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    Setting AHCI in BIOS with vista installed-HELP

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Guntraitor Sagara, Sep 3, 2008.

  1. Guntraitor Sagara

    Guntraitor Sagara Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi everyone. i had a clean install with vista, but im not sure if my HDD runs in AHCI mode. iv'e already downloaded the Intel storage manager, so i thought i already had the sata drivers to run in ahci mode. Problem is, i dnt know why there were no longer available settings in the BIOS to change ide to AHCI mode when i hit esc. any help would be appreciated. my unit is HP dv6700nr. thank you
     
    Guntraitor Sagara, Sep 3, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    You can either check the current mode of the HDD by checking which drivers are installed in Device Manager -> IDE/ATA ATAPI controllers or download HD Tune and post a screenshot of the INFO page in it.

    Did you do a BIOS update lately ? Was the toggle option available before ?

    You dont really need the HDD to run in AHCI mode. It'll just result in a 5-10% increase/decrease in performance depending upon your system and OS. Plus some useless features....
     
    Andy, Sep 3, 2008
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