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    reinstalling m1330 now.... need ahci driver

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by blu3crystal, May 23, 2008.

  1. blu3crystal

    blu3crystal Notebook Enthusiast

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    i m reinstalling my m1330 now..
    and i cant find any driver on my usb disk...
    maybe i downloaded an extracted a wrong driver
    need AHCI drver now... pls......
    i cant go nowhere installing my OS without it....

    thx
     
    blu3crystal, May 23, 2008
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    Jamaicanyouth Notebook Evangelist

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    Jamaicanyouth, May 23, 2008
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    Are you reinstalling Vista on your 1330? From what I understand, you don't need to manually install the AHCI drivers prior to installing Vista (according to a dell tech support guy, Vista automatically installs them for you).

    I asked him this question because I did a clean install of Vista on my 1330 and did NOT install the AHCI drivers first and the entire install process went fine. But after reading a few posts, I was wondering why everyone was doing this initial step. It seems to only apply (again, according to the tech guy) when you install XP on a Vista machine.

    I could be completely wrong... maybe some of the more technically gifted members on this forum can enlighten us here.
     
    kinetic758, May 23, 2008
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  4. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Yeah, you don't need anything special if you're installing Vista.

    With XP you would need it.
     
    Matt is Pro, May 23, 2008
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    I thought you needed the drivers if you were using a Vista DVD that wasn't from Dell.
     
    chelet, May 23, 2008
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    I read about must install AHCI driver in sticky post about removing bloatware in this forum., if not we can get BSOD in the end of intallation... i installed a driver from my dells drivers and utilities disc.... i dont know if is it the driver... i let windows scan for me...
    its went ok.... but i get texts for 1 or 2 seconds after booting dell bios.... dontknow what it said.... to fast
     
    blu3crystal, May 24, 2008
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  7. wojwoda

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    AHCI (aka SATA) driver is for XP as XP doesn't recognize SATA hard disks. Vista has it integrated so you don't need it. ;)
     
    wojwoda, May 24, 2008
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