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    Just bought a HP Envy DV7-7305 and cannot find AHCI bios setting

    Discussion in 'HP' started by stefanp67, Apr 7, 2013.

  1. stefanp67

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    Hi, i just bought a DV7-7305eo and swapped to a Samsung 830 128GB SSD but i can't find the AHCI setting in bios. Does anyone know where it is? is there any AHCI setting?
     
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    It's set to RAID by default, which behaves exactly like AHCI when you have no RAID arrays set up.
     
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    Thanks for the info. It was Samsung SSD Magician that complained about AHCI but now i see that all the functions (performance opt/test) seem to work and the ssd performance is ok.
     
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    For best performance and stability, you should install Intel's latest storage drivers (for both AHCI and RAID):
    http://downloadmirror.intel.com/22595/a08/STOR_allOS_12.0.0.1083_PV.exe
     
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    Thanks, i was planning on reinstalling it with the latest drivers after i burned the recovery media. I have a W8Pro upgrade copy i bought cheap when MS had their rebate campaign.

    About the Envy DV7-7305eo itself i must say i am impressed, it is a big step up from my old DV7-2135eo and finally the fan is not loud and not annoying :D.
     
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