Howto install an AHCI SATA driver in Windows XP, Vista and Win7 - Page 5

mh175 · Feb 14, 2013, 08:57 AM

Well I must have patched the wrong drive. Anyway I reinstalled win 7 and started from scratch the problem is that drive bays 3 and 4 refuse to take the ahci driver. In the device manager, when I select either the default AHCI 1.0 drivers or the newer intel ones, I get an error that the device cannot start...error 10.

This is so weird because I managed to do this perfectly a year ago...

bjar · Feb 24, 2013, 02:04 AM

Does this work on windows 8? I can't find any info about it. I know the registry part is different though. Any help would be appreciated. I have a 2008 Mac Pro.

PowerPCMacMan · Feb 24, 2013, 01:32 PM

Yes, just use ahci.sh from the downloads in the beginning of this thread and follow the instructions. Windows 8 is pretty much Windows 7 on STEROIDS

Though I detest the tablet tiles as I have no use for the tiles on my Mac Pro under BootCamp.

Of course... you could go the Linux Grub Bootloader route, but I think ahci.sh and patching the MBR is a much better approach.

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Originally Posted by bjar

Does this work on windows 8? I can't find any info about it. I know the registry part is different though. Any help would be appreciated. I have a 2008 Mac Pro.

bjar · Feb 24, 2013, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by PowerPCMacMan

Yes, just use ahci.sh from the downloads in the beginning of this thread and follow the instructions. Windows 8 is pretty much Windows 7 on STEROIDS

Though I detest the tablet tiles as I have no use for the tiles on my Mac Pro under BootCamp.

Of course... you could go the Linux Grub Bootloader route, but I think ahci.sh and patching the MBR is a much better approach.

Worked!

PowerPCMacMan · Feb 25, 2013, 12:45 AM

Told ya it would work

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Originally Posted by bjar

Worked!

Tesseract · Mar 15, 2013, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mh175

Well I must have patched the wrong drive. Anyway I reinstalled win 7 and started from scratch the problem is that drive bays 3 and 4 refuse to take the ahci driver. In the device manager, when I select either the default AHCI 1.0 drivers or the newer intel ones, I get an error that the device cannot start...error 10.

This is so weird because I managed to do this perfectly a year ago...

This was my experience as well. I couldn't enable AHCI booting with bays 3 & 4 in my MP 2009. Swapped my Samsung to bay 2, fixed the mbr, and booted into AHCI mode flawlessly. I think I remember Apple specs saying something about bays 1 & 2 being different from 3 & 4...?

Anyways - if you're doing this with a Mac Pro 2009, make sure your SSD is in bay 1 or 2, or you will not benefit from AHCI.

amenoera · Mar 24, 2013, 05:20 PM

It Worked With Me but Sleep Is Not Working .

Windows 8 - x64
MacBook pro 2011
ssd Vertexzx 4 256 + 500g hdd .
Bootcamp 5

Concorde Rules · Mar 26, 2013, 08:50 AM

Anybody done this with a disk in the ODD bays?

My Windows 7 x64 SSD is using the lower ODD bay SATA connection.

MP4,1 flashed to 5,1!

Concorde Rules · 07:39 AM

Just done this for all 6 ports in my 2009 mac pro.

Works a treat!!

Edit 2: Ok, works for the 4 port device, has issues when applied to the 2 port device.

Wonder what drivers that needs then :/

Mar 26, 2013, 08:50 AM	#108
Concorde Rules macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2007	Anybody done this with a disk in the ODD bays? My Windows 7 x64 SSD is using the lower ODD bay SATA connection. MP4,1 flashed to 5,1! __________________ \| Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) \| 3.33Ghz W3680 \| 6870 \| 16GB \| 830 256GB + 840 250GB \| \| MacBook Pro 2010 \| 2.4Ghz i5 \| 8GB \| 320 300GB \| \| iPhone 5 32GB \| Hazro HZ27WD \|
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Mar 29, 2013, 07:29 AM	#109
Concorde Rules macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2007	Just done this for all 6 ports in my 2009 mac pro. Works a treat!! Edit 2: Ok, works for the 4 port device, has issues when applied to the 2 port device. Wonder what drivers that needs then :/ __________________ \| Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) \| 3.33Ghz W3680 \| 6870 \| 16GB \| 830 256GB + 840 250GB \| \| MacBook Pro 2010 \| 2.4Ghz i5 \| 8GB \| 320 300GB \| \| iPhone 5 32GB \| Hazro HZ27WD \| Last edited by Concorde Rules; Mar 29, 2013 at 07:39 AM.
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mh175 macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2012	Well I must have patched the wrong drive. Anyway I reinstalled win 7 and started from scratch the problem is that drive bays 3 and 4 refuse to take the ahci driver. In the device manager, when I select either the default AHCI 1.0 drivers or the newer intel ones, I get an error that the device cannot start...error 10. This is so weird because I managed to do this perfectly a year ago...
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bjar macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2013	Does this work on windows 8? I can't find any info about it. I know the registry part is different though. Any help would be appreciated. I have a 2008 Mac Pro.
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amenoera macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2009	It Worked With Me but Sleep Is Not Working . Windows 8 - x64 MacBook pro 2011 ssd Vertexzx 4 256 + 500g hdd . Bootcamp 5
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