEV_27C5
with DEV_27C1?

There's no reason why this should not work for you, when we have the very
same mobo. All I can suggest is that you try again.

-phil

 

Glad to hear that. Try benchmarking your drive with an app called HDTACH.
Easy to find with Google.

-phil

 

Hi Phil,

Well I tried this method and all I got was the dreaded Blue Screen and the
computer kept rebooting until I went back into the BIOS and enabled my SATA
drive as Standard IDE and Enhanced mode.

I guess I better leave it alone for now. Any other suggestions?

Thanks again,
Brian

 

Hi Phil,

It's working now. I missed inputing one "1". My fault.

Thanks again for your help. I'm glad I didn't have to install XP again to
enable this driver.

Brian

 

Phil, Is there a 64 bit version of these drivers that you know of?

Thanks
Tim

 

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Phil

Hello Phil,
I joined this form just to thank you personally for posting your information. I worked like a dog for a week trying to get the Asus P5W DH Deluxe to work in the AHCI mode. I tried to work with Asus Tech support to resolve the issue, but they are worthless. I was about ready to send the board back to the supplier when I read you post. I followed your direction to the letter and it worked! I cannot tell you how happy I was to finally see it work, it was a happy day. I thought about sending your link to Asus Tech support and decided not to. Asus need to struggle and dig up that information on their own. They really do not care about their customers. Thanks again for the information.

 

okay, Phil and Mhco, I did what it says and SATA worked. Now it won't recoganize my IDE, doesn't even show up in windows. I am running a Seagate 320 SATA2 as system boot, another WD IDE as storage. How do i fix this?

 

yo, the last post should show up in the first page, the mod should fix this.