https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/system-setup-with-intel-520/m-p/21448#M9561 <P>Hi guys,</P><P>I'm new here and first time poster. I had a look around before asking, but I was unable to locate relevant discussions.</P><P></P><P>Here is my problem with my new pc: i7-3770, gigabyte ga-z77p-d3 v1.1, 16GB and an Intel 520 SSD as boot device, 2TB HDD for data. I installed Win7 x64.</P><P></P><P>Now the problem, I ran AS SSD which gives me "pciide-bad" notice, which as I understand means that the SSD is not working in AHCI mode. I'm sure my bios setup says AHCI under SATA Mode. Is this a BIOS setup problem? What would you recommend?</P><P></P><P>Another strange thing is that HD Tune actually reads the drive as SATA2 working at UDMA 5 rather than 6.</P><P></P><P>Can you suggest any BIOS setup to optimize the performance of the SSD?</P><P></P><P>Thanks for reading,</P><P>rio</P> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:25:18 GMT idata 2013-02-12T13:25:18Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/system-setup-with-intel-520/m-p/21448#M9561 <P>Hi guys,</P><P>I'm new here and first time poster. I had a look around before asking, but I was unable to locate relevant discussions.</P><P></P><P>Here is my problem with my new pc: i7-3770, gigabyte ga-z77p-d3 v1.1, 16GB and an Intel 520 SSD as boot device, 2TB HDD for data. I installed Win7 x64.</P><P></P><P>Now the problem, I ran AS SSD which gives me "pciide-bad" notice, which as I understand means that the SSD is not working in AHCI mode. I'm sure my bios setup says AHCI under SATA Mode. Is this a BIOS setup problem? What would you recommend?</P><P></P><P>Another strange thing is that HD Tune actually reads the drive as SATA2 working at UDMA 5 rather than 6.</P><P></P><P>Can you suggest any BIOS setup to optimize the performance of the SSD?</P><P></P><P>Thanks for reading,</P><P>rio</P> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:25:18 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/system-setup-with-intel-520/m-p/21448#M9561 idata 2013-02-12T13:25:18Z