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Which sata mode for intel 320 SSD ?

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

‎07-20-2011 03:10 AM

Hello,

I have c204 chip mainboard and not sure which sata mode to choose for onboard SATA controller. I want to connect intel 320 SSD.

So possible values are:

ENHANCED / COMPATIBILITY / AHCI / SW RAID

Ok so COMPATIBILITY means old style IDE mode. What's the difference between other three ? I will install windows and linux for sure. I do not plan to build any raid on this controler - but later - who knows.

Mainboard doc just lists these values - no detail explanation. Could someone point out resonable doc or just explain briefly ?

regards

Vilius

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III
In response to idata

‎07-20-2011 01:32 PM

RAID Mode is just a superset of AHCI. All features avaliable in AHCI are avaliable in RAID (but obviously RAID more supports RAID).

Changing modes should not require an OS reinstall. To change from IDE to any other mode, you will encounter this issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976

The solution (for Vista/W7) is to run this: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9741862 http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9741862

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