Standard IDE or AHCI in BIOS???

[thegirlnextdoor]

Hi,
I have a P5W DH Deluxe with a 6600 Core2Duo...
Using windows XP sp2
It will be used for a Music production PC (Digital Audio workstation)
I am not using RAID i am just using two Sata2 320GB harddrives as C as primary and D as Secondary (MAXTOR DiamondMax 10 6V320F0) http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_...ta_sheets/diamondmax_10_data_sheet.pdf ...
I was wondering which setting a should go for Standard IDE or AHCI in BIOS???
I installed XP allready with it set to Standard IDE but then changed the setting to AHCi and got a blue screan on start up...
I don't mind formatting the drive again,i just need to know which to go for Standard IDE or AHCI??
Cheers Nick

 

[Harvey]

I am suprised that your machine does not automatically detect your SATA drives, but AHCI is a specification for SATA. Since you're using SATA drives, my guess would be that you'd want that enabled.

 

[thegirlnextdoor]

Thanxx for the quick reply.Great !!!
Under the option DHCi i also have an option of ALPE and ASP enable/Disabled...???
Does DHCI actually improve performance/speed ???

 

[thegirlnextdoor]

I ment on the above post AHCi and not DHCi,sorry...
I don't think my Harddrive is compatable with ACHi (Harddrive link above) Even with the F6 drivers the harddrive is not being found on XP install

 

[phile]

Running SATA drives in AHCI mode will enable certain features like NCQ and hot-plugging. Unlike Standard IDE, though, AHCI requires a driver to be loaded during Windows setup. I explain the process in this thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1950726&enterthread=y

-phil