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    Intel SATA AHCI Controller

    Discussion in 'HP' started by hxman, Oct 8, 2008.

  1. hxman

    hxman Newbie

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    I have a new HP EliteBook 8530p..... In the BIOS I have 3 choices regarding the SATA drives....

    1) AHCI
    2) IDE
    3) ???

    What is the difference????
     
    hxman, Oct 8, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    If you already have an OS installed - Do not change anything.
    Those settings control the HDD Mode.
     
    Andy, Oct 8, 2008
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  3. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    AHCI should be default.
     
    flipfire, Oct 8, 2008
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    where can i obtain the sata drivers from? we are trying to build an image from scratch and HP has been no help providing the drivers we need to inject during the OS installation. Can someone help me with this?
     
    barbrooks, Jan 8, 2009
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  5. flipfire

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    Intel website. What notebook do you have?
     
    flipfire, Jan 8, 2009
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