Do you own a Core 2 Duo CPU & Asus P5W DH :: Tips here !

[rameshuk]

Hi all,

I built a system based on a intel Core 2 duo & Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard a couple of days ago.

Just found out the hard disk is running in IDE mode. When it should be SATA II(AHCI).
Tried enabling AHCI in the bios ( enables Native Command Queuing (NCQ)support and Hot Plugging for SATA drives ) then windows would not boot.

Just found the fix and it works !

Follow these instructions exactly and take your time. Bookmark this posting in your webbrowser so you can find it after rebooting,

1.) www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t457699.html

then download the intel matrix manager software:

2.) http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scrip

Hope this was useful.

**WARNING BACKUP YOUR DATA . PROCEED AT YOR OWN RISK. **

Edited by rameshuk on Sunday 4th February 11:47

[rich1231]

rameshuk said:

Hi all,

I built a system based on a intel Core 2 duo & Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard a couple of days ago.

Just found out the hard disk is running in IDE mode. When it should be SATA II(AHCI).
Tried enabling AHCI in the bios ( enables Native Command Queuing (NCQ)support and Hot Plugging for SATA drives ) then windows would not boot.

Just found the fix and it works !

Follow these instructions exactly and take your time. Bookmark this posting in your webbrowser so you can find it after rebooting,

1.) www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t457699.html

then download the intel matrix manager software:

2.) http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scrip

Hope this was useful.

Edited by rameshuk on Sunday 4th February 10:44

i thought changing the AHCI setting coupld blow your disk away?

So be caareful anyone trying this

[rameshuk]

In the bios, I changed from IDE to AHCI then win xp would not boot (blue screen of death ).
changed it back to IDE and windows booted fine.

This worked for my setup but proceed at your own risk!


I can imagine there are plenty of users out there running their SATA drives in IDE mode !

[Church of Noise]

How can one find in what mode the disks are running?

Edit: I suppose through the hardware manager in the control panel. Looks like mine's connected as IDE as well, damn.

Edited by Church of Noise on Sunday 4th February 13:05

[rameshuk]

See ! So many people are running in IDE mode. Just follow the instructions and you can be up and running in minutes.

[shocker-z]

The reason for the BSOD will be the system registry, basically it's pointing to one channel and getting another. I've come across this issue when doing a sysprep and trying to pout a SATA HDD image onto an IDE HDD and straight away before even getting to windows setup screen i got BSOD.

Apparently Windows Vista is going to have a setup in the way that you can just run on any machine and it detects all the hardware configs on boot up so in theory you can hot swap to another machine and will work.. if this is true then it will be nice to get it on a USB Keyring, then i no longer need boot disks for work


Liam

[Church of Noise]

Problemos!

Just followed the guide, but in step 12, Windows does NOT ask anything (so I cannot select no either)...
The computer works fine now, but 1) in the device manager, one of the two JMicron raid controller icons has an exclamation mark next to it and 2) intel matrix storage manager says my system does not meet the requirements...
I suppose I need to install the drivers of step 3 (the file there seems newer btw, it's a 6 instead of a 5 in the filename) manually?

Any input is appreciated!

Edit 1: I'm a fool: I'd set the JMicron RAID controller in AHCI mode, not the intel southbridge
Everything works exactly as the guide says, need to reboot now :fingerscrossed:

Edit 2: Everything's working fine, but the Intel proggie says my HD can't do NCQ. Odd as both are WD 7200.10 16mb SATA2 beasties...

Edited by Church of Noise on Sunday 4th February 14:23

[rameshuk]

Hi there. Glad its working.

I just did a google:

wd2500ks ncq

looks like your hard drive does not support NCQ.


Can you see a speed improvement ?

When my HDD was in IDE mode, I heard a few noises from it.

Now in AHCI mode it is silent ands seems faster. But it could be my imagination !

Edited by rameshuk on Sunday 4th February 15:29

[Church of Noise]

I think there's a small improvement in speed, but not in noise.

Thanks for informing us!

[rameshuk]

I am going to purchase some chip set cooling fans tomorrow. Will report my findings here.

My only problem is my memory(RAM) - should have opted for slightly higher spec memory which allows more room for overclocking.

[Church of Noise]

Will be interesting to hear the results.
I've considered getting a chipset cooler as well, but haven't (yet). I did get the Zalman 9500 led for the cpu though, and am very pleased with it: it's a hell of a lot more silent than the stock fan and temps are a lot lower now too.

[rameshuk]

There are many chipset coolers to choose from. I'm going to go for a couple of Akasa coolers.

These should retail for £4 each. Due to their popularity many shops are overcharging or stocking an alternative.

I'm also going to go for some Artic silver 5. This thermal paste has been reported as being much better than the included paste.

A friend of mine has a PC business in London, will call him tommorow.