Activation of AHCI mode in HP Pavilion 15 p105nr Laptop

Hello everyone
I bought a laptop Pavilion p105nr.
This one is based on AMD platform  - A10 - 5745M, HD8610G, motherboard chipset AMD A76M FCH (likely)
I have question:
1) I installed a SSD OCZ ARC 100  to the laptop HP Pavilion 15 p105nr insteed of oprical drive;; GPT Table format.
2) Perfomance is good, but SSD GURU (application for the SSD) shows that AHCI is not activated; therefor TRIM doesn't work (I' had checked)
3) UEFI/BIOS version 3.6 American Megatrends doesn't have any options for switching AHCI/IDE/RAID etc.
4) I had tried to switch with using of safe reboot through cmd (admin mode) - no result
What recommendation do you have? How can I switch the mode?
Thank you in advance
Best Regards.

Hi there @STANISLAV_
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! It is a great place to find the help you need, both from other users, HP experts and other support personnel.
I understand that you are looking to activate or switch AHCI mode on your notebook. As you yourself mentioned, the option does not appear in your BIOS version, which is normally where you would make the adjustment, if it is an available option.
The only possible option would be to try a different compatible BIOS in the hope that the setting is not locked down. However on looking at the support page, for this model currently there are no drivers or BIOS options available. It is possible that the page is currently in the process of being updated, so it may be worth checking another time, so I include a link for the support page below. HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-p105nr (ENERGY STAR)
For now, with what is available, the adjustment you wish to make is not possible.
Malygris1
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