Switching to Windows 64-bit

frau kaleun · 12-22-10, 10:42 AM

Well I'm redownloading the chipset drivers for Win7 from the MB manufacturer's site, it's a huge file and the one I got from the PC support site was NOT this big so maybe there was something wrong with it. I also downloaded the latest BIOS file but what I'm reading at various advice sites is not to mess with the BIOS except as a last resort.

There's no IDE option for the drive configuration, I assume the SATA option includes it. The options are SATA, RAID, and AHCI. I downloaded the AHCI driver just in case.

I really think that may be the issue as I can't see why I would only have a problem after hooking up the second drive... although there's no problem with the extra drive in XP and I haven't installed any special driver for AHCI, but maybe it's included in what came with the system.

12-22-10, 10:42 AM	#13
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Well I'm redownloading the chipset drivers for Win7 from the MB manufacturer's site, it's a huge file and the one I got from the PC support site was NOT this big so maybe there was something wrong with it. I also downloaded the latest BIOS file but what I'm reading at various advice sites is not to mess with the BIOS except as a last resort. There's no IDE option for the drive configuration, I assume the SATA option includes it. The options are SATA, RAID, and AHCI. I downloaded the AHCI driver just in case. I really think that may be the issue as I can't see why I would only have a problem after hooking up the second drive... although there's no problem with the extra drive in XP and I haven't installed any special driver for AHCI, but maybe it's included in what came with the system.