hi, thanks for providing such a wealth of information, i've been reading thru the docs here for several hours now.

i've got windows xp running, but in ide mode. if i slipstream the driver from the asus site, or the amd v3.3.1540.33 version linked in the 'general: ahci and raid drivers' section of this site i get a bluescreen just after the 'starting windows' message.

i also get the bluescreen when installing the slipstreamed version while the mobo is configured for ide. if i use the original disk the install proceeds fine.

the asus site specifies win xp support for the board, but amd doesn't list xp under supported os's for the chip.

roughly speaking, how much of a performance hit will i take by keeping everything on ide? i'm not running any games, the system is dedicated to running ableton (music production software).

things are running pretty smoothly as is, but before i load up the system with all my stuff i did want to try to get it running with ahci instead.

on one of the intel raid threads, there were instructions on switching to ahci after doing the install on ide. these aren't working for me, i get the error that the driver doesn't support my device.

thanks!

i tried again tonight, using an original win xp home sp2 disk with hologram, and just the one ahci/raid driver from the asus site, still getting the bluescreen.

sata mode is in ahci. i also tried the f5 option and selected the one choice given (something like c-step). sp3 was slipstreamed.

Zitat

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You have to force the installation of the "wrong" driver by using the "Have Disk" button, to choose to reboot, .

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this is exactly what i've done, i click 'have disk' and the system says it doesn't match my hardware. i am not provided with any way to override this.

my main question is: what kind of performance hit am i taking by running in ide mode?

is there an ahci driver you recommend over the one provided by asus? the board doesn't support raid, only ahci.

what is the procedure to force the install? can i work from extracted files or do i need a floppy? (at the moment i have no working floppy drive, the one usb 1.44" i have is acting weird).

i click 'have disk', point it to the folder containing the inf file, it says 'no match' (i don't have the exact verbiage handy) and offers no option but to click 'have disk' again.

i understand. i'm also talking about switching to ahci after doing the install on ide.

i go to the controller in the device manager, click on the driver tab, try to install the ahci driver, get a 'no match' error.

i understand about switching to ahci after installing the driver, but that's not the issue here. 'have disk' doesn't work in this situation.

this is exactly the procedure i've followed. after i click 'have disk', then point to the inf file, i am returned to the list of available devices (which is blank). my only options are to click 'have disk' or 'cancel'.

there are no warnings.

here's what i've got:

primary ide channel 4&2D77B6DB&0&0
secondary ide channel 4&2D77B6DB&0&1
standard dual channel pci ide controller: pci/ven_1022&DEV_7800&SUBSYS_86231043&REV_40\3&1158a3659&0&88

thanks for all of your efforts.

i did just somehow get a slightly different result: re-downloaded the driver, restarted n-lite directly from a hologram disk, included sp3 and instead of blue-screening immediately after copying files, the system rebooted and got thru the next phase. unfortunately, it bluescreened on the next reboot. still the 0x7 code.

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #12

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Does that mean, that your system drive running in AHCI mode has been detected by the XP Setup?

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kimyo, i think you are using the wrong driver - v3.3.1540.33.
ive got a gigabyte ga-f2a88xm-ds2(bolton fch). xp 32bit and running on ahci. the driver is from the gigabyte drivers disk and its called rcxpahci.inf. there are 5 files in the folder,
rcxpahci - file, rcxpahci.cat, rcxpahci.inf, rcxpahci.sys, txtsetup.oem.
[AMD.ntx86]
%rcxpahci_Desc%=rcxpahci_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7801&CC_0106
%rcxpahci_Desc%=rcxpahci_Inst,PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7804&CC_0106

on the gigabyte page for my board, this is still the current driver. ive checked your asus board page and it doesnt list ahci drivers, but the page for AM1M-A does -
link
both ahci driver packages list this --> AMD AHCI driver V6.1.3.35 for Windows XP 32bit---(WHQL). i downloaded it and it is an exact match to my ahci driver on the gigabyte disk.
you say your driver says

pci/ven_1022&DEV_7800&SUBSYS

where mine and the asus driver says

PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7801&CC_0106
PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7804&CC_0106

as the asus driver is for another am1 board, give it a try.
ps i tried another amd ahci driver and got a bsod.

if all else fails, stick with the ide driver(i have working amd ide drivers i could pass on to you)

E.