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Thank you tomasz86 , I do appreciate your interest and help. I tried turning on RAID for just the SSD (I have never used RAID and am not familiar with it), BIOS allowed me to turn it on but then doesn't like it as a singleton and asks for further settings that I cannot provide. When I then try to boot, it comes up with 'missing operating system'. As a separate issue, I am now experimenting with Win 8!!

I have an Asus Motherboard (M4N68T-M-LE-V2 (AM3) with 4 x SATA 2 ports. The Mobo does not offer AHCI mode in the BIOS. I am thinking of adding an SSD with SATA 3 capabilities to my system. My question is would a SATA 3 PCI extension card solve the AHCI problem or if not is there any other way of providing AHCI other than changing my MOBO? I thank you for any help you can give.