That's exactly how it looks and operates. I did not realize that you could hot plug under AHCI. That not withstanding, what I have supports your argument about the ICH8 being a "phony AHCI." What I cant confirm though is what a SATA drive looks like on the Intel controller when its configured...
Bozo and Vailr
After reading this thread several times, I took the plung and setup my DS3 1.3 last night ant thought I would forward some results.
E6700 (1066 FSB)
BIOS: F10
Corsair XM2-5300 (@2.5FSB for 667)
HDD: 1x SATA Maxtor 6
DVD: Plextor PX-712A (IDE)
So I set the BIOS as...
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