Wheelbarrow74 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi guys, needing a bit of help with an issue on not being able to boot my SSD in AHCI mode. Decided to do a clean install of my OS on the weekend (Win7-64), and after going through the custom install (by deleting particians and formating), I am unable to boot the drive in AHCI mode (never had this issue before). If I do select this option in BIOS it just freezes on start-up before it even allows me to select the option to re-enter BIOS again to change back. The only way to resolve it is to remove the battery from the motherboard. So... currently, I am only able to boot in IDE mode, which is certainly not ideal, but works. The SSD has the latest 5.03 firmware, as well as the motherboard (Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H v1.3). Is there a work around this without having to reformat everything and start all over again? Appreciate your help if you can give it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Latest BIOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrad Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 From what I have read, you have to install the OS with the BIOS already in AHCI mode... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelbarrow74 Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks for the replies. BIOS was up to date, and tried ahci pre os install, but no luck. I finally sorted it out however... after trolling through myriads of forums and tech sites, it seemed the only solution was to do a 'clear all' format from command prompt at boot up. It appears that the Win 7 format utility is not comprehensive enough to remove everything on the drive. After I did this, I was then able to successfully select ahci mode from bios and then proceed to install the os. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrad Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks for the info wheelbarrow,,,. What brought me here is that my bios is set to Raid not AHCI , and i also blue screen when attempting to change it to AHCI Does anyone know if the firmware definitely fails when atempting a firmware update on the GT when sata is set to RAID ,,, ? I don't use the raid function , it was set by the pc builder for I guess the intel rst which I don't use.... and I know that Raid is a subset of AHCI or vice versa... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbonerfs101e Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hi guys, needing a bit of help with an issue on not being able to boot my SSD in AHCI mode. Decided to do a clean install of my OS on the weekend (Win7-64), and after going through the custom install (by deleting particians and formating), I am unable to boot the drive in AHCI mode (never had this issue before). If I do select this option in BIOS it just freezes on start-up before it even allows me to select the option to re-enter BIOS again to change back. The only way to resolve it is to remove the battery from the motherboard. So... currently, I am only able to boot in IDE mode, which is certainly not ideal, but works. The SSD has the latest 5.03 firmware, as well as the motherboard (Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H v1.3). Is there a work around this without having to reformat everything and start all over again? Appreciate your help if you can give it? Hi Wheelbarrow74 Be sure to use intel Sata controler and not Jmicron. Go at intel web site to Downloat last Chipset 9.3.0.1019. and Sata driver 11.7.0.1013.You nead Sata driver version 11.x.x.xxxx to run Sata 3 SSDstable http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20821&ProdId=3143&lang=eng http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=22272&keyword=raid+driver+11.&lang=eng Hope this help Sincerly yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrad Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Mine turned out ok, from raid to ahci by just changing msahci from 3 to 0 in registry....it appears i gained some speed with the corsair gt not sure why ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelbarrow74 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hi Wheelbarrow74 Be sure to use intel Sata controler and not Jmicron. Go at intel web site to Downloat last Chipset 9.3.0.1019. and Sata driver 11.7.0.1013.You nead Sata driver version 11.x.x.xxxx to run Sata 3 SSDstable http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20821&ProdId=3143&lang=eng http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=22272&keyword=raid+driver+11.&lang=eng Hope this help Sincerly yours Thanks mate, have done that. Just can't load one of those drivers/updates as it had to be done prior to installation of os. Doesn't matter though, machine is zooming a long quite nicely now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbonerfs101e Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Thanks mate, have done that. Just can't load one of those drivers/updates as it had to be done prior to installation of os. Doesn't matter though, machine is zooming a long quite nicely now :) Intel rapide storage driver can be install after OS intallation!!! Go in Computer Management, Device Manager, SCSI and Raid Controlleur. Ther you find Intel ICH SATA Raid Controller. Double click on it and you be able to update driver from ther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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