Fernando 1 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 @ hardenbroekje:Welcome at MSFN Forum!You obviously have integrated the AMD driver named amd_sata.sys, which is only usable with Vista or Windows 7. If you want to get Windows XP installed onto your AMD chipset system running in AHCI mode, you have to take the AMD SATA AHCI driver named ahcix86.sys.Solution:I recommend to Integrate the 32bit AMD textmode driver for Windows XP, which I have linked >here<.RegardsFernando
hardenbroekje Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Thanks for the welcome!Well, that's strange, the amd_sata.sys driver is included in the official driver package. I do have theAMD SATA AHCI driver named ahcix86.sys here. But is in a folder called RAID. I'll do some more testing!
Fernando 1 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Well, that's strange, the amd_sata.sys driver is included in the official driver package.You obviously have integrated all drivers, which are within AMD's latest Catalyst driverpack. This was a mistake.If you want to get Windows XP installed without any problem, you should do the following:1. Use a clean (= untouched) XP CD as source and don't load the Last_Session.ini of a previous nLite processing.2. Let nLite just integrate the Service Pack 3 (if not already present) and the actual AMD AHCI driver (I gave you already the link). Don't integrate any other driver!3. Let nLite burn the image directly or let nLite create the ISO file and burn it separately.RegardsFernando
cdob Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) "Can find amd_sata.sys", then the computer reboots.amd_sata.sys is a storport.sys child driver. That's supported at 2003 and up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff567541(v=vs.85).aspxamd_sata.sys won't work in XP.Well, that's strange, the amd_sata.sys driver is included in the official driver package.Yes, it's confusing.http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/integrated_xp-32.aspx#2AMD Chipset Drivers 24.2 MB 12.1 1/25/2012 Package Includes:AMD AHCI DriverAMD Raid Drivers 24.2 MB 12.1 1/25/2012Package Includes:AMD A-Series APU Chipset RAID DriversInformation is misleading. I do have theAMD SATA AHCI driver named ahcix86.sys here. But is in a folder called RAID.The RAID driver does support AHCI too.Ignore the web page: do not use AHCI drivers at AHCIuse RAID drivers at AHCI.Added:It's documented actually:12-1_xp32-64_sb\$_OUTDIR\Packages\Drivers\SBDrv\SB7xx\AHCI_svr\XP\readme.rtfAMD AHCI controller driver distribution listVersion 1.2.001.0317, 10/04/2011 WS03x64 - Windows Server 2003 SP2, x64WS03x86 - Windows Server 2003 SP2, x86LHx64 - Windows Server 2008, x64LHx86 - Windows Server 2008, x86Win7x64 - Windows Server 2008R2, x64Strange: a driver at \xp\ directory matches 2003, but not XP.And amd_sata.inf[Manufacturer]%AMD% = AMD,NTx86.5.2[AMD.NTx86.5.2].5.2 refers to 2003. That's 2003 only, not XP.It's a nLite error to include this driver to XP. Edited February 24, 2012 by cdob
bmwk75 Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Since spring 2011 I own an ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard. In January this year a Crucial SSD was added. The Crucial should run in the AHCI mode.The PC is equipped as follows:AMD Phenom II X4 9102 X 4 GB Crucial DDR32 Seagate ST32000641 AS1 Seagate 2000DL003Optiarc Sata optical driveDrivers were taken from the system cd rom.A dual-boot system XP – 7 is used.The installation of Windows 7 with bios setting Sata1-6 AHCI, Sata 5-6 IDE; or Sata 1-6 AHCI went all right. After boot the drives were recognised and installed. The program CrystalDiskInfo showed all drives and their temperature.For XP I tried the installation of the AHCI drivers in an already installed XP system (Phenomic, How do you enable AHCI mode AFTER you have installed XP, 01 August 2009); made an installation cd with the AMD driver AMD AHCI Driver V3.2.1540.35 for Windows 32/64bit XP (Version 3.2.1540.35/1.2.0.16) in the bios settings Sata1-4 AHCI, Sata 5-6 IDE and as well Sata 1-6 AHCI.In all cases XP booted up In AHCI mode (register settings were slightly different).However; CrystalDiskInfo doesn’t show disks and their temperature (a message popped up saying that in Raid SMART values couldn’t be displayed).Obvious this AHCI mode acts like Raid.What to do?
dstk Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 AMD 12.2 Raid in Textmode Driver v3.3.1540.26 for Windows XP Release. SBxxx ALL?
Fernando 1 Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) For XP I tried the installation of the AHCI drivers in an already installed XP system (Phenomic, How do you enable AHCI mode AFTER you have installed XP, 01 August 2009); made an installation cd with the AMD driver AMD AHCI Driver V3.2.1540.35 for Windows 32/64bit XP (Version 3.2.1540.35/1.2.0.16) in the bios settings Sata1-4 AHCI, Sata 5-6 IDE and as well Sata 1-6 AHCI.In all cases XP booted up In AHCI mode (register settings were slightly different).However; CrystalDiskInfo doesn’t show disks and their temperature (a message popped up saying that in Raid SMART values couldn’t be displayed).Obvious this AHCI mode acts like Raid.What to do?I have no idea, why CrystalDiskInfo shows the S.M.A.R.T. values of your AHCI mode connected hdd's while running Win7, but not when running Windows XP. If you want the S.M.A.R.T. values while running Windows XP, you obviously have to change the SATA mode to "IDE".AMD 12.2 Raid in Textmode Driver v3.3.1540.26 for Windows XP Release. SBxxx ALL?Thanks for the information.I will present modded versions of the new 32/64bit drivers, when I have the time to do it.RegardsFernando Edited March 8, 2012 by Fernando 1
cdob Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 The installation of Windows 7 with bios setting Sata1-6 AHCI, Sata 5-6 IDE; or Sata 1-6 AHCI went all right. After boot the drives were recognised and installed. The program CrystalDiskInfo showed all drives and their temperature.Did you add AMD AHCI drivers to Windows 7? Windows default driver msahci.sys does transfer S.M.A.R.T data.For XP I tried the installation of the AHCI drivers ... AMD AHCI Driver V3.2.1540.35However; CrystalDiskInfo doesn’t show disks and their temperatureDriver ahcix86.sys 3.1.1540.127 dosn't transfer S.M.A.R.T data.http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27817123No idea about V3.2.1540.35
bmwk75 Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 The installation of Windows 7 with bios setting Sata1-6 AHCI, Sata 5-6 IDE; or Sata 1-6 AHCI went all right. After boot the drives were recognised and installed. The program CrystalDiskInfo showed all drives and their temperature.Did you add AMD AHCI drivers to Windows 7? Windows default driver msahci.sys does transfer S.M.A.R.T data.For XP I tried the installation of the AHCI drivers ... AMD AHCI Driver V3.2.1540.35However; CrystalDiskInfo doesn’t show disks and their temperatureDriver ahcix86.sys 3.1.1540.127 dosn't transfer S.M.A.R.T data.http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27817123No idea about V3.2.1540.35dstk suggested driver V3.3.1540.26, which I couldn’t find.I used V3.3.1540.22. I made a XP O.S. on a HDD to prevent unwanted influence of the SSD. The result was the same: no SMART info.Cdob says that some drivers do not transfer SMART data.Is a workaround possible (fernando1)?
Fernando 1 Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 @ bmwk75:I repeat tcdob's earlier question, which you didn't answer yet:Which AHCI driver (the in-box msahci.sys or the AMD one) do/did you use while running Windows 7?dstk suggested driver V3.3.1540.26, which I couldn’t find.See below.Cdob says that some drivers do not transfer SMART data.Is a workaround possible (fernando1)?Obviously none of the AMD AHCI/RAID drivers do support the S.M.A.R.T. data while running Windows XP. If this should be true' date=' there is no workaround. At least it will be your decision, if you want a better performance (running the SATA Controllers in AHCI mode, but without S.M.A.R.T. data) or a continuous monitoring of the hdd S.M.A.R.T. values.@ all:Here are the requested download links to the newest 32/64bit AMD SBxxx textmode drivers dated 11/17/2011, which have been modified by me yesterday to make them usable with (hopefully) all AMD Southbridges from SB6xx up:>32bit AMD SBxxx textmode driver v3.3.1540.26 for Windows XP mod by Fernando<>64bit AMD SBxxx textmode driver v3.3.1540.26 for Windows XP x64 mod by Fernando<Good luck!RegardsFernando
bmwk75 Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 The installation of Windows 7 with bios setting Sata1-6 AHCI, Sata 5-6 IDE; or Sata 1-6 AHCI went all right. After boot the drives were recognised and installed. The program CrystalDiskInfo showed all drives and their temperature.Did you add AMD AHCI drivers to Windows 7? Windows default driver msahci.sys does transfer S.M.A.R.T data.For XP I tried the installation of the AHCI drivers ... AMD AHCI Driver V3.2.1540.35However; CrystalDiskInfo doesn’t show disks and their temperatureDriver ahcix86.sys 3.1.1540.127 dosn't transfer S.M.A.R.T data.http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27817123No idea about V3.2.1540.35Sorry for not answering your questionFor Windows 7 I used no extra AMD drivers; so the drivers are 7 drivers.
bmwk75 Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 @ bmwk75:I repeat tcdob's earlier question, which you didn't answer yet:Which AHCI driver (the in-box msahci.sys or the AMD one) do/did you use while running Windows 7?dstk suggested driver V3.3.1540.26, which I couldn’t find.See below.Cdob says that some drivers do not transfer SMART data.Is a workaround possible (fernando1)?Obviously none of the AMD AHCI/RAID drivers do support the S.M.A.R.T. data while running Windows XP. If this should be true' date=' there is no workaround. At least it will be your decision, if you want a better performance (running the SATA Controllers in AHCI mode, but without S.M.A.R.T. data) or a continuous monitoring of the hdd S.M.A.R.T. values.@ all:Here are the requested download links to the newest 32/64bit AMD SBxxx textmode drivers dated 11/17/2011, which have been modified by me yesterday to make them usable with (hopefully) all AMD Southbridges from SB6xx up:>32bit AMD SBxxx textmode driver v3.3.1540.26 for Windows XP mod by Fernando<>64bit AMD SBxxx textmode driver v3.3.1540.26 for Windows XP x64 mod by Fernando<Good luck!RegardsFernandoThank you for your help Fernando. I give a thought.
yescool2002 Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 I used this .REGWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#VEN_1002&DEV_4391]"Service"="ahcix86""ClassGUID"="{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ahcix86]"Type"=dword:00000001"Start"=dword:00000000"Group"="SCSI miniport""ErrorControl"=dword:00000001"ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\ahcix86.sys""tag"=dword:00000019"DisplayName"="ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ahcix86\Parameters\PnpInterface]"5"=dword:0x00000001[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ahcix86\Settings\CAM]"EnableALPEDisableHotplug"=dword:0"EnableCCC"=dword:1"CCCTimeoutValue"=dword:10"CCCCompletionValue"=dword:32"NCQEnableDiskIDBits"=dword:0"EnableHIPM"=dword:0"EnableDIPM"=dword:0[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ahcix86\Enum]"0"="PCI\\VEN_1002&DEV_4391&SUBSYS_B0021458&REV_00\\3&61aaa01&0&88""Count"=dword:00000001"NextInstance"=dword:00000001and copied the AHCI drivers that I got from ASUS.com to the system32/drivers folder, reboot, changed the BIOS SETUP to AHCI and got it workingSo no need to slisptream on my XP32 system on my ASUS M3A78-EM, just added that to REG and the official drivers to system32/drivers
Sp0iLedBrAt Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) Welcome to MSFN.It is a known approach (see post #9 on page 1), I've done it too and I'm happy to know it worked for you. It would be nice if you could upload the .reg file, as copying from the forum post sometimes messes with the lines and spaces. I also see additional options in this code that can be discussed.Edit: this http://www.askvg.com/how-to-change-sata-hard-disk-mode-from-ide-to-ahci-raid-in-bios-after-installing-windows/ is the general principleCheers Edited April 2, 2012 by Sp0iLedBrAt
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