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Ask the author of that post for the way he got his Intel ICH8 SATA Controller running in AHCI mode. Did you integrate the correct JMicron SATA AHCI Controller driver into the XP CD?

I don't think, that this has anything to do with the AHCI mode abilty of the Intel ICH8 SATA Controllers of your board. Because none of the listed Intel ICH8 Controller HardwareID's show the &CC_0106 suffix, which is absolutely needed for the AHCI support. This doesn't mean, that any of your Intel ICH8 SATA Controllers do support AHCI.Nevertheless it seems possible, that you will get the AHCI features, if you are using one of the JMicron SATA ports of your mainboard. If you want to try it, you should do the following: Create a bootable XP CD with integrated JMicron textmode drivers. Connect your SATA hdd to any SATA port, which is managed by the JMicron SATA AHCI Controller. If your optical drive should be a SATA one, connect it to any Intel SATA port (many optical drives do not like to be run in AHCI mode). Enable the AHCI mode within the mainboard BIOS (maybe by setting the SATA mode to "disabled"). Boot off the XP CD and install the OS. Good luck! Fernando

@ stefan7: Thanks for the details of your mainboard and the HardwareID's. After having checked them I realized, that your mainboard doesn't support AHCI at all. So you will not be able to get the AHCI Mode enabled even by using a modded Intel textmode driver. I am sorry about that, but there is no big performance difference between AHCI and non-AHCI systems. Greetings Fernando

@ stefan7: Welcome at MSFN Forums! Now to your problem: You should look into the manual of your mainboard, if AHCI is supported at all. If the Southbridge of your mainboard doesn't support AHCI, you will not be able to run any hdd in AHCI mode. Even if the mainboard manual doesn't contain any informations regarding AHCI, you can verify it yourself, if you know the chip specification of the Intel Southbridge. Only Intel SATA Controllers with a letter (M or R) behind the ICH number do fully support the AHCI features. Nevertheless it is possible to run some ICH8 and ICH9 chipset boards in AHCI mode. If you should have such board, you may try the Intel textmode driver, which has been modified by me to make it compatible with these special Intel ICH8/ICH9 chips. You will find the download link within my guide (first post of this thread). Since you didn't write the exact name of your Foxconn mainboard, I am not able to help you regarding the specifications of the Intel Southbridge. Maybe it helps, if you open the Device Manager and look for the HardwareID's of your in-use Intel SATA Controller (right click onto the Controller > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareID's"). If I know the Device ID number, I am able to tell you, if my modded driver version will work with your system. CU Fernando

@ all users with an Intel ICH7-10 SATA AHCI or RAID configuration: Since Intel recently has published a new official version 8.8.0.1009 of its Matrix Storage Manager, I have updated my guide (first post of this thread) and the included download links. You will now be directed to the latest WHQL certified Intel textmode drivers and to the newest version of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager application package v8.8.0.1009 dated 03/13/2009. Have fun! Fernando

@ ADDD: Welcome at MSFN Forums and thank you very much for your feedback. Your findings and your speculations regarding the relationship between the NVIDIA nForce SATA driver NVGTS.SYS and the MS system file NTDETECT.COM are very interesting and should be investigated furthermore. Thanks again! Fernando

Since I don't have any experience with this procedure, I am sorry not being able to help you.If you should nevertheless been able to get it working, please post the way into this thread. CU Fernando

Welcome at MSFN Forums!If you are running your NVIDIA nForce SATA Controller connected hdd in AHCI mode, you should succeed with the XP installation after having integrated a compatible SATA_IDE driver (v10.3.0.46, v10.3.0.42 or v9.99.09) as TEXTMODE driver. Advice: You can verify the reason for the bluescreen, if you use the F8 option "Don't reboot at system failure" while rebooting. Questions: 1. What about your optical drive, where you are booting off? Is it SATA connected? If yes, use another SATA port or an IDE connected CD/DVD drive while installing XP. 2. What about your RAM? Do you have more than 3 GB? If yes, remove 1-2 sticks while installiong XP. Good luck! Fernando

I beg your pardon, but this thread has gotten a big volume and a lot of users, who are asking for help. Additionally I am supporting more threads than this one.If I would read all previous posts before I am writing a comment, I wouldn't have even time to sleep.

@ RyvBoy: Which nForce chipset and which nForce IDE driver version are you running?

Fernando 1, thank you for the fine work you are doing here. It seems like the link you have posted is dead. Can you upload the reg link again as I am trying to enable AHCI on my 730A EVGA board. I will reupload the REG file as soon as I am back home (end of March).CU Fernando

@ bilalghouri: I would rather like to help you, but I am not at home for 2 weeks and only had a look into this forum from within an internet cafe. A new install of an OS is always a chance to get a more stable system and a better performance. Good luck! Fernando

Thanks for the info, I have already seen it.Since I am in holydays now, I will update the links within the first post of this thread as soon as I am back home. Regards Fernando

Just follow part B of my guide and use this driver.Good luck! Fernando

Why do you think, that it isn't?

This shows, that you either don't have inserted a bootable XP CD and hit any key when prompted or wrong BIOS Boot Device order settings.The "Missing NTLDR" message comes up, when the system tries to boot off the hdd, but doesn't find the boot sector (MBR). If you got this message while booting off the XP CD, you should check the Boot Device order within the BIOS. These are the correct settings: 1. CD/DVD device, 2. HDD0/RAID1. I am not sure about that. Which drivers did you load when prompted? NVIDIA's newest official nForce IDE drivers v10.3.0.42 are buggy.

Yes, it is a DOS program. Here is the link: http://www.memtest.org/Another tip: Check your cables and the PSU. Good luck! Fernnando

Fine, that you succeeded at least. It was a pleasure for me to help you.Did you use the special MCP73 SATA_IDE driver I gave you the link? Do you mean the optical drive? I ask this, because a DVD "driver" cannot disappear.Have fun with your fresh installed Windows XP! Fernando

Answers:1. If you have disabled the SATA RAID/AHCI Mode within the BIOS, your Intel SATA ports will run in "IDE Mode". That means, that you should be able to get Windows XP or any newer Windows OS installed without loading (F6) or integrating any driver. You can simply boot off the original Windows XP CD and install the OS. 2. A missing driver doesn't induce a BSOD ("Blue Screen of Death"). If the OS Setup is missing any specific textmode driver to detect the SATA drive, it will just don't show you the drive where the OS can be installed. There must be another reason for your Bluescreens. This is what I suggest: 1. If you should have more than 3 GB of RAM, remove 1-2 RAM sticks. 2. Boot off your original (=absolutely untouched) Windows XP CD and try to install the OS without any integrated drivers. If you should get a BSOD nevertheless, you obviously have a hardware problem. Most often the BSOD is induced by bad or overclocked RAM sticks. You can check your RAM sticks by a tool named MEMTEST. Good luck! Fernando

@ dawies: Since you obviously have an Intel and no NVIDIA nForce chipset mainboard, you are posting into the wrong thread and maybe even following the wrong guide. Please join my special Intel driver integration guide and write your future posts into this special Intel driver thread. Thanks! It is not a good idea for nLite beginners to integrate more than the absolutely needed textmode driver. Each additional task done by nLite increases the possibility of an error and makes it more difficul to find the reason for it.Suggestion: Integrate only the 32bit Intel textmode driver I have linked within my Intel driver integration guide. Since your board has an Intel ICH10R chipset, you should just enable the "Intel® ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller", if you have AHCI Mode enabled, or the "Intel® ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO SATA RAID Controller", if you are running your SATA hdd in RAID Mode. If you don't know, if your SATA hdd is running in RAID or AHCI mode, you can enable both mentioned Controllers. Do not integrate any other drivers. What do you mean by this? Did you try to boot off the original (=untouched) XP CD awith the result, that Windows Setup was able to detect your SATA hdd? That would verify, that your SATA hdd is running in IDE mode with no necessity to integrate any driver.By the way: If you have integrated the needed textmode driver, you should never hit F6. This behaviour may be caused either by a wrong driver, too much RAM or a SATA connected optical drive, which has problems to run in RAID or AHCI mode..Suggestions: 1. If you ave more than 3 GB of RAM within your computer, you should remove 1-2 sticks. After having completed the XP insallation you can reinsert them. 2. If the CD/DVD device, where you are booting off, should be connected with an Intel SATA Controller, you should try either to borrow an IDE connected one (just for the XP installation) or connect it to another (non-Intel) SATA Controller.

@ neovox: Before you are running into new problems, I want to give you the following informations: 1. It will be a good idea to remove 6GB of RAM and replacing the SATA connected optical drive by an IDE one while trying to install XP. 2. You misunderstood my comment regarding the boot order. Within the BIOS you have 2 different boot order setting points: The DEVICE BOOT ORDER (where the CD/DVD-ROM, where you are booting off, should be the first bootable device and the hdd0 resp. the RAID array the second) and the HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY, where you can set the boot order of the hard disk drives, which are detected by the BIOS (if you are going to install XP onto your RAID array, the RAID device should be set as first bootable hdd). 3. You can do it, but there is no need at all for breaking and rebuilding your RAID array by using the F10 MediaShield Utiity. After having booted off the OS CD, when you come to the point, where you decide, where the OS shall be installed, you should just do a quick NTFS format of the previously already created destination partition - that's all you need to do. Good luck! Fernando

@ neovox: The issues you reported are strange. Questions: 1. How much RAM do you have in use while installing XP? If it is more than 3 GB, you should remove 1-2 sticks during the installation. 2. Are you installing the OS onto or outside the RAID array? If you are going to install XP onto the RAID, you should have set the RAID array as first bootable hdd (option "HARD DRIVE BOOT PRIORITY" within the BIOS). 3. Have you followed the advice of my guide to unplug all mass storage devices outside the OS destination drive while installing the OS? EDIT: 4. Is the optical drive, where you are booting the OS off, connected to an nForce SATA Controller? If yes, you should either use another, but IDE connected CD/DVD drive or connect your currently used optical drive with a Controller,which is not set to RAID mode.

@ davies: Welcome at MSFN Forums! It is not easy to understand your problem. Nevertheless I will try to help you: 1. If you have disabled the RAID and AHCI mode of the SATA Controller, where your hdd is connected, you don't need to load/integrate any Intel textmode drivers. The Windows XP Setup will detect your SATA hdd automaticly and will manage it by using the in-box MS generic IDE drivers. 2. Your mainboard has an Intel10R Southbridge. The Southbridge chip controls the SATA ports. 3. All Intel Southbridge chipsets are using just 1 single driver named IASTOR.SYS. The different things you have listed are neither drivers nor INF fies, but DEVICES. 4. If you have enabled the "RAID Mode" or "AHCI Mode" (instead of the "IDE Mode") within the mainboard BIOS, you have to integrate or to load (via F6/floppy method) the suitable 32bit or 64bit Intel textmode driver. During the textmode driver integration (or F6 driver loading) procedure you will be asked, which of the listed DEVICES (=Controllers) you want to be supported by the integrated/loaded driver. 5. Since your mainboard has an Intel ICH10R chipset, you should enable the DEVICE named "Intel® ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller", if you have AHCI Mode enabled, and "Intel® ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO SATA RAID Controller", if you are running your SATA hdd in RAID Mode. 6. It doesn't matter, if you enable other - not present - Controllers, but your hdd will not be detected, if you do not enable the correct Controller, if you are running your SATA hdd in RAID or AHCI Mode. There are several possible reasons for getting a BSOD while installing Windows XP. Most common: wrong driver, bad RAM stick, use of a not clean source, booting off a SATA RAID/AHCI connected optical drive. I hope, that I was able to help you. Regards Fernando

Welcome at MSFN Forums!Yes, since your GeForce 8200 has an nForce 730a chipset Southbridge, you can integrate either NVIDIA's official nForce SATARAID drivers v10.3.0.42 or my modded v9.99.09 ones. You may try them both, but I wouldn't take NVIDIA's driver set 15.23/15.24. Good luck! Fernando

This verifies, that your NVIDIA nForce SATA Controllers are not set to "RAID mode".I assume, that your SATA hdd is set to "AHCI Mode" within the mainboard BIOS. You took the wrong driver subfolder (SATARAID instead of SATA_IDE).Since you don't have an nForce SataRAID system, the part A of my guide is not valid for you. As a user with an nForce SATA AHCI system you have to follow the part B of my guide. You can get the best suitabe textmode driver for your nForce chipset from here. Download, unzip and integrate the content as textmode driver. I am pretty sure, that you will succeed with the XP installation this way. By the way: I will add the special MCP73 AHCI driver link to my guide within the next minutes. Good luck! Fernando EDIT: You have written, that you found within the "Storage Controllers" section of your Vista Device Manager a device named "ABMJMLKZ IDE Controller". I have never heard or seen such Controller. Even Google doesn't know it. Please look again for the correct name.