Bios update to support ahci mode

I have an HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1014 desktop. I changed the HDD to an SSD and now I need a BIOS update capable of enabling AHCI mode. How would I go about requesting this?

OK that is interesting, because the motherboard specs for your model state that your PC has the intel G41 (Intel Series 4) express chipset.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01903990&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
But the Intel ICH7 Family Ultra ATA Storage Controllers, 27DF and Intel N10/ICH7 Family Serial ATA Storage Controllers, 27C0, are from a much older chipset (Intel 945).
The desktop version of the Intel 945 chipset with the ICH7 sata controllers does not support AHCI.
What processor does your model have? The specs state it has the Pentium Dual Core E5800.

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Hello !
Can you tell when Toshiba will release a BIOS Update to support the new intel core 2 duo mobile cpu.
The actual BIOS 1.4 does not recognize the new cpu type.
As Toshiba delivers a core 2 duo based qosmio in USA G35-650 a bios should be availble.
For sure I now that this makes the gurantee go away.
Please help.
Greetings
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Hmm, yes sure - i work in IT and I think I repaired 5000 notebooks ... I am certainly not mad at you !
I am happy that anyone answeres me ....
So, I have here an Qosmio G30-145 and the G30-189 - they are absolutely identical.
Only the Video Ram is smaller and a different CPU is inserted.
In the US there is the G35-650 - also nearly the same - and this uses a creo 2 duo.
Be sure Toshiba will not build different units - they just change the name and include some minor changes to config ( pal and ntsc etc. )
You will be sure to see a G30 with Core 2 Duo very soon here in europe or germany and then bang - it will be the same hardware with a different bios - I BET !!!
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BUT windows XP, Linux and Vista do also habe power schemes and controll the fans - the Toshiba tolls adds only more features.
I think the actual bios accepts now the core 2 duo, but still has problems with the power scheme - Intel says the CPUs are nearly comaptible.
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Kinda obscure, but I guess that was to be expected.

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I wanna sell my MSI 975X PowerUp PEdition to a friend of mine.
I ran this board with an Intel Q6600 with B3 stepping, sometime ago I got a new board and i bought an Q6600 with G0 stepping and sold the one with B3.
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VIA and ATI has officially stated chip-support ( 939+940 socket ) for the Athlon64 X2 dual core cpu´s.
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Hi,
Does anybody know if there's a BIOS version for a satellite A20 which supports booting from USB devices (other than from the floppy drive, since that's already supported)
The reason i need this is because my cd drive is bust. And i'm a student, so i can't afford a new internal one, but i do have an external one... So i want to use that one for the recovery process...
I don't know if i can ask this, but can't i somehow tweak the bios that it WILL support the external dvd-drive, i know this is not recommended, at all, but i'm really really desperate :(
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Sorry but Mike has understand you very well. If you want to install OS using external USB connected CD/DVD drive you need the right driver because at booting process it is not visible for your system.
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Other way you can remove HDD from your notebook and connect it as external to other PC. If possible create two partitions and copy I386 folder to second partition. Put it back and start notebook using W98 start disk. You should be able to access second partition and start installation from second partition.
As I said talk with your friends and I am pretty sure one of them will be able to help you.

PC taking a LONG time to load everything before the win logo, after BIOS update.

Every single time I turn on my PC, it takes a REALLY long time to start the first DOS-like screen and then it takes another while before the windows logo shows up. About 4-5 mins before the win logo. It used to be fast and sweet before updating my MSI MB BIOS...
It all started when I updated the BIOS the first time (I just thought it was something good to do). The start up took a long time like 25% of the times and it got worse every month. I tried changing the config in the BIOS but nothing helped, so recently I decided to update the BIOS again with a flash drive step by step as indicated in the MSI website with their software, only to find out that the problem got worse and that it happened 100% of the times I turn my PC on.
When the start-up is slow, it gets stuck in that black pre-DOS like screen, showing a "B4" in the bottom right corner. After that the usual first screen with some info shows up for about 3 seconds, then it all goes black again and shows some other pair of codes on the same corner (B2, A4,....)
Today I tried manuallly reseting the MB to see if it helped (I removed the battey for a while, then used the reset CMOS button to make sure). It did not help at all. I have tried changing the hard drives from IDE to AHCI but windows 8 won't start: after showing its logo for a while, it shows a blue screen of death with the sad smily :( and tries to reset (I have to manually reset it afterwards). I have one 2TB WD green hard drive and one SSD in which I have windows 8 installed.
I found some text today on the MB MSI website on the BIOS versions page... which I didn't see at the time, and it shows up only in my smartphone: "We recommend to only update to the M8 class module if you have an Ivy bridge processor. There is no way to go back to the previous M module after the update" (this is from memory by the way)
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I also already tried turning it ON with everything disconnected, changing the video card slots, using only one... etc.
Any ideas on how to fix this or what's causing it? I really need some help here... If you need more info, I will be checking this constantly and will deliver your requests.

Quote from: dan.djh on 30-November-14, 23:06:20
I already fixed the IDE to AHCI problem, which was the minor one. Solution for this: Use regedit to change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci\"Error Control" to 0 and delete StartOverride. Then you should be able to go into BIOS and change to AHCI mode. You'll need to do this again if you ever start up in IDE mode.
But I still need to fix the main one which is the slow startup... please help!
B4 is a USB problem! what USB devices do you have plugged in? (if its a keyboard and/or Mouse please say what they are like make and model!)

Another strange RAID 0 SSD query with Asus P9X79 Pro - RAID array appearing in AHCI mode

Hi all, I found this thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4874435
very helpful, as it describes a similar situation to my case (same motherboard). Here is my situation:
historically, this was my setup (all on Asus P9X79 Pro motherboard):
2 x 120Gb Intel 320 SSDs. Operating system on one of them, Lightroom catalogue and photoshop scratch disk on the other.
1 x 2TB WD SATA 3 HDD. All images and other data etc
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(b) make a RAID 0 of the two Intel SSDs (i.e. 240GB volume) to act as Lightroom catalogue, PS scratch disk and Premiere Pro media cache, previews etc etc. This would be on 2 of the 3GB/s ports
(c) keep the 2TB WD HDD for data. (plugged into the other 6 GB/s port)
(d) plug the Blu-Ray drive into another of the 3 GB/s ports
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The PC started and got as far as the swirling Welcome to Windows sign (i.e. before log on appears), but then came the Blue Screen Of Death - and it gets into a never-ending reboot cycle. :-(
So, I figured that this was because I had changed my SATA mode in the UEFI from AHCI to RAID, but the OS was obviously from a time when I was only on AHCI. Therefore, I changed the SATA mode back to AHCI in UEFI. thankfully, the computer now boots successfully once more into Windows.
BUT, HERE'S THE BIT I DON'T UNDERSTAND..........
Weirdly (for me at least!), when I look at the list of disks in Disk Management, I could see the RAID. It was "unallocated", so I formatted it. It formatted fine. I then opened the Intel SSD toolbox, and it can see the RAID 0 (it even defines it as such). The only thing it won't let me do is really "interact" with it as it says I need Intel RST drivers of 11.0 or newer. But I don't think they are available for the X79 chipset - so no TRIM I think?? I've just benchmarked the RAID and it is doing good numbers - >500Mb/s read and 400Mb/s write if I remember correctly.
But anyway, my question really is two-fold:
(a)Firstly - how can I see this RAID/how is it working, if my BIOS is set to AHCI mode not RAID??
(b)am I likely to see a rapid detioration in the speed of the RAID, given that presumably TRIM won't be working on it?
Sorry for such a long explanation - and no doubt I've missed out huge bits of info you need anyway! But, any help, advice or direction would be very, very, gratefully received!
Tim

OK, an update to my post - I have now found Intel RST drivers for the X79 chipset - they are here, for the benefit of anyone in the future coming across this page:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21852&keyword=%22Intel+Rapi d+Storage+Technology%22&lang=eng
These have enabled me communicate with the RAID 0 array via the Intel SSD Toolbox. I have also confirmed that TRIM is activated on it.
However, this still hasn't answered my original question - i.e. how can I be using these two SSDs in RAID mode if RAID is not enabled in the UEFI? Don't get me wrong - I'm delighted(!!) - but any expertise as to how this is happening would be much appreciated!
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Satellite Pro L300: BSOD after BIOS update

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after update the Bios of Satellite Pro L300, the windows not start!
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Hi
Are you able to access the BIOS settings?
Im not quite sure why this BSOD appears but possibly the SATA mode settings have been changed after BIOS update
Usually the SATA mode should be set to AHCI if the SATA drivers are installed.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to imply I thought the mods here are MSI staff... I was just kind of hoping there's MSI staff lurking here, seeing what people think of their products or seeing what people complain about.
No, pretty much C 'n Q is the only reason I'm disappointed, but it was something I was really set on getting to work since this is a server that's up 24/7, but isn't utilized but maybe 4hrs out of a given day. I could reduce frequency and voltage, but unlike C 'n Q, it won't automatically increase speed and voltage based on demand - which is something I want since although it's a server, I also use it as a regular PC as well.
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NB300 unable to set to AHCI mode for SSD drive

Hi,
I have a Toshiba NB300 netbook, running Windows 8 Pro 32 bit, very happy with it!
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Reading up on SSD drives I see that for best performance I should be running the SSD in AHCI mode.
So I went to the Setup menu on start up and changed from Compatibility mode to AHCI.
I've actually tried this a few times, always with the same result, failure!
When the system attempts to boot I get a message saying a problem was encountered, and that
the sytem is trying to gather information.
The only solution is to go back into setup and reset to Compatibility mode.
The BIOS is up to date, and I just can't think of any way to resolve the issue.
I really would like to get the best performance I can on this net book.
I have a screen grab of the SSD drive details from Speccy, but I can't see a way of attaching it?
If any one can advise me on how to get AHCI mode up and going I would really appreciate it!
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Chris

Unfortunately on this forum we dont have reports about SSD usage on NBs. I have NB520 and I would like to use SSD to but until now I didnt find the right one.
As far as I know by default BIOS is set to AHCI mode. Which OS have you installed? Original one that you got with your notebook or your own version? Have you installed Intels storage manager from Toshiba download page?

T500 BIOS Update Question

I hope this has not been asked before as the Search option is slow tonight ..... What is the difference between the 2 variants of the the latest Lenovo Posted BIOS (3.22 and 3.24) as described below and also what is the difference between the 6F and 7V based computers and how do I tell which one I have (T500 2056-4QU in my case)?
Thanks!
                                                                   Revision : 01
Software name      BIOS Update Utility
Support models     ThinkPad T500
                   ThinkPad W500
Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit, 64-bit
                   Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit, 64-bit
                   Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Professional
                   Refer to marketing materials to find out what computer models
                   support which Operating Systems.
Versions           3.22 (for BIOS ID 6Fxxxxxx-based computer)
                   3.24 (for BIOS ID 7Vxxxxxx-based computer)
WHAT THIS PACKAGE DOES
This package updates two sets of the BIOSes (including system programs and
Embedded Controller programs) stored in the following ThinkPad computers to
fix problems, add new functions, or expand functions as noted below.
- BIOS ID 6Fxxxxxx-based computer
      (Upper two alphanumeric characters of BIOS ID are 6F)
- BIOS ID 7Vxxxxxx-based computer
      (Upper two alphanumeric characters of BIOS ID are 7V)
This program is language independent and can be used with any language system.
CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE
<snip>
Two (I used to have Five) - T61p 15.4" WS T9300 2.5Ghz units, August 08/08 Builds with FX570M Nvidia Graphics; ... One W520 i7-2860QM w/2000M Nvidia Graphics (most recent acquisition and stupidly fast); .... One - T42 4:3 15" Flexview 1.8GHz with ATI Graphics (still perfect for traveling); ... Two - T500 15.4" units both with ATI HD3650 Graphics.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

'afternoon
looking at the readme, they look identical, from a "fix" standpoint.
there's one line near the bottom that makes me think that the 7V version is for machines with a discrete gpu/switchable graphics, as yours has.
ThinkPad T500 (2056-4QU)
T9400(2.53GHz), 2GB RAM, 160GB 5400rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 256MB ATI Radeon HD3650, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 6c Li-Ion, WinVista Business 32
to determine which one you need, launch msinfo32.exe and check the summary page for your current BIOS version. then just pick the one that matches yours, 6F or 7V.
hth.
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Recent BIOS Update maybe bricking M93p Tiny systems?

We've just applied this BIOS update (http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS035753) on 4 M93p Tiny machines.
1 of the machines is getting a blinking cursor at boot up (bricked?)
3 of the machines can no longer boot to the hard drive.
In the 3 machines that are not seeing the hard drive to boot, they occasionally show in the BIOS boot order, but when you try to include them in the boot order they disappear.
Hard drives are a recently Windows 7 64-bit image that worked before BIOS update.
If we network boot into a PE we can see the hard drive contents.
Called Lenovo support but got bounced around... any one see any issues like this?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

If you just have a blinking cursor you may be able to do a CMOS reset to get it to a working BIOS. That worked for me. The other ones that just couldn't boot to the hard drive needed to have the board replaced, tho.
See page 293 of the HMM http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_pdf/m83m93p_hmm.pdf "Recovering from POST/BIOS failure"

Z77-GD80 cannot wake up after BIOS update

Anyone else having this problem? Any ways to fix it?
Thanks.

Quote from: xmad on 18-July-12, 06:23:52
Flash back to the previous version. Like I said, I had the same issue with version 1.1 although not to the level you did.
Instead of flashing back, I switched to the other BIOS. Beauty of a dual-BIOS system And the OC genius works, and the system wakes up. They certainly messed something up in the update!
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Please report your problem though:
>>How to contact MSI.<<
As I wrote above, I did already, and you can see what they suggested. Incompetence is not uncommon in tech-supports
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Also, try to disable xmp and re-apply OC Genie. I am curious if it will work. If it does, let us know more info about your system perhaps there is a config error. >>Posting Guide<<
I played with it, trying a bunch of different things, and even if I tried manual OC, it would not wake up. Only the default and Eco settings allowed wake up.
BTW, I noticed that MSI lists the 1.1 BIOS update as
- Support CPU ratio setting by keyboard function.
- Improved memory compatibility.
- Improved gaming mouse & keyboard compatibility.
but if you look under Thuınderbolt settings, you'll see a bunch of new options in 1.1. So, 1.1 is not only about these three things they list, and they clearly messed something up regarding wake up, as I said.

Re: Satellite A300 - Enable AHCI mode without having to reinstall Win XP

1- Extract [http://www.mediafire.com/file/qjidwo20rnt/Toshiba A300 WindowsXP 32bit ICH9M.zip]
1- Copy the *iaStor.sys* File into the \Windows\System32\Drivers\
2- Run *ich9m.reg*
3- Reboot end enter *BIOS* and switch to *AHCI*-mode
4- Use the downloaded driver to install manually the driver when windows detected it.
[Windows system view|http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8338/20090204185534bv0.png]
[HD Tune Before|http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1043/hdtune1ul1.png]
[HD Tune After|http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8168/hdtune2rw8.png]

I spent too much time (almost 2 days) at trying and reading forum, so I think that it would be useful to share my experiment, especially because it's a frequent problem. ( <a href="http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=39771&tstart=0" target="_newWindow" class="jive-link-external">Satellite A300 - Need SATA driver for Windows XP</a> , <a href="http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=36343" target="_newWindow" class="jive-link-external">Win XP on Satellite A300 - SATA HDD slow - eats CPU</a> , <a href="http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=139169" target="_newWindow" class="jive-link-external">Satellite Pro A300 and WIN XP SATA problem </a> , <a href="http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=147048" target="_newWindow" class="jive-link-external">Xp won't install on Satellite A300 PSAGCA with the AHCI enabled</a> )<br />
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Performance in compatibility is really poor (slowness at copying big files, windows takes so long to start up, CPU consumption), it’s 20 times better with SATA.<br />
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(And sorry for my poor English :p )

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