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@ BubbleBobble: Thanks for your feedback, which may encourage other users with an AMD SB700 system to use the newest AMD AHCI driver! It's the latter.After having done a fresh install of the OS in AHCI mode there is no reason to recreate the other partitions. Regards Fernando

A agree with you. It's for both Operating Systems.

@ dandrews: Welcome at MSFN Forum! There probably is nothing to worry about, because the actual generation of SATA connected optical drives should be fully compatible with the AHCI mode.Since the text of my guide may have been a little bit misleading regarding this point, I just have updated it. I hope, that it is clearer now. It depends on the special mainboard. Look into your mainboard manual, if the BIOS gives you the option to enable/disable the AHCI mode for some 6G or 3G SATA ports. Just to avoid any disappointment I do not tell you that. Regards Fernando

Hello Jennifer, I am glad to see, that you succeeded at least, and happy, that I could help you. Have a nice weekend! Kind Regards Fernando

Users with an AMD SB8xx chipset should be able to use the official 32/64bit AMD textmode driver instead of the "modded" one.Here are the links to the newest original AMD SB8xx RAID & AHCI drivers v3.3.1540.22 WHQL dated 09/23/2011: >32bit AMD SB8xx RAID & AHCI driver v3.3.1540.22 WHQL for Windows XP< >64bit AMD SB8xx RAID & AHCI driver v3.3.1540.22 WHQL for Windows XP x64< @ users with an AMD SB6xx or SB7xx chipset running their SSD/hdd in AHCI mode: Please report here about your experience with the integration of the AMD textmode driver into a Windows XP (32/64bit) CD. Questions: 1. Which AMD RAID driver version and which driver package type (original or "modded") did you integrate? 2. Which Southbridge does your mainboard have? 3. Did you succeed with the OS installation in AHCI mode? Regards Fernando

You are welcome!Does this mean, that the modded AMD SBxxx textmode driver v3.3.1540.22 worked with your system? If yes, which Southbridge does it have?

Hello Jennifer, thank you for your quick reply. Nuhi's message maybe correct for PnP drivers, but not for all textmode drivers.The integration of different textmode drivers by nLite can cause a BSOD, even if the correct textmode driver has been added too. So if you want to prevent a BSOD by a mixture of wrong and suitable textmode drivers, you should do the following: 1. Use a clean (untouched) original XP CD as source. 2. Don't load any Last_Session.ini of a previous nLite process. 3. Just integrate the latest Service Pack (if the original XP CD is not up-to-date) and the appropriate textmode driver for your system (with the same 32/64bit architecture as the OS). Regarding your desktop PC I recommend to do what I have already written.The issue of your laptop may be caused by an incompatibility of the DVD-ROM drive with the AHCI mode of the connected SATA Controller. Some optical drives do not like the AHCI and/or the RAID mode. Regards Fernando

This indicates, that you are booting off an XP CD, which has already been modified. You have to use an untouched original XP CD as source.Another possibility: Overclocking or a bad RAM module. The installation of any OS should be done with the Default CPU and RAM settings. If your desktop system has more than 3 GB of RAM, you should try to remove 1 RAM stick before you are going to restart the XP installation. No, I don't think so.Questions: 1. Why did you install Windows XP so often onto your laptop hdd? 2. Didnt you integrate any Intel AHCI driver into the XP CD? Is the SATA hdd of your laptop not running in AHCI mode? 3. Why did you integrate Intel's chipset "drivers" (better name: "Intel's chipset device INF files", because they do not contain any real drivers = SYS files)? The integration of these "drivers" into the OS CD is not necessary at all. 4. What about the SMU driver? Only nForce chipset mainboards need an SMU driver. Regards Fernando

Hello Jennifer, if you don't have access to a Vista or Win7 DVD, you may do the XP installation by using the "Try and Error" method. This is what I recommend to do: Boot off the original XP CD with integrated SP2 or (better) SP3 and look, if the SATA hdd will be detected. If the first test should fail (no hdd has been detected by the XP Setup), use nLite and integrate the "modded" 32bit version of the latest AMD AHCI driver v3.3.1540.22, which you will find >here<. If this didn't work either, start a new nLite processing from scratch and integrate this time a specially "modded" 32bit Intel AHCI driver, which you can get >here<. When the textmode driver popup window comes, enable all listed Intel® SATA AHCI Controllers (not the RAID ones). Good luck! Fernando

It is not easy to understand what you mean.If you should have asked for modified 32/64bit AMD textmode drivers with this new driver version, here are the downoad links to the "modded" AMD AHCI and RAID drivers v3.3.1540.22 dated 09/23/2011: >32bit AMD SBxxx textmode driver for XP v3.3.1540.22 mod by Fernando< >64bit AMD SBxxx textmode driver for XP x64 v3.3.1540.22 mod by Fernando< Notes: The official AMD RAID drivers v3.3.1540.22 WHQL for Windows XP (32/64bit) are only designed for AMD SB8xx chipsets. Since I have added the missing HardwareID's of all known AMD SB6xx and SB7xx AHCI/RAID Controllers, these "modded" drivers should be suitable for them too. The modifications I have done only concern the associated text files with the suffix ".INF" and "OEM", whereas the driver itself (= ".SYS" file) has not been touched at all. You may use them at own risk. @ Users with an AMD SB6xx or SB7xx Southbridge: Please give a feedback regarding your XP install experience (success resp. failure) after having integrated these new AMD textmode drivers. Regards Fernando

The correct name of your Packard Bell desktop PC is "iStart" and not "iSmart". There is a way to find out the chipset details and the specifications of the SATA Controllers without opening the desktop case: Download Win7 Sp1 for free as test version or borrow a Win7 DVD and install it by just booting off the DVD (no key required and no separate driver will be needed).Once Win7 is up, run the Device Manager and search for the HardwareID's of the Controllers, which are listed within the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" section (right click onto it > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareIDs"). When you have posted the HardwareID's I will let you know the appropriate SATA driver for a successful XP installation. Are you sure about that? Usually the BIOS of AHCI supporting desktop PC's has the option to change the mode of the on-board SATA controllers.Regards Fernando

@ muggle: Welcome at MSFN Forum! >Here< is the link to the manual for your Packard Bell Dot S2 netbook. It has an Intel® NM10 Express Chipset. Questions:1. Why do you want to reinstall Windows XP? 2. Have you entered the BIOS and changed the SATA mode to AHCI? I suspect, that you were running your netbook SATA Controller in IDE (LEGACY) mode until now and want to change it to AHCI mode. According to >this< information written by an Intel Support employee it is impossible to get Windows XP installed in AHCI mode due to the lack of an appropriate AHCI driver, which is suitable for this OS. Provided he is right you have to install Windows 7, if you want to switch the SATA mode of your netbook to AHCI. Regards Fernando

@ BubbleBobble: Thank you for your feedback. It's done at least before 2012 has come.Happy New Year! Fernando

Yes, and it's much easier than to integrate the driver manually.Regards Fernando

Hello Luigi, welcome again at MSFN Forum! Yes, Windws 7 has an appropriate in-box AHCI driver. So you will not get any troubles during the OS installation.Nevertheless I recommend to install the latest Intel RST driver once Win7 is up. Usually you will get a better performance with the special Intel AHCI driver than with the generic MS AHCI driver. Regards Fernando

@ rezafarah: Welcome at MSFN Forum! You have to enter the BIOS, to choose the "Advanced" menue > "USB Configuration" and to enable the "Legacy USB Support".After having saved the new BIOS settings you will be able to use your keyboard even in DOS mode. Regards Fernando

What has your problem to do with the topic of this thread? This is the nLite Forum and nLite cannot be used with Windows 7. No, Win7 should be able to detect the Intel RAID array automaticly by using the Intel in-box drivers.Regards Fernando

@ garbin: Welcome at MSFN Forums! To be honest I don't understand the correlation between your problem and this thread of the nLite Forum. The topic of this thread is the integration of the Intel AHCI and RAID driver into a bootable Windows XP CD. The tool nLite cannot be used, if you want to get any driver slipstreamed into a Windows 7 image. Regards Fernando

Thanks for your encouraging message. It's already been done!@ all: Since Intel recently has published new official RST drivers, I have just updated the start post of this thread. Changelog: new: official 32/64bit Intel RST drivers v10.8.0.1003 WHQL dated 10/17/2011 new: modded 32/64bit Intel RST drivers v10.8.0.1003 (usable with all Intel AHCI ad RAID systems from ICH7R/M up (except X79) new: complete Intel RST drivers and software pack v10.8.0.1003 (already extracted) new: Intel chipset device INF files set (Intel chipset "drivers") v9.2.3.1022 WHQL (extracted and prepared for the integration) Regards Fernando

No, if the Service Pack 4 is already integrated. Yes, if not (in this case you should integrate the SP4).

That will be the best option, if you really need to get Windows 2000 installed.Regards Fernando

@ ownage11: Welcome at MSFN Forum! What is the reason for your idea to run Windows 20000 with a brandnew computer? I am sorry, but I have to tell you, that you will not be happy with a totally outdated OS running in AHCI mode on a Sandy Bridge CPU mainboard. Reasons: The OS Windows 2000 is too old and its Setup does't know anything about the SATA AHCI features. None of the actual Intel AHCI drivers do support Windows 2000. There are some very, very old Intel Matrix Storage Manager series drivers, which do support Windows 2000, but you will not be able to use them, because the HardwareID's of all actual Intel SATA AHCI Controllers are missing within the files, which are responsable for a proper installation. Regards Fernando

@ nickster: Although you obviously have found the reason of your BSOD's and solved your problem yourself, I want to mention, that >this< thread would have been the best place for posting your problem. Furthermore the start post of the linked thread contains suitable Intel AHCI drivers for your Intel ICH9R AHCI system. Regards Fernando

@ Rajareits: I have downloaded the SIS RAID driverpack, which Abit recommends for your mainboard. Although the set contains a lot of different driver folders with a rather similar content, I hope, that I found the suitable one. To make the integration easier for you, I have copied all needed files into the same folder and customized the content of the TXTSETUP.OEM file. You can download this special driverpack, which I have prepared for you, from >here<. Unzip the package and integrate it by using nLite, but don't forget to start with a freshly copied untouched XP CD content as source and don't load any Last session.ini. Good Luck! Fernando

@ siinain: Welcome at MSFN Forum! As long as you don't post the details about your system (nForce chipset or name and vendor of your pc resp. mainboard), nobody will be able to give you a correct answer.Regards Fernando