August 20, 201114 yr Author Hi Dazz, You have two mechanical drives, did you install with IDE or AHCI? Thanks Andrew Andrew Dixon"If common sense was compulsory everyone would have it but I am afraid this is not the case"
August 20, 201114 yr Hi Dazz, You have two mechanical drives, did you install with IDE or AHCI? Thanks Andrew I installed Windows 7 with IDE enabled in my OS drive's SATA controller. 2 years and 3 boards later it's still set to IDE, but at one point I used the registry thing to switch to AHCI, to test an SSD
August 22, 201114 yr Hi Bob, If I am installing 2 WD Black Caviar SATA 111 hard drives should I use AHCI or IDE. I never said I was installing SSD's. I was under the impression according to Nick,s posts performance would be degraded in FSX using platter drives in AHCI Mode. Andrew Dixon I agree with Dario...install with AHCI, then you have the ability to switch between them at will. If you already have the system built and running with traditional HDDs, I'd leave them in IDE mode. The only time I've seen a noticeable difference (and I don't mean with benchmark scores, but real perceived speed issues running FS) is with an SSD running in IDE mode...AHCI works much better with my Intel X-25M SSDs, and in theory should also make a difference for other SSDs as well. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
August 23, 201114 yr Just so I get it, later this week I will have delivered an Asus P8Z68 MoBo, a 128 GB Samsung SSD and a WD 1T SATAIII HD, among other things. I plan on putting the OS and FSX on the SSD and other stuff on the HD. Should I set the Bios to AHCI mode? Dan Dan Cole
August 23, 201114 yr Author Just so I get it, later this week I will have delivered an Asus P8Z68 MoBo, a 128 GB Samsung SSD and a WD 1T SATAIII HD, among other things. I plan on putting the OS and FSX on the SSD and other stuff on the HD. Should I set the Bios to AHCI mode? DanYes Andrew Dixon"If common sense was compulsory everyone would have it but I am afraid this is not the case"
August 24, 201114 yr I've been working through some issues with OCX Vertex 3 and AHCI mode on the intel SATAIII controller. Seems you should turn hotswap OFF in BIOS on the SATA port you connect SSD to. Then there are possible issues with intel drivers. I don't think any problem with the INF driver but iRST might have some issues. My understanding is you need the iRST for TRIM, even if you don't plan on RAID. You need to check your MB site for the proper iRST version as the Intel latest (I think 10.6.xxxx) may not be right for older boards. Don't know about the Marvel driver. scott s..
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