PC bootloops at IDE mode

[gabi014]

I have Seagate Barrcaude 1TB HDD with SATA3 interface. yesterday i've got into my bios and noticed that the hard drive mode is set on AHCI, and i know that AHCI is basically for SSD's with 2 other functions. so i've set to IDE mode and my pc starts to boot loop, why is that happening?

 

[mauller07]

because your windows install most likely has the IDE drivers disabled because it was installed in AHCI mode, AHCI does improve performance for normal HDD's so just change it back.

 

[RealBeast]

Because your Windows registry is set to use the msahci driver and it is not compatible with bios IDE mode.

Just turn AHCI mode back on -- it has benefits for all SATA devices not just SSDs.

 

[gabi014]

Because your Windows registry is set to use the msahci driver and it is not compatible with bios IDE mode.

Just turn AHCI mode back on -- it has benefits for all SATA devices not just SSDs.

if AHCI is compatible for all SATA devices so for which devices IDE mode is compatible?