Will this work? (Installing AHCI driver)

So I got the driver for my Chipset from this site:

http://www.msfn.org/board/integration-intels-sata-ahci-and-raid-drivers-t107504.html


Will it just work if I go to my System -> Hardware Controll Center -> -> First IDE Controller -> Choose Click "Have Disk" and go into the folder where the drivers were extracted?

thanks a lot guys, I am scared to mess my system up! :O

 

This is what I did on my E6400, but it should work for any 45 series chipset (and maybe 965 chipsets?):

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61607060&postcount=2

Worked perfectly... the second time. First time I killed my disk image, so you might want to back that up if you're worried about screwing up. The driver file he mentions is iaStor.inf.

 

Thanks, I will try it.
If I dont come online for the next few hours you will know why.. xD!!

Also, is there actually a noticeable speed difference between AHCI and IDE/ATA?

 

No performance difference unless you're using a sufficiently fast drive. I've been using ATA mode for two years now without any problems, but I recently bought an X25-M to replace a slower SSD. Under ATA mode, the X25-M tops out at about 185MB/s sequential read whereas under AHCI mode, said drive tops out at 240MB/s sequential read.

Although, even that you're probably not going to notice in real life, but I guess the theoretical gains are there if you're pushing the limits of the SATA bus.

Short answer: no, no effective performance difference. Just hot-swap support.

 

Thanks a lot
+Rep for you.