eisbaer

Thanks for you offer to help. I got it installed in the mean time though, via. 1.Download floppy version of intel matrix. 2.Extract the drivers to a floppy then to a map on your disc. 3.Update the IDE/SATA driver to Intel 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI from the extracted floppy. 4.Reboot and enter BIOS and set the IDE to AHCI.Save and exit.Now windows will boot and find a new hardware and will reboot again. 5.Install Intel Matrix Storage Manager latest (CD version) and reboot. I'll have to wait for my sata hdd returing from rma to do some benchmarking.

Well that didn't work for me. After setting SATA at AHCI in the bios, windows xp pro doesn't start up anymore. It asks if I want to boot in safemode what doesn't work either. Xp only boots with SATA set to IDE. Not sure where the problems lies. Asus p5k Samsung S203D drive (sata) WD HDD (IDE and bootdevice) Samsung spinpoint (sata) send for repair so not installed at the moment 2GB Windows XP Pro