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    Z11 (old versione) register ahci bios

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by fbrbartoli, Aug 29, 2010.

  1. fbrbartoli

    fbrbartoli Newbie

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    Hi, i need to activate ahci mode on my sony vaio vgn-z11mn. The bios is the last R2169M3. Someone know what is the position of ahci in this bios if i use symcmos? Thx at all.
     
    fbrbartoli, Aug 29, 2010
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  2. NHT

    NHT Notebook Evangelist

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    AHCI is activated by default. You don't need to hack the BIOS. And the bios doesn't work with symcmos.
     
    NHT, Aug 29, 2010
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  3. fbrbartoli

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    Are u sure? i had a 5400 rpm hd and now i've replace it with an ssd... I thought that it was in ide...
     
    fbrbartoli, Aug 30, 2010
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    Metsn Maiku Hama Yokohama

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    My first gen Z, which came with 7200 rpm drive had also AHCI activated by default...
     
    Metsn, Aug 31, 2010
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  5. fbrbartoli

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    how can i see if ahci is activated?
    I see that u use intel x25m like me. Have u setting some particular config for it? I've vista 32. thx.
     
    fbrbartoli, Sep 2, 2010
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  6. Metsn

    Metsn Maiku Hama Yokohama

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    Well it's been some time I installed it, but I did the usual -no autodefrag, no indexing, no restore points. I would consider Win7 x64 if I would be you. It gave my system some boost even with SSD (I used to have Vista 32bit as well) :)
     
    Metsn, Sep 3, 2010
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