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    AHCI - BSOD, already tried IMSM

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dok_indo, Jul 13, 2008.

  1. dok_indo

    dok_indo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I upgraded my hard disk last month from a Hitachi 160gb to a 320gb.

    All was fine until last week I developed a corrupt registry hive. I followed the Microsoft instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

    This requires you to boot from the Windows XP disc and it does not recognize the hard disc in AHCI mode since it doesn't have the drivers. So I put the controller in compatiability mode and I completed the process.

    Now I can boot up again, but I get a BSOD when I switch back to AHCI mode even after re-installing the Intel Matrix Storage Manager drivers.

    Any ideas?
    (Running XP Pro SP3 on R61)
     
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    What Intel driver are you using? The Lenovo provided one or the latest from Intel directly?
     
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    Using driver from Lenovo ver 7.8.0.1012
     
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    That's an older version iirc, try using the latest from Intel, for the chipset driver, I used the latest Intel one and it works well, supposed to fix a few bugs from previous versions.

    http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-022768.htm

    :)
     
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    Tried the Intel link and downloaded ver 8.2.0.1001, but during install it says my computer is not supported and quits. This is strange since I have a Core 2 Duo T7300 with a 965 chipset.


    The computer runs very slow in the compatibility mode, so I may have to go back to the old drive and reclone it since I don't want to do a clean install of Windows...

    Thanks for your help.
     
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    *EDITED*

    please see below
     
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    dok_indo,

    Ok, since you're in compatibility mode, I don't think you can just update it from the Device Manager. This is what you will have to do:

    1. Download the 7tim04ww.exe from Lenovo, then extract it to a folder;

    2. Download the floppy version f6flpy32.zip from Intel, then extract it to another folder;

    3. Now replace all the files(.inf, .cat, .sys) in 7tim04ww with the files from f6flpy32;

    4. Run install.cmd in the 7tim04ww\PREPARE folder;

    5. Reboot the machine, enter BIOS and switch back to ACHI mode;

    Hope this will work.

    :)
     
    stewie, Jul 13, 2008
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