IBM ThinkCentre A50 Intel D865GKD - SSD drive?

[KolesGit]

Hello!

I wanted to upgrade my IBM ThinkCentre A50 (8084-77G, Intel D865GKD motherboard) with a SSD S-ATA drive. Previously there was IDE one installed.

Although I already upgraded it and everything works fine, partition was successfully aligned to SSD type, but it works in Legacy mode. I can't seem to find a proper AHCI driver for this controller for Windows XP Pro, to speed things up.

Does such a driver for this very old motherboard even exist? The I/O controller is Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers.

Thanks for any help!
KG

 

[fricklesmn]

Hello,

That chipset does NOT support AHCI, so you will be forced to run the SSD in IDE or "legacy" mode.

Hope this helps

 

[KolesGit]

Although I can set in the BIOS the AHCI mode, I think you are right - it has absolutely no effect after the system boots up. Thank you for confirming this!