Zitat von papi im Beitrag #241

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Hi. Channel 0 corresponds to an ATA Disk in Ultra DMA Mode 6, while ATA channel 1 corresponds to an ATAPI Cdrom also Ultra DMA Mode 6.

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Is there an optical drive connected with your mainboard? If yes, with which IDE/SATA port?

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Does your driver work with the Standard MS AHCI?

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It will work instead of the Standard MS AHCI driver.

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I am also wondering why Vista, and Win 7 show different controllers?

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The Controller is the same (you can verify it by checking the HardwareIDs of the Controller while running both Operating Systems one after the other), but the OS resp. an Intel Chipset Device INF file has given them diffenent names.

Zitat von papi im Beitrag #243

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I have only 1 DVD drive connected with my main board. I don't know which port it's connected to. How can I find out?

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Look into your mainboard/notebook manual or run a tool like AIDA64.

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How do I get your driver to work instead of the Standard MS AHCI. What can I choose now instead of the Intel Series 8 one.

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You can find suitable Intel AHCI drivers within the start post of >this< thread. For Win7 I recommend to install the newest Intel RST(e) drivers v13.1.0.1058 WHQL or v13.2.4.1000 WHQL.
Note: You cannot use any of the original Intel AHCI drivers for your XP installation, because none of the XP compatible Intel AHCI drivers do support the Intel SATA AHCI Controller of your notebook!

Zitat von papi im Beitrag #245

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I have checked the manual, and did not see any mention of ports. I have also downloaded AIDA64, and I am looking at the storage section, and I see such things as driver description, driver version, provider, manufacturer, form factor, physical dimensions, etc, but no mention of ports. Would you be kind enough to direct me to the right place?

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Why do you waste your time with this? As long as everything runs fine, I would stop to find out to which Controller your DVD drive is connected.

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I have also downloaded v10.1.0.1008 WHQL as you suggested, but I see a long list of drivers. Is there a way for me to know which one to choose? AIDA64 tells me that I have an Intel 8 Series SATA AHCI Controler 9C03

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I don't remember, that I had suggested to download or install the very old Intel RST driver v10.1.0.1008.
As I already told you: There is no nneed to replace the Standard MS AHCI driver by an Intel one, but if you want to do it nevertheless, I recommend to install one of the latest Intel AHCI driver versions (v13 series), which natively do support your Intel 8-Series SATA AHCI Controller.
By the way: What about your efforts to get Windows XP x64 installed?

Zitat von papi im Beitrag #247

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I do have a copy of XP, and that's what I have been trying to install onto my computer. I have been failing continuously.

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It doesn't make much sense for me to buy an up-to-date PC or Mobile system and to use Windows XP as main Operating System. Windows XP is not supported anymore by Microsoft and many features of your hardware will not be available with this old OS.
The missing correct Intel AHCI driver is not the reason why your XP installation failed. My "Universally modified" Intel RST driver v11.2.0.1006 definitively works with XP and your Intel 8-Series SATA AHCI Controller, but the XP Setup obviously is not compatible with your native hardware resp. their BIOS settings. The problem for you is, that mobile systems only have limited options to customize the BIOS settings.
Tip:
If I were you I would either buy and install Windows 8.1 or download and install the available free version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview. This way you can be sure, that all your devices will be supported from scratch.
Enjoy your new laptop and don't waste the time trying to get an outdated OS installed!

Zitat von papi im Beitrag #250

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I think I know why my computer is not accepting the Windows XP install, and I think that it has more to do with ACPI than SATA drivers.

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This is what I have already told you. Since my advice to hit F5 at the beginning of the XP installation (when prompted to hit F6) didn't help (none of the listed ACPI options worked for you), I don't see any chance for you to get XP installed onto your Intel 8-Series chipset notebook.

Zitat von papi im Beitrag #252

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I tried F5 also but that didn't allow me to sort out ACPI.

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What about the XP source you have used? NLite offers the option to choose special ACPI settings while creating the nLited XP CD. Maybe the ACPI setting done by nLite prevented a successful XP installation.

@ all users with an Intel X99 system:

Since the newest Intel RST(e) drivers of the v13 series (v13.2 x.xxxx and up) do not support Intel X99 Chipset Series systems, I decided to re-modify the 32/64bit RST(e) v13.2.4.1000 drivers by adding the missing HardwareIDs.

Update of the Start Post:
Changelog:

• new: "32/64bit Intel RST(e) AHCI & RAID drivers v13.2.4.1000 re-mod by Fernando", now with additional support of all Intel C600/C600+/C220+ Series Chipsets like X79 or X99

Important:

1. Users, who want to manually install any modified driver from within the Device Manager, have to use the "Have Disk" button! Otherwise they will get the message, that the latest/best driver has already been installed.
2. Win8/Win8.1 users have to disable the driver integrity check before trying to install any driver, which is not digitally signed or modified. The procedure how to do it is layed down at the bottom chapter of the start post.

Good luck with these freshly customized Intel AHCI/RAID drivers!
Fernando