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How to enable AHCI on Intel ICH9 under XP, How To! Options

puntoMX Dec 18 2007, 06:07 PM Post

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How to enable AHCI on Intel ICH9 under XP

Technical n00b

After some research by MSFN staff, we have a working solution to enable ACHI on the ICH9 with appropriate SATA/NCQ

drive(s).

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For more information about AHCI, we refer to Wikipedia.org:

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OS: XP Pro x86

The
Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a hardware mechanism that
allows software to communicate with

Serial ATA (SATA) devices such as

host bus adapters which are designed to offer features not offered by
Parallel ATA
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(PATA) controllers besides higher speeds, such as
hot-plugging and native command queuing.
The specification details a
system memory structure for computer
hardware vendors in order to transfer data between system memory and
the

device.

List of needed files and driver packs:

MagicISO

32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager

Index:

1. Unpacking drivers

1.1 Extracting .IMA file with Magic ISO

2. Preparing the drivers

3. Creating Windows registry file

4. BIOS Settings

5. Installing the drivers in Windows

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6. Final installation check
7. Editors thoughts

1. Unpacking drivers

Unpack
the 32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage
Manager and extract the file (.EXE) with WinRAR
or similar program. You
now get an .EXE file that need to be extracted again to the F32.IMA
file.

1.1 Extracting .IMA file with Magic ISO

Install
MagicISO or other program that can recognize the .IMA file extension.
Open the F32.IMA file with the appropriate
program and extract the
files to the same folder as the F32.IMA file. If you use MagicISO the
select the whole list on the
right upper window, en click on it with
the right mouse button (for right-handed people) and extract them in
the folder
where you stored the F32.IMA file.

2. Preparing the drivers

Copy
the file IASTOR.SYS to the Windows SYSTEM32/DRIVERS directory. Open the
IAAHCI.INF with Notepad. Use CRTL-R
and you should get a “replace”
window. In the first input window you type “2821” and the second
“2923”, so you will
replace all “2821” text to “2923”, and click
“Replace All”.

Replace the line:

CODE
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller"

To:
CODE
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller"

Save the file under the same name, e.g. IAAHCI.INF and exit Notepad.

3. Creating Windows registry file

Now we create a registry file with Notepad and the following contence:
CODE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#ven_8086&dev_2923&cc_0106]
"Service"="iaStor"

"ClassGUID"="{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor]

"Type"=dword:00000001

"Start"=dword:00000000

"Group"="SCSI miniport"

"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\iaStor.sys"

"tag"=dword:00000019

"DisplayName"="Intel AHCI Controller"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Parameters]

"queuePriorityEnable"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Enum]

"0"="PCI\\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&SUBSYS_B0051458&REV_02\\3&13c0b0c5&0&FA"

"Count"=dword:00000001

"NextInstance"=dword:00000001

Save it as AHCI_ICH9.REG and run it after closing Notepad.

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4. BIOS Settings

Restart the computer and enter the BIOS (Mostly entered by pressing DEL). Make the settings:

CODE
    SATA RAID/AHCI Mode          [AHCI]

    SATA Port0-3 Native Mode     [Enabled]

Restart again to boot into Windows XP.

For ASUS P5K motherboards (IF present in BIOS, please report if not present.):

Restart the computer and enter the BIOS (Mostly entered by pressing DEL). Make the settings:

CODE
    SATA Configuration          [Enhanced]

       Configure SATA as        [AHCI]

Restart again to boot into Windows XP.

5. Installing the drivers in Windows

If
you did steps one to four right, you will not get that “known” BSOD
again before you hit the desktop! Windows will
show new devices found
like all your optical drives and hard disks until you hit to
“PCI-Device”. Select “Install manual”
and point to the folder where you
saved the IAAHCI.INF file and select the IAAHCI.INF file as this is the
driver that needs
to be installed. Follow the instruction on the screen
and restart your computer again.

6. Final installation check

When
Windows has started, go to the control panel to check your system
properties. In the hardware configuration list
there should be now:

IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers -> Intel® ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller.

We hope you enjoy your new ACHI enabled ICR9 Bridge in XP!

7. Editors thoughts

It
must be a marketing question from Intel and Microsoft. There is nothing
else I can think of why neither Intel nor
Microsoft made new drivers
for XP. The only thing I can think of is that Intel wants to sell more
ICR9R bridges and
Microsoft wants to push its Windows Vista. Like
always both companies won’t make any comments!...

Regards,

puntoMX

Ps. if there is any good info I should add, please post it ...

Changes:

23 DEC 2007, Edited point 4; ASUS BIOS settings.

nmX.Memnoch Dec 19 2007, 12:01 PM Post

#2

And how sure are we that this actually enables AHCI support rather than
just making Device Manager say it has the

MSFN Addict AHCI driver? Remember,

according to Intel, the non-RAID ICH9 does not support AHCI.

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puntoMX Dec 19 2007, 03:26 PM Post

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Well, after reading lots of information, mostly from forums, and testing it on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L with ICH9, I

Technical n00b got it flawless to work.

Before
only the AHCI option in combination with an ICH9 could be used for
Vista, this is clearly written in the users

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makers. I have tested in under Vista and the installation works well
with AHCI
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enabled. Normally XP would give the BSOD before showing the

welcome screen.

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The description above just let’s XP work with
the driver AFTER windows XP has been installed. Note that this is not
OS: XP Pro x86

only a way for the ICR9 Bridge, it also can be done for the ICR 7 and 8.

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And it works, believe me. Before the hardware would show other controllers:

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On the left side we see AHCI disabled and on the right side AHCI enabled.

nmX.Memnoch Dec 19 2007, 09:44 PM Post

#4

I guess my point is that I can edit the .inf and make Device Manager say
anything I want it to. Just because Device

MSFN Addict
Manager says "AHCI" has
anyone actually verified that features like NCQ and hot plugging work?

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puntoMX Dec 20 2007, 12:03 PM Post

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AHCI Disabled

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AHCI Enabled

AHCI Enabled but Native disabled

When
AHCI is enabled you have the Advanced Power Management feature enabled
on the drive. NCQ is enabled on
the drive in all modes, so if you have
a tool that can give me NCQ test results I would be pleased to have it.

Metalloy Yesterday, 03:20 PM Post

#6

Note to the Editor and Microsoft and Intel :

I
am stuck (still) in this very specific problem, and you know what
drives me really crazy ? It's that the Ultimate-

Bootable-XP CD
recognizes the AHCI drives very naturally !!!

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puntoMX Today, 12:14 AM Post

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Must have something to do with BTS driverpacks... but I never used it...

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reno7 Today, 04:07 AM Post

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-BJR- Hello ,

Newbie

when I open IASTOR.SYS / IAAHCI.INF files, it speaks of ich9R and not of ICH9, needs it to create the line?

My Motherboard is ASUS P5K.

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puntoMX Today, 12:22 PM Post

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QUOTE (puntoMX @ Dec 18 2007, 06:07 PM)
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2. Preparing the drivers

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the file IASTOR.SYS to the Windows SYSTEM32/DRIVERS directory. Open the
IAAHCI.INF with Notepad. Use
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CRTL-R and you should get a “replace”

window. In the first input window you type “2821” and the second
“2923”,
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so you will replace all “2821” text to “2923”, and click
“Replace All”.

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Replace the line:

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PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller"

To:

CODE

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106.DeviceDesc    = "Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller"

Save the file under the same name, e.g. IAAHCI.INF and exit Notepad.

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As you can see, there are 2 steps; what part is not working/clear for you?

QUOTE (puntoMX @ Dec 18 2007, 06:07 PM)

4. BIOS Settings

... ...

For ASUS P5K motherboards (IF present in BIOS, please report if not present.):

Restart the computer and enter the BIOS (Mostly entered by pressing DEL). Make the settings:

CODE
    SATA Configuration          [Enhanced]

       Configure SATA as        [AHCI]

Restart again to boot into Windows XP.

Before
you continue it would be wise to check IF these settings are possible
in your BIOS revision. Some BIOS
revisions do not have these options...

nitroshift Today, 01:13 PM Post

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Punto, nice work!!! Does it work for Vista too?

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puntoMX Today, 02:04 PM Post

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Thank you.

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Vista will work directly with AHCI out of the box .

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