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    Sata & Aschi

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tilka, Jan 15, 2008.

  1. tilka

    tilka Notebook Enthusiast

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    So my father has a 1520
    he got it whit dos,and bought win XP
    he also gave it to the company pc specialist to install the windows and drivers.
    i rang the guy up , and asked him to install Xp in SATA mode.
    he said thats imposibble. i said its not , you can implement the Sata drivers in a Xp install kit.
    he said that he cant make that , and that its unnecesary , it will perform the same whitout the Sata drivers.
    im thinking WTF?


    so i need some helps guys , hard evidence , web page , wiki page , online test to show him how dumb he is....

    Thank You
     
    tilka, Jan 15, 2008
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  2. billcsho

    billcsho Notebook Deity

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    If he gets an external USB floppy, he can provide the SATA driver during the installation. Although one may slip stream the driver into the installation CD, the procedure requires creating another installation CD and that may be prohibited by law and the guideline of your father's company. Nevertheless, someone reported a couple weeks ago that one may add the SATA driver after installing windows in IDE mode. You may search this forum for the instruction.
     
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  3. dmorris68

    dmorris68 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm guessing you're just asking about AHCI support, not installing XP "in SATA mode." There is no SATA "mode" for XP. The drive is either SATA or it's not, and XP will require F6 drivers for SATA (AHCI or otherwise) unless the BIOS supports the SATA controller natively in IDE mode. In order for AHCI to be supported, the BIOS has to enable AHCI and the proper AHCI driver for your controller/chipset has to be installed, since XP has no built-in AHCI support.

    For a notebook PC, AHCI isn't going to make a real appreciable difference. If you can enable AHCI (and you can do so after the XP install, there are lots of guides that demonstrate how) with little effort, then go for it, but it's not a big benefit in a single-user notebook scenario.

    A more burning question: He bought a SATA-capable Dell notebook and it came with DOS? Was it used when he got it? Dell doesn't sell DOS systems. AFAIK, even IBM and Novel/DR don't sell their DOS anymore. There are some free ports of DOS, but Dell wouldn't be selling them. And where would you get DOS drivers for any modern notebook?
     
    dmorris68, Jan 15, 2008
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