[Fernando 1]

dstk, on Nov 5 2009, 02:18 PM, said:

AMD / ATI SB6XX textmode RAID / AHCI drivers on an XP ???

Since the actual official AMD/ATI textmode drivers only will support SB7xx chipset mainboards, you may try a version, which has been customized by me. You can get the 32bit AHCI/RAID driver version for Windows XP from >here<.

Have fun!
Fernando

[dstk]

Fernando 1, on Nov 5 2009, 09:05 AM, said:

dstk, on Nov 5 2009, 02:18 PM, said:

AMD / ATI SB6XX textmode RAID / AHCI drivers on an XP ???

Since the actual official AMD/ATI textmode drivers only will support SB7xx chipset mainboards, you may try a version, which has been customized by me. You can get the 32bit AHCI/RAID driver version for Windows XP from >here<.

Have fun!
Fernando

Very very Thanks Fernando 1

[as1serge]

Dear Sirs,

could you please help with script/regedit actions to manually add AHCI drivers for SB700 for Windows XP Pro x64 - this wise abovementioned installation method works for XP ahci86 and not for ahci64.
Thank you very much

Serge

[Fernando 1]

@ as1serge:
Welcome at MSFN Forums!

Important:
Changing the SATA Mode from "IDE" to "AHCI" from within a running OS is always risky and may end with the impossibility to boot into the OS again. That is why I strongly recommend to get the AHCI drivers installed from scratch by doing a fresh install of the Windows OS.
If you want to try the risky way nevertheless, you should backup all important data, before you start doing it.

Here is the hopefully successful procedure how to switch from IDE to AHCI Mode while running Windows XP x64 with an SB7xx ATI Southbridge system:

• Download the actual ATI RAID driver or >this< already prepared 64bit ATI driver and unzip it.
  
• Copy the file named "ahcix64.sys" of the just downloaded package into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS directory.
  
• Import the following CODE text into your registry:

  REGEDIT4
  
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#ven_1002&cc_0106]
  "Service"="ahcix64"
  "ClassGUID"="{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"
  
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ahcix64]
  "Type"=dword:00000001
  "Start"=dword:00000000
  "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
  "Tag"=dword:00000021
  "ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\ahcix64.sys"
  "Group"="SCSI Miniport"
  
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ahcix64\Parameters\PnpInterface]
  "5"=dword:00000001
  

  
  
• Reboot, enter directly the BIOS and switch the SATA Controller settings from "IDE" to "AHCI" Mode.
  
• Reboot (finger crossed).

You may try it at own risk.

Good luck!
Fernando

EDIT: There was a mistake within the procedure I have described above. I am sorry about that.
Please follow the updated advices.

This post has been edited by Fernando 1: 22 January 2010 - 02:17 AM

[as1serge]

Deae Fernando 1,

Thank you very much for your reply and advice.

I’ve aleady tried to install XP x64 with AHCI drivers fed into process from diskette (having no such drive I’ve formatted USB flesh like one) but although x86 and x64 drivers were recognized in the process they were not installed as the system informed in the blue installation screen.

Although I own a genuine XP x64 disk I have no good practice to integrate drivers in a self-made copy with nLite or similar programs so I downloaded some hack image were SATA drivers were in the package as they said but in the installation process in primary installation blue screen Setup said that it could not load ahci86 driver (I have another partition were 32 bit Windows 7 is installed in AHCI mode – maybe it was recognized by Setup).

I tried to follow another instruction to install AHCI driver on preinstalled OS x64 with sb700 ahci driver but it didn’t work
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Ahci-Suppor...s-Installations

Well, now I”ve tried your method (also cleaned with regedit keys created by the above mentioned instruction).

I have no WINDOWS\WOW64\ directory but I have SysWOW64 with sub DRIVERS directory were I have put ahci driver but after rebooting in AHCI mode still BSD and reboot… 

I have an info about vendor and subdevice that were crucial in the above mention method – maybe something have to be amended in your script also

Quote

Vendor 1002h ATI Technologies Inc
Device 4390h SB700 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
Subsystem Vendor 1043h ASUSTeK Computer Inc
Subsystem Device 82EFh
Command 0107h I/O Access, Memory Access, BusMaster, System Errors
Status 0230h Has Capabilities List, Supports 66MHz, Medium Timing
Revision 00h
Header Type 00h
Bus Latency Timer 40h
Self test 00h Self test not supported
Cache line size 64 Bytes (16 DWords)
PCI Class 01h Storage
PCI Class Type 1018Fh IDE (ATA)

DeviceDesc AMD SATA Controller(Native IDE Mode)
LocationInformation PCI bus 0, device 17, function 0
Capabilities 0
HardwareID PCI\VEN_1002DEV_4390SUBSYS_82EF1043REV_00

Dear Fernando 1 what could you advise to do now – please help me – you’re almost my only hope…

Thank you

Serge

[Fernando 1]

Hello Serge,
please follow by updated advices of my previous post.

Good luck!
Fernando

[as1serge]

Fernando 1, U R a Genius!!!

I followed your instructions by the book and - hooray! Bravo!

The system insisted on reactivation becouse configuration changed and in this case it was a good sign!

Thank you again, good luck and best regards, dear Fernando I !

Serge

[Fernando 1]

Hello Serge,

it was a pleasure for me, that I was able to help you.
Have fun with your ATI SB7xx system running Windows XP x64 in AHCI Mode!

Regards
Fernando

[Dezmond1976]

[/quote]
Copy file ahcix86.sys to system32\drivers. Import this reg settings

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#ven_1002&cc_0106]
"Service"="ahcix86"
"ClassGUID"="{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ahcix86]
"Type"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000000
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Tag"=dword:00000021
"ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\ahcix86.sys"
"Group"="SCSI Miniport"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ahcix86\Parameters\PnpInterface]
"5"=dword:00000001

Goto BIOS, set AHCI. Reboot.
[/quote]

I did the steps above, used the drivers that Fernando 1 separated 32bit AMD/ATI SB7xx RAID&AHCI Driver v9-4 (WHQL) and after reboot i have:
NTLDR Is Missing Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart.


I have 1 SATA HDD with Windows XP on it, 1 IDE HDD and 1 IDE DVD

This post has been edited by Dezmond1976: 26 January 2010 - 12:53 AM

[cdob]

Dezmond1976, on Jan 26 2010, 01:52 AM, said:

after reboot i have:
NTLDR Is Missing

That's at early boot stage, there is MBR, partition boot sector involved so far.
There is no windows driver involved so far.

Did you changed anything else?

May be a strange BIOS. Which hardware do you use?

[Dezmond1976]

No i did not.
Motherboard: GIGABYTE / GA-MA770-UD3 / AM2+ / AMD 770 + SB700 Chipset / DDR2 1200 / PCI-E / GLAN / 1394 / ATX
1 SATA:WESTERN DIGITAL / 1TB / WD10EARS / SATA2/ 7200rpm / 64MB/ 300MB/s / 8.9ms /Caviar Green with 3 partition: system, data, pagefile.
1 IDE Maxtor 300GB
1 IDE DVD
Graphic: PCI-E, ATI Radeon HD 4730
and 2G RAM

This post has been edited by Dezmond1976: 26 January 2010 - 02:47 AM

[cdob]

Dezmond1976, on Jan 26 2010, 03:46 AM, said:

1 SATA:WESTERN DIGITAL
1 IDE Maxtor

There are two hard disks.
Does the BIOS change load order and try to boot from IDE hard disk?

As for testing purposes disconnect the IDE hard disk.

[Dezmond1976]

Ok, will try and post.

[Dezmond1976]

cdob, on Jan 26 2010, 12:27 PM, said:

Dezmond1976, on Jan 26 2010, 03:46 AM, said:

1 SATA:WESTERN DIGITAL
1 IDE Maxtor

There are two hard disks.
Does the BIOS change load order and try to boot from IDE hard disk?

As for testing purposes disconnect the IDE hard disk.

Solved!
It seems like after reboot in bios changed the order of HDD.
Now working fine but it seems like that its need more time to boot.

[cdob]

Dezmond1976, on Jan 26 2010, 01:03 PM, said:

It seems like after reboot in bios changed the order of HDD.

Boot order was IDE first.
At IDE emualtion the first hd was the WD SATA hard disk.
At AHCI mode, the first IDE hard disk is the Maxtor. Hence the ntldr not found.
I guess you reconnected the maxtor and changed boot order in the meantime.

Quote

Now working fine but it seems like that its need more time to boot.

Yes, there is a time out at ahcix86.sys. The driver wait for late drives.

[Dezmond1976]

Thanks cdob.
Also thanks to Fernando 1.

[The Day Walker!]

specs:
amd p2 x2 555BE
asus m4a78LT-M LE
seagate 4x500gb sata hdd

i needed 2 make a raid 10 setup from the following specs.

i integrated teh raid drivers from the supplied dvd into the xp sp3 setup file using nlite

in the bios, selected raid for the 1st 4 sata ports, adn ide for the remaining 2 sata ports.

in raid options, selected raid 10, selected the 4 hdds, and copleted the raid setup.

then started the installation, the disk got detected,, loaded the raid drivers, formated the hdd.

and the setup started, after loading the files, the system restarted, and the windows starting screen with bar running showed up., ad then BSOD.

wots wrong... tried 2 install 5 times,,,same problem....

help needed urgent..

thanx

angel

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

Can you find a way to post the exact BSOD for closer reference?

Edit: Which also got me thinking: this topic is no different that the other two Fernando 1 works on. Is there any special reason why it shouldn't be sticky? Just a thought

This post has been edited by Sp0iLedBrAt: 17 March 2010 - 06:13 AM

[The Day Walker!]

the bsod error that i get is...

0x0000007b (0xf78a2524, oxc0000034, 0x00000000 0x00000000)

thanx

angel

[johnhc]

The Day Walker!, the 7B Stop Code says that Setup cannot find the install drive. It is usually a text mode driver problem. Since you did not attach your Last Session, as requested in bold red above, there is not much more I can say. Please attach it and we will take a look. Enjoy, John.