[Ham-Computers] AHCI/IDE boot problem

[Philip (KO6BB)]

SATA drives don't have slave/master settings.

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On 12/5/2010 10:24 PM, johngadd at comcast.net wrote:
> Do you have the 2nd drive set at a SLAVE ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene, WØQFC
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:20 AM
> To: Ham-Computers at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] AHCI/IDE boot problem
>
> I have a HP 64 bit machine that has two HDD's, both SATA.
>
> Original is a 1 TB and the added drive is a 320m GB, both Western digital
> drives.
>
> Problem:  I must have the bios set to IDE for the 320 GB drive to boot and
> the bios set to AHCI for the 1 TB drive to boot.
>
> If I leave the bios set to AHCI when I try to boot the 320 drive I get the
> BSOD with a stop error code.
>
> The same thing with the 1 TB drive: when the bio is set to IDE, I get the
> bsod.
>
> Question:  How do I get the 320 drive to boot with the bios set to AHCI?
>
> Comments and suggestions appreciated!
>
> Gene, WØQFC
>